First Comes Scandal - Julia Quinn

First Comes Scandal

By Julia Quinn

  • Release Date: 2020-04-21
  • Genre: Historical Romance
Score: 4
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Description

There were Bridgertons before the eight alphabetically named siblings. In the fourth of the Bridgerton prequel series, following The Other Miss Bridgerton, we go back to where it all began. . . from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn

She was given two choices...

Georgiana Bridgerton isn’t against the idea of marriage. She’d just thought she’d have some say in the matter. But with her reputation hanging by a thread after she’s abducted for her dowry, Georgie is given two options: live out her life as a spinster or marry the rogue who has ruined her life.

Enter Option #3

As the fourth son of an earl, Nicholas Rokesby is prepared to chart his own course. He has a life in Edinburgh, where he’s close to completing his medical studies, and he has no time—or interest—to find a wife. But when he discovers that Georgie Bridgerton—his literal girl-next-door—is facing ruin, he knows what he must do.

A Marriage of Convenience

It might not have been the most romantic of proposals, but Nicholas never thought she’d say no. Georgie doesn’t want to be anyone’s sacrifice, and besides, they could never think of each other as anything more than childhood friends... or could they?

But as they embark upon their unorthodox courtship they discover a new twist to the age-old rhyme. First comes scandal, then comes marriage. But after that comes love...

Reviews

  • Sweet

    4
    By Ilovewheaties
    Not as good as the previous stories in the Series but holds its own. Cute characters and sweet story. Quick read.

  • Love it

    5
    By Heart2servehim
    I loved this book on the innocence of their childhood relationship turned lovers. Super cute. To see them grow into love as they got to know each other better

  • Enjoyable

    3
    By RoryMaria
    I’m a huge fan of Julia Quinn. And I enjoyed this book. I think the reviews are a little harsh, but they do have some truth. I thought the characters were well developed, and I did like the overall story. The interactions between the characters were so cute and the development from friends to uncertain lovers was good. However, I felt it could have been better. Quinn has done better. Some of the scenes that were meant to show the development of their friends to lovers just missed the mark; I wish they would have been edited out and replace with better scenes of them interacting. A lot of their interactions just missed that meaningful essence that Quinn is so good at writing. And yet, other parts of the book were so lovely and endearing. To conclude, if you’re a huge Quinn fan, and you have the resources, I would give this book a read. Just know that it won’t be the greatness that Quinn usually produces. If you’re new to Quinn, I suggest reading one of her other books first!

  • Had potential…

    2
    By somtre00
    Had potential but there wasn’t enough written about the characters’ relationship. There was WAY too much about the cats. Like, why was there so much about the cats? It was so weird. Then the book just kind of ended at what should have been the middle of the story.

  • Nope

    1
    By Mistymj
    Love all of the other books in this series. Not this one. Georgie is pushy and hard to like.

  • Excellent book

    5
    By ilezambrano
    Great story between the heroes…. Just exactly what the title says…. But for me it’s to much medical terms ☺️

  • First Comes Scandal

    5
    By Sherdav
    I loved the story of Georgie and Nicholas’ courtship. It could have been much longer to show more of them working together to run a medical practice, raise a family and run a home. I wonder why becoming a physician was ok for a gentleman and son of an earl, Nicholas, when it was deemed not acceptable for Colin a generation later when he was contemplating what to do with his life. He said having a job was not a life for the son of a peer. He thought his only options were the church or the military. Please keep writing, you have enormous talent, and feel free to extend the length of the stories for many more pages. I love all the twist and turns and the developing of a relationship, but I also would love to see how their lives unfold later. I love a long book with a good story. From you it would be epic.

  • Very cute book

    5
    By Morobles321
    I enjoyed it !

  • Not her best

    2
    By surfergirl5-0
    Having read all of Ms. Quinn’s books I was slightly disappointed in this one. I felt the storyline was rushed as well as the ending. While I’m fine with feminism to an extent, it seemed overly so for a period piece and more in line with a snowflake 2020 female than how an 1800s Lady would go about it. All-in-all, I was disappointed.

  • Awlful

    1
    By Atlz3
    I didn’t like the characters. I like The Bridgertons’ series. I’m a cat person and didn’t even like the cats in this book. I was skimming 50 pages in; put it down for a day, came back for another 50 pages or so. Sorry even in lock down not my flavor of read. Boring spinster. Uptight second son who wants to be a doctor and is recalled from school to marry neighbor because she was kidnapped by in debt lordling to save her from scandal. I may be done with Julia Quinn this was a phone in.

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