Julia Quinn

We get to sink into this moment with them.

And again, I love the way that Julia Quinn writes this.

because it just feels so intimate in a way a lot of kisses in romance novels don't, because this feels like it's born of them understanding each other and knowing each other.

And on 226, when Francesca says, and she grew hot, molten, wicked, and that idea of wickedness, of Michael being a space that it's okay for her to embrace this side of herself, that the taunt that society would dislike in her and this idea that like sex and desire was that sex was really only the purview of the marriage bed but that desire was not the purview of a well-born woman at all was pretty common i mean because we're not in the victorian era yet this is still the regency and so the idea that like women liked pleasure was was wicked inherently and so even if it was with her husband that maybe isn't something that she fully explored and i think we see that as this carries on that she did some stuff with John and that was nice and whatever.

He'd quite taken her breath away in London.

But here in Scotland, he seemed changed, wilder, more elemental.

So it really like that's definitely an intentional thing from Julia Quinn.

Then, of course, Michael drops the news of like Colin's going to marry Penelope.

Pequel? A pequel?

It was a prequel by Julia Quinn.

And I've never seen Bridgerton, nor

have I watched Bridgerton.

Okay, this game.

Because I picked this book because this is kind of like a quote-unquote enemies to lovers slow burn.

Although it is not a Mara and Luke slow burn because it did not take place over 15 books? Question mark? I would like to look at the conversation that Luke and Mara, or argument that Luke and Mara have in chapter 26, and I would like you, in the style of Julia Quinn, to tell me what they are thinking on the inside.

Because the important thing about romance is not what two characters do, it is how the two characters feel on the inside.

... because the historical context here is just vital.

Bridgerton debuted as a Regency romance juggernaut based on the massively popular series of novels by Julia Quinn.

Right.

It was created for television by Chris Van Dusen, but the crucial piece of the puzzle is that it was produced by Shonda Rhimes under her Shondaland production banner.

because I think we're kind of already on topic.

I know Julia Quinn has talked about when she was first approached to do like a Bridgerton series that she kind of immediately was like turned over greater control.

And she said that part of it was wise because she knew this was like a huge opportunity for the romance genre and she felt like maybe her being involved could be maybe it wouldn't work well like how do you think that has evolved or like what does it look like for an author like once their their um the book has been adapted and goes to production and like it does it i guess varies but can you talk a little bit about that

First of all, I did not know that about Julia, but I think it's very interesting that she was willing to give up creative control, but obviously it was the right decision because Bridgerton did so well.

And that's so funny because one of the One great moments that I'm really hoping we see in the show as well is that then she walks into the drawing room and it goes flowers everywhere.

It's such a great, I love the way that Julia Quinn does like plays with the rhythm of language and having, you know, a word and a word and these little fragments and introductions, just as standing on their own sentences, it changes the beat of things so fun.

in such a fun way.

And I am wondering too, for the show, as Francesca's a little bit giddy in the book where she's like, oh, this is kind of fun.

Um, but basically we just get person after person, um, you get Travis, treble stem and all these people who want to talk about her.

Uh, I also really love the humor in this.

I love when Julia Quinn lets us sit in some funny things of like, uh, Oh, the queen's dogs are in mourning.

And, uh, his, his hope that like, he's like, wow, um, this dude seems like he could just pass or you could just like pass away right now.

Hello.

Today we're doing [laughs] another Smythe-Smith Quartet installment, book three and book four, by Julia Quinn, and this one we're gonna talk about The Sum of All Kisses.

If you listen to some other episodes, you may know this book is everything to Sam.

This book and me, [sighs] man, we got something special going on.

The bickering

...

if Julia Quinn can do anything, she can write such good, witty- Like bantering

Yeah

Spoiler alert.

Welcome to What Would Danbury Do? Your guide to Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series from A to V.

This is part two of our recap of Bridgerton season four, episode eight.

You've had the highlights, but if you haven't listened to part one, we do recommend you go back so as not to miss a minute of our sparkling banter.

It is directed by Anya Adams.

And this episode is written by Daniel Robertson, Lauren Gamble, of course, based on the novel An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn.

So the episode title is Dance in the Country.

As we've been mentioning, each of the episode titles this season are based on a painting.