In order to save Kate from being “ruined” (because women simply could not hook up before marriage, or even appear to), Anthony decides to marry her.

At that moment, Ladies Featherington, Bridgerton, and Mary walk by and witness the compromising position. Instead of Kate sensually calming Anthony down like she did on the show, when Kate is stung in the book, he lunges at her and tries to suck the poison out of her, ahem, décolletage. Instead, he finds himself accidentally betrothed to Kate in a bizarre set of circumstances: The series stays true to Anthony’s fear of bee stings, having watched one cause his father’s demise. In the book, Anthony never asks Edwina to marry him. Let’s dig into all the big differences.ĭid I just say Kate’s engagement to Anthony ? Dear Reader, I did. It’s a pretty simple story, yet the show makes major changes to it. until a compromising position forces him to marry the older sister anyway. But Anthony is determined to get himself engaged to Edwina, despite how attracted he is to Kate. She’s determined to marry well to support her widowed mother and spinster sister.īut there’s one wealthy suitor Kate will not allow to court Edwina: Anthony Bridgerton, a notorious rake she knows has been breaking women’s hearts across London for a decade.

Edwina is all the things Kate is not: demure, obedient, and innocent. The family lives in genteel poverty, which puts a lot of pressure on Kate’s younger sister, Edwina, who has just reached marriageable age, to find a wealthy husband. At age 28, she’s a veteran of the wallflower scene, having not secured a husband during her debutante years due to her father’s passing. The Viscount Who Loved Me introduces arguably one of the best heroines in all of author Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton universe, Kate Sheffield. Warning: All of the spoilers for Bridgerton Season 2 follow, and quite a few from the book as well. But the differences between Bridgerton Season 2 and The Viscount Who Loved Me are far starker.

Although Bridgerton Season 1 made significant changes from the original novel, the show stayed true when it came to Daphne and Simon’s story and all its messy glory.

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