Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton novels are featured heavily throughout The Busybody Book Club. Have you read any of them, or watched the series? What’s your favorite “enemy-to-lovers” novel?

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Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton novels are featured heavily throughout The Busybody Book Club. Have you read any of them, or watched the series? What’s your favorite “enemy-to-lovers” novel?

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I read the first of the Bridgerton series to see what all the hubbub was about when the books first came out. Not really my cup of tea so I haven’t read any of the remainder of the series or watched the TV. And, with regards to The BusyBody Book Club, in part it was the references to Bridgerton and Miss Marple (and a few Poirot) that made the book slow to me.

Two of my favorite enemies-to-lover books were “Pride and Prejudice” and “A Curious Beginning” - although I’m not sure Stoker in Raybourn’s novels was exactly an enemy.

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Have not read–or watched–any of the Bridgerton books. They just aren’t something that called to me. So many enemy-to-lovers books out there right now; just about every rom-com uses that device (some better than others). I liked Emily Henry’s “Book Lovers” and “Beach Read” but the main characters weren’t really enemies. Possibly my favorite, although it was more of a enemy-to-friends theme, is Lucy Gilmore’s “Lonely Hearts Book Club”, which is very similar to this book (excellent read-alike suggestion!)

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I haven’t watched any of the Bridgerton novels, but I LOVED The Busybody Book Club.

Another sweet, heartwarming read by Freya Sampson with an odd, but lovable cast of charactyers.

Each of her books is a sweet read!!

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I haven’t read any of the Bridgeton novels, but I did watch the series. I thought it got pretty tiresome, though.
I think the mother of all enemy to lovers novels is Pride and Prejudice.

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I have not read any of them. I am not sure if I would like them. I’ll have to try one and see.

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I’ve watched the Bridgerton series but not read the novels. I would not really consider myself a fan of the series. Featuring the Bridgerton novels in the Busybody Book Club does make me think I should try reading the novels.

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I have not read the books yet, but I devoured the series and that’s not normally a genre I like. I can’t pick a favorite enemies to lovers novel. That’s my favorite genre and there are so many good ones.

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I’ve not read them or seen the show.

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I have not read any of the Bridgerton novels, but I have watched the series. I enjoyed the first two seasons, but not the third as much.

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I have not read Bridgerton, but have read some of Quinn’s other novels. I like her mix of fiction and historical facts. Cannot think of a particular enemy to lovers novel, but any novel where people resolve their difficulties/differences and become lovers or friends is a good read.