What a great read. From the start I was hooked. The writing flowed so well. I wasn't aware that this book was part of a series. But its made me want to read all about the rokesby clan. I loved the relationship between poppy and andre, the bickering was so well written I found myself smiling. Great book start to finish, would recommend to all who love this type of book and to those who've just not tried it yet.

I have followed Julia Quinn and her Bridgerton family from the first. Her heroine Poppy is a very independent young women for her time. She has had 2 seasons in London but has not found her ideal match. When Poppy finds a smugglers cave while exploring she is soon whisked aboard the Infinity Captain Andrew James Rokesby’s boat. This is the start of an. adventure to Portugal and kidnapping by bandits. The Captain has been keeping secrets and you spend a few happy hours following Poppy and Andrew’s romance. I would always recommend Julia Quinn Miss Bridgerton romance for whiling away an afternoon.
I was given an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review by Netgalley and the publisher Little Brown Book Group.

A sweet romance by Julia Quinn. This was a quick read but a lovely story. Enjoy.

I received this ARC from Netgalley for an honest review.

(Almost) no one writes slowburn historical romances like Julia Quinn does. Not to mention she does it with some of my favourite characters ever, and The Other Miss Bridgerton is no different in this respect.

The Other Miss Bridgerton is Andrew Rokesby's book. Andrew is a privateer, running messages for the Foreign Office between Spain/Portugal and England, when his crew are forced to bring aboard Poppy Bridgerton, after she stumbles across their hideaway on the coast. Thus, Poppy has no choice but to travel with the ship to Lisbon.

One of the things I really loved about this book was that, despite the short length of time that their knowing each other spans (6 days), their relationship seems to develop naturally and isn't at all instalove-y. It's a great slowburn (they only kiss once until about 80% through!), and there's the perfect amount of growing tension between Andrew and Poppy. They also conform to pretty much one of my favourite ever tropes - hate (or rather, kind of snarky dislike) to love. In this series, I think their relationship comes second only to Billie and George's in the first book. (Billie and George also showed up briefly at the end of the book, which I loved, but now I'm really feeling the urge to reread their book.)

In some historical romances, I've found that, although I like the romance, I'm not too keen on the individual characters. That is definitely not the case for this book. Despite Andrew playing a bit too much into the rake tropes for my liking, I did love him, and I also loved Poppy a lot. She reminded me a bit of Billie, who is by far my favourite character of the series, but she was also comfortably her own character. Quite honestly, I would read a hundred more books about the Bridgertons, starting with Poppy.

Besides all this, I don't really know what else to say about the book. It's one of those ones that you like so much you actually can't find the words to say how you liked it. But, in an attempt to do just that, let me tell you this: I now really just want to go on a historical romance bingeread and it's all this book's fault.

Gentle Julia Quinn novel setting up more of the Bridgerton backstory. The usual Shakespearean references and strong female characters with a bit of piracy thrown in.