The 3 best books by the passionate Julia Quinn

Racing Nora roberts, Lisa kleypas and Julia quinn They occur in parallel with the successful development of a romantic genre capable of mimicking its plots with almost any other genre. So far in Spain the bibliography of the first two has transcended more, but everything indicates that the Quinn affairs (Julie Cutler actually) they will also end up splashing as they have done in half the world.

Of course, for this purpose nothing better than Netflix is ​​in charge of adapting some of your works to its platform. In the same way that it happened with Elisabet benavent not so long ago with his Valeria, Julia's Bridgertons serve as the perfect accolade for that worldwide diffusion.

For the rest, Julia Quinn is that romantic sophistication conferred by the plots of historical staging. But the greatest success of this author is a focus that always focuses on her characters, bringing the reflection of their souls from any yesterday to the feeling of today. An adaptation that shows that there is nothing new under the sun in the love affairs of yesteryear and those of today, not even in the supposed sexual liberation that behind closed doors in each bedroom depended more on everyone's heated imagination than on the century lived. .

Julia Quinn's Top 3 Recommended Novels

The duke and me

The take off of THE SERIES par excellence of this author who did well to associate her pseudonym Julia Quin with the Bridgertons so as not to die of success when the taste of readers and the eyes of Netflix look the other way ...

Everyone seemed to be having fun at that dance that brought together the most select of London society. All except the two of them. Daphne, a beautiful young woman burdened by her mother, and Simon, the sullen new Duke of Hastings, had the same problem: the constant pressure to find a mate. When they met, they came up with the perfect plan: fake a commitment that would free them from further stress. But it would not be easy, since Daphne's brother, Simon's friend, is not easy to fool, and neither are the seasoned ladies of high society. Although what will really complicate things will be the appearance of an element that was not foreseen in this two-way game: love.

THEY DREAMED A PERFECT PLAN IN WHICH LOVE HAD NO ROOM ...
Since she was introduced in society, Daphne has not had a moment of respite. The fault lies with her mother, whom she adores, but who is obsessed with finding her a husband as soon as possible. The worst of the case is that reasonably desirable men are not interested, and those who are are tireless pests that you have to get rid of ... even with blows. That is why she is delighted to accept the Duke of Hastings's idea of ​​faking a courtship that drives off suitors. Although perhaps it also has something to do with the fact that the young duke begins to be more and more seductive.

BUT THERE ARE THINGS FROM WHICH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ESCAPE
Marked by a childhood filled with loneliness and resentment, Simon Basset, the new Duke of Hastings, wants nothing to do with London social life and, of course, the attempts of the elegant ladies to "hunt him down" as a husband for their daughters. . When he meets Daphne, he thinks he has found the perfect plan: a fictitious engagement that keeps the suitors who are weighing him down. And when the fake attraction begins to become too real, Simon must face the ghosts of the past that prevent him from enjoying the happiness that fate puts at his fingertips.

The duke and me

Seducing Mr. Bridgerton

Started and in flour, this fourth installment has a bit of all those ingredients that captivate a period novel allegedly endowed with a certain love transgression without losing its romantic point and with a delicious setting from which to draw out moral conflicts and its epic part of love ...

At twenty-eight, Penelope has already resigned herself to becoming a spinster destined to grow old while taking care of her mother. For a decade, she has attended all the parties of the London aristocracy, and she has always been the mediocre, quiet girl, the one that nobody takes to dance except by commitment, the one that goes unnoticed by everyone.

Also for Colin Bridgerton, brother of Penelope's best friend, handsome, bold, golden bachelor… and his longtime platonic love. For Colin, Penelope has always been there, nice, pleasant, but almost invisible. How is it possible that everything suddenly changes? Without quite knowing how, the youngest of the Bridgertons discovers an intelligent, sensitive, audacious ... and very attractive woman. For years they have known each other almost as brothers, and suddenly they realize that they know nothing about each other. But not everything they will discover is going to be so pleasant ...

Seducing Mr. Bridgerton

Bridgerton: HAPPY FOREVER

Every good happy ending always leaves a door open. Because the claustrophobia of a closed and sealed love does not like that part of the soul that flutters like a butterfly in search of new crushes. But a happy ending also has that part, logic, of the end where all the debts of love are well paid and the following kisses without fuss are as welcome as they are fully savored.

The book that all the Bridgerton fans, both in book format and in the Netflix series, were waiting for. This work is the perfect brooch for all those who were left wanting more. Julia Quinn presents eight fun and exciting epilogues about the eight siblings.

It also contains an additional story about the wise and resourceful matriarch of the family: Violet Bridgerton. Once upon a time, there was a historical romance author who created a family. But not just any family. Eight brothers and sisters, their consorts, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, and also a lovable and irrepressible matriarch.

They are the Bridgertons, not just a family, but a true force of nature. Through eight blockbuster novels, readers have laughed, cried, and fell in love with their stories. But they wanted more. So many asked the author: What happens next? Does Simon end up reading his father's letters? Francesca and Michael become parents? Does "the end" really have to be the end? The work that all lovers of this fascinating saga have been waiting for.

Bridgerton: HAPPY FOREVER
5/5 - (9 votes)

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