Ten Things I Love About You - Julia Quinn

My what an influx of Julia Quinn!

In case you were wondering, this magical influx is due a visit from my mom.  They just closed down the one proper bookstore within 50 miles of my hometown so when she came to visit she really wanted to hit up a Barnes and Nobles, so that's what we did.  And I may have bought a pile of books :3  Or maybe she did, I'm not sure.  We read a lot of the same stuff anyways so it doesn't matter all THAT much.

Now this book is a bit of a branch out from the Bevelstokes.  It follows the romance of Sebastian Grey, Olivia's cousin-in-law.  The one who did a reading of a cheesy romance book from atop a coffee table, one so moving that it made the maids cry (tears of joy) and then fell off the table and dislocated his arm.  Not in this book, but in the one with Olivia.  Which I will eventually get to reviewing. 

But yes.  Sebastian.  This book is pretty funny and takes on themes I definitely do not remember in other books from Quinn, and it's a good thing.  It's pretty nice to vary it like this.

The Lost Duke of Wyndham -Julia Quinn

Don't you wish all the handsome guys just walked around with their shirts open like this?  But then it would have to be the fluffy white shirts for the proper romantic effect and that would be a little weird nowadays...

Anyways.  This book is the same story as the one from Mr. Cavendish, I Presume, except from the point of view of Jack Audley, aka the lost duke. 

Mr. Cavendish, I Presume was what I read first, and it was my first book from the post-Bridgerton stuff.  It was interesting...but definitely not what I had expected.  It seemed more about self discovery than actual romance, which is what I thought I paid for.  This book balances out that a bit better with a good amount of romantic times. 

I think now that the original Bridgerton series is done, these books are Quinn's way of broadening her storylines (duh) and it's working.  I'm not sure if Mr. Cavendish was her first attempt, but it definitely did not capture me.  In fact, this one didn't so much either.  But it certainly wasn't bad.

Also!  I've put in my order for a kindle and it is on it's way now!  I'm super psyched!

The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever - Julia Quinn

Once Quinn finished with the Bridgertons I kind of didn't have high expectations.  The stories seemed to be getting a bit repetitive...I mean, after Francesca I was just kind of meh about the rest of the stories.

But Quinn kept writing and I was happy for it.  :D

This is the second book following the Bevelstokes.  The first one was following Olivia Bevelstoke who was super purty and all that, but this one follows her friend Miranda, who is definitely not so purty, at least not by Society's standards. 

This is definitely one of the post-Bridgerton books I would recommend to anyone :P No synopsis in case my mom is peeking.