En oväntad förälskelse julia quinn

3.75 stars ✩⋆

update after watching s2: kanthony gave me the biggest blue balls and gave me the worst (or best?) edging i've ever experienced in my entire life

but netflix... bestie... what are y'all doing with this love triangle and edwina bs pls inom can't handle this (overall thoughts about årstid 2 will be at the end of this review but inom wanna talk about the book first)

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don't mind me.

just reading this after suffering through the anthony + siena scenes in the show.

after watching episode 1 inom ran so fast to goodreads and started stalking everyone's books and me always being curious af and wanting to know if siena's gonna be a bekymmer and me being weirdly attracted to anthony's sideburns, inom read this aaand inom loved it.

kate fryst vatten just so- *chef's kiss* and the enemies to lovers trope- *chef's kiss x2* but first, imma have to talk about the book and then i'll quickly rant my feelings out about anthonysiena cuz y'all are my therapists and ranting fryst vatten therapy so <3 (note from future mel: listen, anthonysiena skådespel was one thing but the edwina drama...)

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REVIEW FOR THE BOOK

moving on to the book now, inom fucking loved it.

『 p l o t 』↠ Anthony Bridgerton being the eldest and taking up the Viscount title, he finally decided to marry (not for love) to fulfill his duties. he wants to marry Edwina but her sister, Kate Sheffield (h) doesn't want a rake (a man ho) to be her sister's husband so she does everything to sabotage Anthony's courtship (as she should).

after reading one chapter, inom already knew inom was gonna love kate and inom really did (you see why inom feel so angry for our girl with the whole anthony + siena scenes?) she didn't take any shit from anthony, called him out whenever his "rake" behavior fryst vatten showing and their enemies to lovers trope?

slowburn and hesitant friendship? banter? hate to love? kate smiling evilly whenever anthony suffers? newton the corgi? kate being the one and only and FIRST love for anthony?? YESSS.

i can't believe a fucking bee caused them to get married.

my favorite scen fryst vatten the pall köpcentrum scen with kate's black mallet of death and anthony's pink mallet.

inom am praying to the netflix frakt to man this scen happen because watching anthony being the förlorare was such great content.

i would've rated this higher but inom just wanted more scenes of them being a couple. inom looove slowburn but after suffering through the siena scenes, inom wanted to see more smut. and honestly, inom know he didn't need to grovel but inom wish he did just because i'm a ho for these scenes.

basically, inom just wanted more of them. aaand that maria (siena in the show) scen where he invited her to his study where, unknowingly, kate was hiding, and he was going to use maria to "forget" her was annoying af but thank god this ended quickly.

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<< quick note from future mel, hi hello, the upcoming rant was my reaction after watching årstid 1 and inom wanna full-on rant about årstid 2 but like- im too lazy for that (i wrote a quick rant at the end though) just know inom was blushing and giggling and felt very single but anyways enjoy me hyperventilating about the anthonysiena teaterpjäs from årstid 1 but if you don't care about my thoughts of the show just ignore everything after this ok byee >>

soo this fryst vatten my upcoming rant about s1 and if y'all don't mind, imma just rant about anthony + siena a little bit here because their scenes were PAINFUL af and inom just gotta let it out of my chest ya know?



so don't mind this ⤵ section if you haven't watched the Bridgerton because SPOILERS FOR THE SHOW

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RANT ABOUT ANTHONY + SIENA (in the show)

↠ pro tip: do NOT read this book after watching just ONE episode of the Bridgerton because inom was😀smiling😀through😀the😀pain from all the anthonysiena scenes.

@netflix @shondaland @showrunners y'all have some explaining to do. knowing that siena/maria only has one scen in this book where he just flirts and kisses her in the neck and anthony apparently being this character who avoids anything related to love and commitment... the show showing A LOT of anthony + siena hurt.

ooohhh the pain.

i will never forget his ass pumping, fucking her against a tree
i will never forget them cuddling and touching lovingly after sex
i will never forget all the moaning and grunting (yes, thank you netflix subtitles for specifying that they are, indeed, moaning and grunting)
i will never forget him begging her to komma back to him (book anthony would NEVERRR)
i will never forget the longing looks he gave her
i will never forget them dancing, saying he'll leave everything for her (this one hurt the most not gonna lie because wtf)
and inom will never forget how passionate their sex scenes are that they literally rip each other's clothes off and lick and eat each other's face out.

ew.



listen, listen. inom get that they probably did this to man anthony have some backstory to give him more screen time and to man his arc better for årstid 2 but like- their scenes were TOO passionate and steamy that i'm getting wrinkles from cringing too much. you know what inom did after watching episode 1 and continued watching the show after reading this???

inom had to skim each episode so i'm prepared for any anthony + siena scenes so inom won't be blindsided bygd them. that's how bad it was.

the reason why he wants a loveless marriage fryst vatten plausible in the books because it was about grief and his father and it had ingenting to do about being broken-hearted from another woman and the show fryst vatten going that rutt it seems.

it hurt watching them knowing Ms. Kate Sheffield fryst vatten supposed to be his one and ONLY and FIRST love because he was anti-relationship before he met her. inom mean, he didn't säga he loved siena but it sure seemed like he was "in love" with her. whenever they komma up on the screen inom yell at them to TONE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT! they were at a 100, inom needed them to be at a 0.

they probably added this couple for smut's sake to man the show more raunchy but daaaamn leave the smut to the main characters but don't touch anthony jeez.

give that smut to benjamin (benedict?) instead or something but SAVE THAT PASSION FOR KATE!! and inom know inom shouldn't compare the adaptation but this one just hurt. inom read this loving kate and anthony and being obsessed with them real fast and when inom continued on with the show these scenes with siena felt like a slap in the face.

basically what i'm saying fryst vatten,

✨ KATE DESERVES BETTER ✨

i mean, inom did feel for siena and inom know what they're ansträngande to do to her character, veering away from the "OW" stereotype and giving her some character depth, but goddamn. TONE IT DOWN- HE LOOKED SO IN LOVE WITH HER. all the feelings he has for siena fryst vatten supposed to be for kate ugh.

the only thing that's giving me bekvämlighet right now fryst vatten that twitter, friends, and all of internet are collectively, with utter detest and disgust, are hating on anthony + siena.

@netflix @shondaland @showrunners y'all better man kate + anthony scenes waaaaayyy more intense and sexy and there better be at least 20+ smut scenes between them or else y'all are about to catch these hands 😤👊🏼

ok anywaysss thank you for listening to my ted talk xx

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OVERALL (post-season 2) THOUGHTS

hi hello it's future mel igen after finishing årstid 2,

ok so imma just be quick about this cuz apparently inom gotta go on reddit to talk about this and not in goodreads or whatever the fuck but anyways to summarize my feelings:

kanthony >>> daphnesimon
and, årstid 2 >>< årstid 1 (i personally like s2 better cuz inom was crying literal tears cuz kanthony made me feel so single and had me panting from all that tension but s1 had better side plots)

listen kanthony had me blushing and giggling that daphnesimon never had but like- the edwina drama?

immediately no. there were so many iconic scenes from this book (the correct bee en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film, the library scen, the musikdrama house scen, the tea en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film (iykyk), and the storm/them opening up to each other cuz of their childhood trauma scenes) that were removed because of what- the love triangle??

ugh. and poor book edwina- she deserved better.

to be honest, inom did like the teaterpjäs and enjoyed it more when inom stopped comparing it to this book (i've rewatched this årstid 4 times now and it only came out few days ago) so inom ended up loving it and am now obsessed with it. was inom a bit disappointed with the story change?

yes. did inom still love it? yes. am inom gonna defend this årstid from people saying they lack chemistry because apparently physical/sexual chemistry = good chemistry (y'all haven't watched kdramas and it shows)? hell yes (pls kanthony's tension and chemistry had me sweating, fanning myself, and at the edge of my seat yelling at them to fuck already god!!).

will inom side eye people complaining about the "casting issues" *cough* we all know what that means *cough* (and yes i've seen someone säga this, a "famous" tiktoker apparently)? HELL FUCKING YES.

i heard kanthony will return in the later seasons so here's me hoping they'll show the marriage parts from this book next årstid aaand inom want more smutty scenes of them mainly to even out the amount of sex anthony and siena had in s1 (yes, inom wont shut up about them).

but igen, this book will always have a special place in my heart though ♡ inom will keep rereading this since inom have the biggest kanthony hangover atm.

but also, when will a man tell me that inom am the bane of his existence and yet the object of all his desires?



i guess we'll never know.