#books like bridgerton

[the-bi-library]

Here are some historical romance books with bisexual main characters to read if you liked Bridgerton!!

For @bebisexual 💕

Books listed: Trouble & Strife by Lara Kinsey The Companion by E.E. Ottoman The Mischievous Letters of the Marquise de Q by Felicia Davin We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes Cat Sebastian The Phoenix Bride by Natasha Siegel [Redacted] Solomon's Crown by Natasha Siegel The Sugared Game by K.J. Charles The Scandalous Letters of V and J by Felicia Davin A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian Her Countess to Cherish by Jane Walsh The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian A Delicate Deception by Cat Sebastian The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite The Hellion's Waltz by Olivia Waite Because You Asked by A.E. Bennet Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian A Duke in Disguise by Cat Sebastian The Spinster's Swindle by Catherine Stein [Redacted] Letters to Her Love by Katherine Grant After the Wedding by Courtney Milan The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian Priceless by Catherine Stein The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite A Scot's Surrender by Lily Maxton

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TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!

[lordandladywhistledown]

Introducing the prettiest Polin picture (so far)

[anders-hawke]

— Chapter 13, ROMANCING MISTER BRIDGERTON

[nic-coughlan]

colin "oh fuck" bridgerton didn't see that coming

[haridraws]

Excuse the format (I made this for instagram since that's what the publisher wants, rip) but this is basically a shorter, easy-to-read version of the history section at the back of my new book.

(Part 2 || The book)

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Disclaimer: I'm extremely not an expert, and this is only scratching the very surface of complex topics that are hard to simplify. I mostly made this to EXTREMELY rec these books and podcasts, and would urge you to go check them out if you're not familiar!!

This stuff might seem obvious to some of you, but let me tell you, I do NOT think it's widely known in the general UK population.

Imo a lot of the general (especially white) public think that the Windrush generation - Caribbean migrants brought in to help rebuild postwar Britain in the 50s - were the first Black communities in the UK. And yet there's deliberately not much focus on why the Caribbean has links with northern europe. HMMMM

(Britain loves, for example, to celebrate the abolition of slavery without mentioning WHAT CAME BEFORE IT - Britain being the biggest trader of enslaved people, with more than 1 million people enslaved in the British Caribbean. They literally just did it overseas.)

Telling the truth about history or British imperialism gets this massive manufactured backlash at the moment. There are so many ideas prevalent in UK politics - anti-Black, anti-refugee, anti-trans - based on going ‘back’ to some imaginary version of the past. Those are enabled by a long tradition of carving parts out of the historical record, and being selective about whose histories get told and preserved. Even though the book I was making is a fun rom-com, by the time I finished researching, I decided to make an illustrated history section at the back too (this is a mini version). My hope is that readers who haven’t come across these histories might get an introduction to them - and some pointers of what they could read next to get a clearer view of our past.

[seeleybooth]

[hiyyihrts]

can we talk about how Colin was showing genuine anger towards El for the mere thought of her sharing that he was helping Pen find a husband in any way. he never raises his voice to his siblings or hardly ever gets angry but even the thought of one of them hurting Pen had him snapping… they hadn’t even kissed or been intimate yet and he was ready to throw everyone under the bus for Penelope.

[polinsated]

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[zipadeea]

Still not over book!Anthony Bridgerton because my boy literally came home early one afternoon, whilst in the middle of his angsty "i don't love my wife but also she's beautiful and she's literally my favorite person to spend time with hmm what does that mean" phase, and listened to Kate play the flute, very badly, during her lesson, for like a whole hour. My boy didn't come in and just listen to her play a song, he literally sat with her for the whole lesson, just because he wanted to. And then, in the epilogue, Anthony Bridgerton spends his 39th birthday forcing his extended family to listen to him and his wife performing a concert, again badly, because my dude literally learned how to play the trumpet so he could accompany his wife and they could learn new things together.

[ohtendril]

There was something heartbreaking in the way she was gazing at him, as if she might die if he didn’t kiss her. Not from heartbreak, not from embarrassment—it was almost as if she needed him for nourishment, to feed her soul, to fill her heart.

[mporium]

i cannot believe they are going to move on from theo x eloise just like that, wasted chemistry and a wasted oportunity to show something diferent , as much as i like the seasons and parties and the husband hunt it's a bit repetitive when it's not being contrasted with working class/lower class characters stories like last seasons.

bleh.

[alicentsaegon]

They actually took the BEST male love interest in all of the Bridgerton universe and made him into a woman destroying both his and Francesca's characters and arcs going forward.... Like I'm sorry but the gender roles Michael and Francesca have are integral to their story... The infertility, Michael inheriting all of John's estate and title....and the guilt that comes with it. They even give him John's old clothes to wear

[dollypopup]

that 'have you ever been punished as a child?' line Pen drops hits different when you realize that in the books, Colin was horsewhipped by his father the morning before he died and then went to Eton where they literally had something called 'flogging Fridays' during the time he attended

like Julia, Miss. Quinn, what do you mean you just threw that information in as a random throwaway line that is never mentioned again? do you not realize how WILD that makes Colin's background?

He was twelve years old??? His dad saw him hitting Eloise and then horsewhipped him, and after horsewhipping his twelve. year. old. son. he then goes to comfort Eloise by taking a walk with her and the bee stings him and he fucking dies

Colin would be out here blaming himself for that death forever are you kidding me???? Wondering if he didn't hit his sister (when they're children playing together), would his Dad still be alive? Would he still have gone on that walk? Would he still have passed away as Colin sat sobbing in the stables, hurt by his hand?

And then he goes to Eton where the only time he had off was 3 weeks around Christmas, but still has to stay there, and 3 weeks in the summer when he can finally go home to Aubrey Hall?

This timeline is BONKERS. Like. . .we know Edmund dies not too long before Hyacinth is born, and she's born May/June. Colin's birthday? Yeah, it's in March. So you mean to tell me, the order of events of all this mess could be as followed: Edmund horsewhips Colin when he's 12 years old (sometime before March), he DIES that same day, Colin turns 13 (in March), Hyacinth is born (in June), and not a few months later Colin has to go to Eton (after the summer break. Social season is Spring and Summer, and ends either July or August, so let's be merciful here and say he leaves in August) and doesn't come back for an entire year?

You mean to tell me this boy has had what? Half a year to get over his father's death after he whipped him for a minor infraction and then he's waltzing into an institution where canings and whippings and floggings and bullying are the norm when he's a teeny tiny little boy?

How is this man not filled to the GILLS with trauma???? No wonder he's so close to his mum and listens to the women around him more than the men and never talks about his dad. And he still turns out so nice and empathetic and kindhearted? He still listens so much to Pen and is so gentle with her and has a good sense of humor and cares so deeply?

That man is never raising a hand to their children. He probably won't even raise his voice at their children. Oh my god.

[inklore]

i feel like some people forget pen has been pining after colin for three seasons. twenty episodes of home girl being love sick over this man, colin just needed to catch up. to realize him looking for pen in every ballroom, only feeling comfortably seen by his best friend, is something more. that’s why there is no slow burn. those twenty episodes have been the slow burn!