Goes to show tht my absence from blog writing was filled with reading mushy love stories.... Oh well.... this is the 2nd book of the set of 3 tht I bought of Julia Quinn.
This book is about the youngest of the 8 Bridgerton siblings - Hyacinth. I just found out from this book, tht the mum actually named her kids in alphabetical order. Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory & Hyacinth!
Aparently Hyacinth is quite a character... Speaks her mind with a directness tht scares the daylight of the men around her (except her brothers) & very smart but is not willing to play the foolish damsel tht other girls employ to snare men tht may be intimidated by their inteligence (if you ask me, if the men are intimidated by women's inteligence, then he's not worth pursuing).
In comes Gareth St Clair, who's has loads of his own problems & is charmed rather than intimidated by Hyacinth's wits & sharp tongue. He inherited a diary of his paternal grandmother, but it was written in Italian. He hoped tht the diary would unlock the mystery of his parentage (aparently his 'father' insists tht he's a result of his mother's affair with someone else - aha....). Hyacinth who knows a little Italian, volunteered to translate the diary for Gareth; which threw them into a bit of an adventure here & there.
Naturally, the relationship developed into love.... predictable, but an interesting & entertaining reading journey.
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