If you are into Victorian Era based shows and movies, then this just might be the book for you. “Bridgerton” is based as a Victorian era romance. The book was written by Julia Quin who actually has a “Bridgerton” series of books that have been turned into a show. While the show is very good and mostly filmed to make it more modern in a simple way so people can understand, the books are much more detailed. This particular review is based on one book called “Romanticizing Mr. Bridgerton.”

This book is very relatable to the public. It’s all about a girl named Penelope and how she has fawned over Colin Bridgerton ever since she was young. What makes this book so special out of the entire series is that the character Penelope struggles with her weight and appearance. She feels that no man could be attracted to a spinster or someone who is undesirable. The book goes to show that it is not all about what you look like, it’s about incomparable love between two people.

Penelope and Colin’s relationship was teased to readers throughout the first two books, which builds the reader up for the most romantic and surprising relationship of the Bridgerton family. The book is an easy read with a slow romantic incline. The imagery and the thoughts of Penelope are most perceived as empathetic because she sees herself how most girls do. She doesn’t believe in herself and she hides her identity. Penelope is also a part of a mystery. During, what the ton calls courting season, Penelope writes articles about the drama behind everything, using a fake name, Lady Whistle-down. In this book she gets found out by Colin, causing a riff in their relationship, but he ends up loving her even more for it. Penelope’s only security was that she was accomplished in writing and people loved the mystery of: Who is Lady Whistle-down?

Another quality of the book is that it features two perspectives. One from Penelope’s, and one from Colin. If you read books then you know most of the time in romance, it’s from just the girls perspective but this is previewed by the man too. It’s refreshing to hear the man’s thoughts as well when reading romance because it can make a girl dream.

Throughout the book you watch as Penelope grows more secure in herself. She finds out that Colin loved her back all that time that she loved him in secret. The success behind this story is that their relationship is a classic friends-to-lovers story, but even better when it was built through more than just one book. I myself could not wait to read a whole book on two friends who came to love each other in the end, when one loved the other from the start, and the other didn’t realize how deeply in love he was. Personally, this book really gave me an oversight on how a girl can feel so insecure but still win in the end. It’s a very reassuring feeling when you read this book and find that a girl like that can find such love in another person. If I might add, there is at least a one foot height difference between the two of them and that could make any reader swoon.

I have loved the “Bridgerton” series in books and in the television series because of how it portrays love and how even with differences and hard times, it will always come out stronger. I cannot wait for Penelope’s and Colin’s season to come out in May because they teased their relationship was from the beginning. Stay tuned for a review on how the season does and if the show left important details out from the book.