Title: It's In His Kiss
Series: Bridgertons
Author: Julia Quinn
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: March 28, 2017
Publisher: Avon
ASIN: B00UG8RP6S
MEET OUR HERO...
Gareth St. Clair is in a bind. His father, who detests him, is determined to beggar the St. Clair estates and ruin his inheritance. Gareth's sole bequest is an old family diary, which may or may not contain the secrets of his past...and the key to his future. The problem is—it's written in Italian, of which Gareth speaks not a word.
MEET OUR HEROINE...
All the ton agreed: there was no one quite like Hyacinth Bridgerton. She's fiendishly smart, devilishly outspoken, and according to Gareth, probably best in small doses. But there's something about her—something charming and vexing—that grabs him and won't quite let go...
MEET POOR MR. MOZART...
Or don't. But rest assured, he's spinning in his grave when Gareth and Hyacinth cross paths at the annual—and annually discordant—Smythe-Smith musicale. To Hyacinth, Gareth's every word seems a dare, and she offers to translate his diary, even though her Italian is slightly less than perfect. But as they delve into the mysterious text, they discover that the answers they seek lie not in the diary, but in each other...and that there is nothing as simple—or as complicated—as a single, perfect kiss.
My rating:
There's nothing Hyacinth Bridgerton loves more than a challenge. And Gareth St. Clair has provided just that. Not himself as the challenge, God forbid, he's not that interesting (at least Hyacinth is trying very hard to convince herself of that), but by searching for a translator for her grand-mother's diary written in Italian.
Hyacinth isn't as fluent as she would like, but she'd be damned if she let this opportunity slip through her fingers. She's too stubborn and she's too curious...and if translating the diary means spending more time in Gareth's company...well, that's not such a chore.
I. Loved. This. Book.
It was a return to the old form of the first few Bridgerton books and it felt like coming to visit an old friend you haven't seen in a while.
A wonderful combination of humor, romance, witty repartee, great characters (main and supporting cast, I especially loved Lady Danbury in this one) and a touch of drama with an extra oomph in the form of a quasi-suspense subplot the diary and treasure hunt provided.
I loved Gareth and Hyacinth. I always found the girl a tad annoying in the previous books, and she still went a little on my nerves, but Gareth (thankfully) balanced her out. They bickered, they plotted, they contemplated, they loved...They were so cute together, I actually read this book with a perpetual smile on my face. I was just a joy to read about these two characters, unencumbered with (much) drama or societal rules, brought together by something other than intrigue or a compromising situation, but a mere diary.
And then there was the supporting cast, lead by Lady Danbury in a much bigger role than in the previous books. There might not have been much familial scenes with Hyacinth's family to add to the humor quota, but Lady D more than compensated in that department. She's always been a matchmaker, but this time around that little character trait sure came out to the forefront, since Gareth was her favorite (and the only one she could stand) grandchild.
This was a laugh-out-loud, smile-on-your-face, entertaining, read with an almost-perfect combo of all the elements needed for a good romp of a (historical) romance.
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