I don’t know that there is a more popular show or film than Bridgerton at the moment. After the second season debuted at the end of March, it has broken a slew of new records and dominated online water-cooler talk ever since. And if you are in the mood for more Bridgerton-type content but have already read all of Julia Quinn’s books, your next read should be Reputation by Lex Croucher!
Thank you to NetGalley for providing an eARC and Advanced Listening Copy in exchange for an honest review.
Reputation, Lex Croucher
The hilarious debut novel from Lex Croucher. A classic romcom with a Regency-era twist, for fans of Mean Girls and/or Jane Austen.
Abandoned by her parents, middle-class Georgiana Ellers has moved to a new town to live with her dreary aunt and uncle. At a particularly dull party, she meets the enigmatic Frances Campbell, a wealthy member of the in-crowd who lives a life Georgiana couldn’t have imagined in her wildest dreams.
Lonely and vulnerable, Georgiana falls in with Frances and her unfathomably rich, deeply improper friends. Georgiana is introduced to a new world: drunken debauchery, mysterious young men with strangely arresting hands, and the upper echelons of Regency society.
But the price of entry to high society might just be higher than Georgiana is willing to pay …
Why You Should Read This…
This is a very specific type of book, I will be upfront about that. If you read Regency books and watch period dramas and think that the footman should’ve been in a specific place or an earl’s daughter wouldn’t have been addressed as X, Y, or Z, this isn’t the book for you. However, if you love the fun, fast pace, and melding of modern and period in Bridgerton, there is no better book for you.
The tagline on the back of the book is, “There is a truth universally acknowledged… that girls just want to have fun” and that really sums this book up! While I’m sure it comes to no one as a surprise, I wasn’t a popular person growing up as I spent most of my time dancing. This book gives you a look into the “popular girls” of the Regency period and a quasi-modern telling of their fast-paced lifestyle. It is an entertaining and fast-moving book, and wonderful for a mental escape from the stresses of adult life.
Bessie Carter has quickly become one of my favourite narrators. Her reading of The Pursuit of Love was a delight, and Reputation is much the same. If she seems familiar to you, it is because she plays none other than Prudence Featherington on Bridgerton, one of our favourite comedic scene stealers!
Is Reputation by Lex Croucher on your to-read list?
Cheers,
The Historian
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