Historical Romance Books You Should Read If You Loved Bridgerton | Recommendations
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- Опубліковано 28 гру 2020
- Hi Booklovers! Here are a bunch of historical romance book recommendations to read if you've just finished watching the Bridgerton Netflix show or reading the book series by Julia Quinn! ~Lacey
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YASSSS QUEEN!!!!!!! WE LOVE PROMOTING HISTORICAL ROMANCE
This is exactly what I needed! I've been wanting all the historical romances after I watched the show. Such a great list! Hopefully this is the beginning of my obsession with historical romances!
Kindle & Nook will be your friend.. And you can also find some free books ☺ #GoodLuck!
I have never been into romance novels I am more of a thriller/regular historical fiction reader....but after staying up till 3am bingeing the Bridgerton show I am now dying to read some historical romance in 2021!!❤ Thank you for the recommendations!
Oh I’m so glad! I hope you end up finding something you love 💗 it’s a fantastic subgenre!
Hathaways are adorable! You can really see the similarities in family dynamics between them and the Bridgertons! Married by morning is my favourite! ❤️ Also, every Lisa Kleypas fan adores Devil in Winter, it's one of her best!
Sebastian was my first from her and started my love for everything LK!
Love Lisa Kleypas too! Mary Balogh's books are very good series too!
Dreaming of you Darek craven is together with Sebastian the best characters.
@@JudithSanchez-ht6jn I completely agree.
I like Judith McNaught...Westmoreland Saga and the sequel series..
Mary Balogh has amazing historical romances. She really researches the time periods she writes about, so her books are very historically accurate. She is an amazing writer. I love her books.
She is my favourite romance author, right up there with Lisa Kleypas 😍😍💜💜
Added so many of these to my TBR! Thanks Lacey! :)
It’s great to see that I am not the only one that loves this genre of books ! Thanks for your recommendations 😊
I’m loving all your back to back videos 😭 even though I read majority of the recommendations lol I still enjoy your overall summaries 🖤
All your reviews feels like a good chat with friends. I love your channel!
I've read and re-read Julia Quinn's and Lisa Kleypas and Elizabeth Hoyt's books so many times.
I highly recommend Elizabeth Hoyt's 'Maiden Lane' series. It contains humor, romance, mystery and also a bit of thriller. I love how most her female characters aren't written as powerless and that the first goal is not always marriage. The rest of Elizabeth Hoyt's series are incredible as well!
Love your choices! I’ve read most of the series you’ve included and look forward to getting the few I haven’t read. A favorite series of mine that you didn’t include is the Pennyroyal Green series by Julie Anne Long-LOVE!
Thank you! So excited to try the gilded age series -i love books of that age and setting but its hard to find them sometimes. Not exactly a romance, but The English Wife by Lauren Willig is what made me love that era.
Thank you! I was just looking for some historical romance.
Love this book recommendation video! I definitely think the family aspect of the Bridgerton series is my favorite part, and the Hathaways and the Ravenel series are absolutely spot on recommendations for what to read after. And I’m pleased/biased at seeing The Secret and the Wallflowers series on your list of recs too!
Also, I really am totally going to add all of these other titles I haven’t read yet to my TBR because Bridgerton has definitely put me in a historical romance mood!
Right!? I want to binge on all the historicals now! That will be my January plan 😂
Lacey will you ever do a bookshelf tour? My eyes keep wandering to your background! So many awesome books!
Someday! I’ll have to think of a fun way to film it
I love this! I really want to read the Bridgerton series! I can’t wait to find some great romance recommendations!
Lisa Kleypas is by far my favorite historic romance author. I read Beatrix and Christophers story so many times. I also love Candace Camp and Mary Balogh.
Mine too
Love your videos Lacey! I’ve been on a paranormal romance kick this year but after watching & loving bridgerton I think 2021 will be my year of historical romance. I’ve been meaning to read Lisa Kleypas for years and I think it will happen next week once I finish my current contemporary read. ☺️
2021 will be the year of Lisa Kleypas for you!! 👏🏼
My favorite author is Lisa Kleypas. I appreciate your recommendations so much! I've had a difficult time finding someone like her.
This video all i needed. Thank you ❤️
It is so great to see someone love romance as much as I do!
Loved loved loved all of LK series. Devil in spring was also my favorite in the ravenels series!!
I love historical romance and Lisa Kleypas is the best❤️. Love in the afternoon is my all time favourite!! I think I only have three of the books left to read of all the books you recommended.😂 I´ll put them in my TBR!! Thank you for the recommendations!
Beatrix & Christopher 🥺🥺🥺
i’ve only read the first one in the wallflower series so far but i’m soooo excited to dive into more lisa kleypas 😍 joanna shupe’s books also sound sooo good omg i love that they’re set in New York!!
👏🏼👏🏼 you’ll have so much fun with the rest of the wallflowers! And YES!! Sometimes I like my historicals set somewhere outside of England 😂
Ooo... Hathaway sisters are everything ❤️. Especially Beatrix 😍
I read the Tessa Dare books! Soooo good! I'm adding all these to my TBR because they sound delicious. 💕
Her books are the cutest!!
There is a book for violet and edmund. I think it was a novella. Its called a violet in bloom. Its a part of the bridgerton ever after I think. Its really short so you can check it out.
I missed that! Thank you!
It's in a book called The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After. It contains the 2nd epilogues from all the books and finishes with Violet in Bloom.
Yes all those books are 🔥 . You should also read, if you haven’t already “That scandalous evening” by Christina Dodd
How I wish they will make all of Lisas books into a series
That would make me cry of happiness 😭
Me tooo.. wallflower series can be a good start 😍😍😍
@@mizztea94 SAAMEEE! I love both the series so much, and devil in winter has a special place in my heart. 💜😍
Hathaways series 🥰
💯 agree!
love the hathaways but my favourite would be Poppy's, Leo's and Beatrix's book.
love the ravenels and all julie garwood's historical romance.
LISA KLEYPAS IS MY FAVOURITE HISTORICAL ROMANCE AUTHOR TOO! My fave Hathaway book are Tempt Me at Twilight and (especially) Love in the Afternoon. Favourite Wallflower book, of course, is Devil in Winter.
Edit: omg thank you for the like, you're so sweet. I also like Derek Craven's book tbh 😍😍
My favourite wallflower is It happened one Autumn.
i used to be really adverse to historical romances written in modern day because of the covers lol, but the stories sound really fun so i should look into some of these :))
Please do! There are some WONDERFUL stories in historical romance 😍
I love love lovee Lisa Kleypas and her Walflower series and really liked Hathaways too! And ofcourse Julia quinns bridgerton series is a must read
I grabbed a ton of these looking forward to reading more. I love outlander and bridgerton here i am being wrong about romance novels.
One of my favorite authors is Lisa Kleypas, my 2nd is Tracy Anne Warren series the Mistress trilogy ❤️❤️❤️
Just what I have been looking for
The Mallory series by Johanna Lindsey is another of my favourites.
I want to read it!
I HEART DEVIL IN SPRING FOREVER!! My gal Pandora with her ADHD was so adorably awkward (perhaps I can relate). Also, I was both entertained by and admired her pirate like approach to kissing.
The Cynster Series by Stephanie Laurens are great reads!
I recommend The Cynster series by Stephanie Laurens
I’ve been meaning to read the series! I bought so many of them (and her Bastion Club books) last year lol
Great recommendations 💖💖💖
Thank you 💗
I absolutely have to recommend Sabrina Jeffries' Hellions of Halstead Hall
The prince catchers series by Katharine Ashe is another great one too 😊
Loved your recommendations ♥️♥️ you should try Westmoreland series by Judith Mcnaught and Julie Garwood's The bride . Love ya !
I’ve read The Bride 😍 I’ll be reading Judith McNaught soooon!
Yes love Julie Garwood.. but I don't like Judith's books with it's big Misunderstandings.. her writing is good... just jarring for me, the Big Misunderstandings that is. :)
The Smythe-Smith Quartet series, also by Julia Quinn, is really great!
I want to read it, especially after all the mentions in the Bridgertons series!
Yes, I hope they're also featured in the show. It wouldn't be difficult to integrate them.
How did I just now find your channel?! 🥰
YES! LISA KLEYPAS! YESSS
Lisa Kleypas is the best! LOVE THE HATHWAYS!
Have you read Stephanie Lauren's Cynster novels? In my opinion THE best regency novels. It's all about one family (and extended family, or family of those who married into the cynsters), they are so well written and i read them all once a year. So if you love the Bridgerton's you'll love the Cynsters
I own a bunch of them after doing a little shopping on eBay but have yet to dive in! I’m hoping to this month ☺️
there is a novella Violet in Bloom, published in the Happily Ever After book that tells the story of Violet and Edmund falling in love. the love story part is very short because it follows Violet throughout her life. It's worth reading though. ( TW for the description of Edmund's death )
Thank you!! I’ve been missing out on all the novellas & epilogues for the series. I need to go back and look for them
there is a novella about Violet and Edmund. Is vert sweet. It's the last story of Bridgertons Ever After
❄Some of my favorite regency romance novels are :
🌟Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson 💖
⭐Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden 💖
🌟Becoming Lady Lockwood by Jennifer Moore 💖
I loveddd Edenbrooke !! Did you read Blackmoore by Julianne D. as well? I remember really enjoying it though I loved Edenbrooke the most ! I will check out your others recs ☺️☺️
@@danaprovenzano3961 Me too! I didn't like Blackmoore as much as I LOVED Edenbrooke💖
@@barbiestargirl1700 I wish she would come out with more !!
I'm gonna make a recommendation only because I don't hear many people talking about Sabrina Jeffries and I love her. Hellions of Halstead Hall - five siblings, five books, a tough as nails grandmother who wants them to marry and the mystery of their parents' deaths.
Thank you for the rec! I recently got a few of her Swanlea Sisters series. I’m excited to read her. She has the prettiest stepbacks
Love love love Lisa Kleypas!!! Question: How did you manage to get hardcover of Mine Till Midnight? Or any hardcover editions for that matter. I've looked everywhere for them and only ones available are large print formats from libraries. :(
A friend got it for me at Half Price Books ☺️
LACEY!!!
i started reading Tempt Me by Twilight and honestly, My favourite is Love in The Afternoon. I'm practically obsessed! and I love married by morning
Beatrix & Christopher HAVE MY HEART 🥺
@@LaceyBookloversthey have mine too. I'm so jealousssssss that you have the paperback😭😭😭😭😭 I've re read the ebook like a million times😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭and for some reason, almost all the bookstores I ask, secondhand and the rest, don't have it in stock. Breaks my heart💔
I enjoyed jukia quinn books,but when i tried kleypas i liked her much more,i think she writes better,with more quality, how to say. Maybe the point is in the translation,I'm not sure,but Kleypas writing is less banal. Are there any other authors that writes as good as Kleypas in period love romance subject?
YAAAAAASSS OH MY GOODNESS
I loved mary balogh's bedwin series... Their family dynamics is as heartwarming as bridgertons!!
Yes, me too.And her Survivors and Westcotts.
@@colorswordsandlearning can you suggest me some new books? I think have read almost all the well known or popular historical romance books 😬
The Lost Lords series by Putney is great as well.
Oh, you should try books by Mary Balogh the Bedwin saga
Has anyone read the lady most willing series? I've haven't read it but it seems interesting and the reviews say it's a 5/5 star read.
I recommend Sarah McEden's Jonquil series, it's clean historical romance, very chill reading. I haven't read it in order, i started with For Love and Honour, however the Jonquil brothers have such a wonderful dynamic, and if you liked the Bridgerton family dynamic, you'll probably like this one. This series is a bit fluffier.
Also Georgette Heyer's These Old Shades is BRILLIANT. The characterisation of the hero and heroine are impeccable, and if you liked Anthony Bridgerton's wit and sarcasm, you will love the hero's of These Old Shades. this book is...an experience. Absolutely loved it.
Please give them a try, they are well worth your time.
I’ve heard great things about Georgette Heyer’s books but I haven’t read them just yet! Thank you for the recs!
@@LaceyBooklovers I'm on my second of hers, and I love it so far. She does live up to any hype she's getting, in my opinion. No problem, and happy reading!
I am so jealous you have the Devil in Spring with the stepback. I have been looking for it everywhere and I haven't found it yet.
Have you looked on eBay? That’s how I found mine
I read mine online
For Edmund and Violet's story from Bridgerton, i am really hoping we get it in the Rokesby Series. After all, it is set in the time of Edmund's early life. Fingers crossed for that, especially because the two families are neighbours and there have been some marriages between the two families already.
Lisa Kleypas is amazing! The 3rd book of the Wallflowers series (Devil in Winter) can actually be considered a prequel to the Devil in Spring (3rd Ravenels book) as it tells the story of Gabriel's parents.
As for other family oriented books, The Cynster series by Stephanie Laurens are a must in my opinion. They are a lot more steamier than Bridgerton books. They are filled with rakish alpha males and strong females who will make the Cynster men work for their love. Most books have some sort of a crime investigation aspect to them as well - be it a murder, a theft, rigged bets - which adds to the suspense. Bastion club series is also great, but my fav is Captain Jack's Woman which is actually the prequel of the series.
I also enjoyed Birmigham Series by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, but i have mixed feelings on the 1st book (The Flame and the Flower) due to how it begins.
Here are some other series/authors to checkas well: Mary Balogh (Dark Angel series, The Survivor's Club series); Sarah MacLean (Love by Numbers series, Scandal & Scoundrel series, Rules of Scoundrels series - there are connections between all 3 series); Gaelen Foley (The Knight Family series); Julie Garwood (Crown Spies series); Teresa Medeiros (Yours Until Dawn - it's a great book and really worth the read); Nieves Hidalgo (idk if there are translations to English, but i really loved her books); Amanda Quick (some of her books have a bit of a supernatural in it, but nothing too over the top); Elizabth Hoyt (Maiden Lane series - i had a hard time finishing them the first time, but they were a lot better on the second read, but my fav two are and will remain Duke of Midnight and Duke of Pleasure).
I recently read Devil’s Bride and loooved it! I’m excited to read more of the Cynsters now. Thank you for all the recs! Amanda Quick is high up on my tbr. I love Julie Garwood & Elizabeth Hoyt!
you should check out the league of extraordinary women series by evie dunmore!! they’re only two out right now, and the third comes out in september. but it’s sooooo good.
I loved book 1!!
I enjoyed the Bridgerton prequels.
Have you ever read the Jonquil Brothers series by Sarah Eden? It reminded me a lot of the bridgertons with the amount of humor between the siblings.
I haven’t! I’ll have to add it to my tbr
I need to read The Hathaways series asap
Yes 👏🏼 you 👏🏼 do 👏🏼 I always want Wallflowers fans to read Hathaways! Cam from DIW is the hero of book 1
I dnf-ed the Secret at 42% 😭 Someone convince me to try it again, I don't get why everyone's so in love with that book 😣
I'm currently reading The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie and loving it! For Kleypas, I've read her Wallflower series (loved It Happened One Autumn and kind of hated Devil in Winter oops- ) but I still need to get into the Hathways and Ravenels. LK books would be so good as TV!
What made you dnf The Secret?
Oh no 😭😭😭 but I’m happy you’re loving Ian!! He’s the best 🥺
@@kindermann9301 I hated Iain, mainly. He was so alpha in a misogynistic way imo.
@@DaniA-hu1fv Ahh ok. I haven’t read it yet. I’ll be reading it sometime next year hopefully
U hate devil in winter💔
Sebastian😍
Have you read Silver Lining by Maggie Osbourne or Always to Remember by Lorraine Heath? I typically stick to more Regency Historical Romances both I love both of those books. Thanks for the recommendations!
I haven’t yet, though Lorraine Heath is on my tbr! Thank you for those recs!
@@LaceyBooklovers let me know what you think, I typically done like American Historical Romances but I enjoyed both of these! Always to Remember might be my favorite overall.
My usual problem with novels is that i usually love the start of the book but it gets boring and predictable by the end and it loses its touch. So can anyone recommend a book that is good from start to end? I did like some of julie garwood’s and judith mcnaught’s books but I’m looking for a book that really makes you feel for the characters and understand each of their angst instead of the usual stupid reason of not confessing because of pride or something of the sort. I want a REAL reason.
Judith’s paradise book though not historical was a good example. Though at the end i felt some parts were kinda rush but i like things to be somewhat logical
I've read most of the books mentioned.. 😍 Have you read the Slightly series by Mary Blough or my fav the the 1st series that got me hooked was the series by Kathleen Woodiwiss.. (Ex: Flame & Flower)
I’ve been wanting to try Kathleen Woodiwiss!
@@LaceyBooklovers My favorite book & 1st Romance Novel was Shanna by her.. I've been hooked on them ever since..
Wow you recommended the eloisa james series so now I gotta try it... Lol
...start with book 2 LOL
Do any of these have 'questionable consent' issues? Can you recommend some that are free from consent issues (incl. stuff like people saying no or being coerced etc), just want fun not consent issues mid-book
Have you tried Julie Ann long? I love her!
I tried one of her newer books a few years back but haven’t read any other since!
So, you mentioned Tessa Dare. Have you read the Spindle Cove series by Tessa Dare?
I’ve read Do You Want to Start a Scandal!
@@LaceyBooklovers Not the ones before it. If I recall correctly, this is the last one. I highly recommend this series.
I have all of these🙊🙊🙊 any more recommendations??
I have sooo many HR recs in my other videos!
I never read that Lisa kleypas series yet lmaoooo I'm nervous
Hathaways is a MUST READ. I think I loved it more than the other two
Please recommend some clean and sweet regency romance novels 💖
Maybe not exactly what you want but I love everything by Sandra Dallas.
Maybe Meg Cabot’s historical romances? I don’t really read clean romances 😂
Early Mary Balogh. They are rereleasing a lot of her early books and they’re very G/PG rated and she’s a great author.
hello there, Any historical romance books with a Scottish setting to recommend?
I recommend checking Julie Garwood - she has quite a few novels that are set in the Scottish highlands (The Bride, The Secret, Ransom, The Wedding...). I think McGregor series by Grace Burrowes is also set in Scotland.
And i know these are supposed to be set in Scotland, but i haven't read them yet: Mary Wine (most books); Lynsay Sands (Highland Brides series & Devil of the Highlands serie); Hannah Howel (Higland Brides series & Seven Brides for Seven Scotsmen series); Tracy Broggan (Highland Surrender); Paula Quinn (most books).
@@rosequinn2250 Thank you for the recommendations!!! I read The Secret already and I genuinely loved it, the midwife part was a nice touch to the story 💕💕 I was thinking about reading The Bride now, is it equally good?
So many videos lately🙏🏾
I have so much motivation to film now with the show releasing! 😂
@@LaceyBooklovers They need to release more shows😆
When you've read like 75% of these books lol I might have an obsession
Devon and Helen Ravenals are cousins not bro and sis
Forgot about that, thank you!
I just watched the first several episodes and it takes alot of creative license with the books. I was happy with the multiracial cast but very unhappy with scene explaining the multiracial cast. They should have left it out. The actress playing Lady Danbridge is perfect and Queen Charlotte as well. The true Queen Charlotte did have Moorish blood in her and was multiracial. It's different enough that I don't have to judge it with my imagination and am enjoying it, although I wish it was truer to the books.
YES! I was so happy with the casting and the colorblindness of it but when it was explained I was so disappointed! That scene could've been left out!
@@MrMalika9 Maybe if ppl complain, they will drop that stupid scene!
It is wonderful that you love literature so much. But, why do Americans keep mispronouncing epistolary? This is the 6th time I've heard you describe an epistolary as an ep-i-stoll-a-ree. The correct pronunciation is ip-iss-il-ree and means a compilation of written letters-epistles: ip-iss-ills. Perhaps you can make pronunciation your New Year Resolution and save your viewers the gringes or just avoid this genre completely.
I am “gringing” over the fact that you think you are only given the privilege and right to read any kind of book or, well, do anything really if you can correctly pronounce words 💀😂 And you do know there are different ways to pronounce things in different countries? You could’ve just said “here’s how we pronounce it here” and moved on
How rude! Does it even matter how it’s pronounced? Moving on.. I looove the wallflower and Ravenel series but can’t find anything else I can get into 🥺 I also absolutely adore JQuinn books and read them all too.. wish I could find a really good book I can get lost in..