Thank goodness for Belle, who is absolutely fascinated by John and falls head over heels in love with him. He carries this crushing guilt very heavily in his heart, to the point where he thinks he doesn't deserve to fall in love, or be loved by any woman. Something extra horrible happened while he was in drunken command, that he would have - and should have - given his life to change. Scarred internally and out, John has true war survivor guilt. If you would read Splendid, skip this one(because it's waste of time) and proceed to Minx (more delightful).īeauty and the Beast revisited! Lady Arabella Blydon (Belle) meets solitary, gruesomely injured ex-soldier Lord John Blackwood. Quinn just paired Arabella to Anthony Bridgerton therefore uniting these two series. I think it would be more interesting if Ms. They have NO chemistry and the courtship is under develop to get to point that they can't live without the other and it made it so corny. And I don't see why Arabella is attracted to this John Blackwood (so weak and helpless, he could not even defend her and her mom at the crisis in which he brought, thanks to Persephone,Alex and William who saved the day).

What happened to Arabella here I think was she's just simply bored because Emma was busy with Alex(they're having a baby) and the season is over that she pursued her cousin's neighbor who is the most boring and less attractive(also stupid by suggesting to his nemesis they meet on his in-laws townhouse) hero on Julia Quinn books. I read this because it's sequel to Splendid which I enjoyed.

Dancing at midnight by julia quinn