The Duke and I: Bridgerton Series Book 1
Written by Julia Quinn
Narrated by Rosalyn Landor
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Simon Basset, the irresistible Duke of Hastings, has hatched a plan to keep himself free from the town's marriage-minded society mothers. He pretends to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton. After all, it isn't as if the brooding rogue has any real plans to marry - though there is something about the alluring Miss Bridgerton that sets Simon's heart beating a bit faster.
And as for Daphne, surely the clever debutante will attract some very worthy suitors now that it seems a duke has declared her desirable. But as Daphne waltzes across ballroom after ballroom with Simon, she soon forgets that their courtship is a complete sham. And now she has to do the impossible and keep herself from losing her heart and soul completely to the handsome hell-raiser who has sworn off marriage forever!
Editor's Note
Book to screen…
Shonda Rhimes’ first series for Netflix is “Bridgerton,” based off of Julia Quinn’s beloved romance following the titular family. The first book starts off as Daphne Bridgerton enters a courtship with Duke Simon Basset. But it’s a sham — Simon just needs a fair lady to pretend to be his devoted lover so it looks like he’s playing by society’s rules.
Julia Quinn
#1 New York Times bestselling author JULIA QUINN began writing one month after graduating from college and, aside from a brief stint in medical school, she has been tapping away at her keyboard ever since. Her novels have been translated into 43 languages and are beloved the world over. A graduate of Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges, she lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest. Look for BRIDGERTON, based on her popular series of novels about the Bridgerton family, on Netflix.
Reviews for The Duke and I
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The book i rate a 5 star, but the reader's voice was kind of boring at time. I wish Simon's parts were done by a male, have listened to many books where it swiches back and forth for female and male characters/readers and enjoy it so much more!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Eh... I love the show but the book is missing all the heat. Less of a steamy brooding Simon and more stuffy and anxious, with a Daphne that has none of the brightness of her on-screen counterpart and instead feels mostly
... "fitting to the time period" and almost feels perversely childish by the time the story hits any of the gentle simmer it has. Enough so that the wedding night made me feel genuinely uncomfortable. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Interesting read. I'm looking forward to the next one. Daphne's sexual assault of the Duke isn't treated as sexual assault? Even though she punched the other guy for assaulting her? Weird.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very well read and kept me engaged the whole time. Thanks!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cute story, I just didn’t enjoy the voice over that was done. I’m glad I stuck it out though. Enjoyed it very much.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The first day he said hi I think I would have been better than he bargained