It's evident that this book, the first of the Bridgerton series, has hit a new level of writing for Ms. Quinn, and early it is a commendable effort. Not my favorite (thus far, that would be The Viscount Who Loved Me) but still quite enjoyable. It just irked me that some similar word phrasing and word ply was used in this first book and reoccurs in later ones - completely jarring and gives an odd, unwanted feeling of deja vu feeling