A spirited woman from a combined race background marries into the British royal household however encounters snobbery and prejudice from everybody besides her husband. Cease me for those who’ve heard this one earlier than! Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is about within the 18th century however you may say it has a topical edge.
This can be a spin-off from the primary Bridgerton collection, going again in time to the second that Charlotte arrived in England from what’s now Germany, as a bride for George III. There’s a concept, primarily based on some fairly skinny proof, that the true Charlotte was noticeably of African descent. A disclaimer at the start of the present says: “That is the story of Queen Charlotte from Bridgerton. It’s not a historical past lesson – it’s fiction impressed by truth. All liberties taken by the writer are fairly intentional. Take pleasure in.”
It’s a love story, and an lovely one at that. Seventeen-year-old Charlotte (a successful India Amarteifio) doesn’t need to be married off to a person she has by no means seen, however has little say within the matter. She’s vibrant and headstrong, and on her marriage ceremony day decides to leg it over the backyard wall as a substitute of heading down the aisle. However then she has a meet-cute with swoon-worthy George (Corey Mylchreest), and earlier than you possibly can say, “Gosh, nice cheekbones,” they’re man and spouse.
Grown ladies will lap this up, as they did with the primary two collection of Bridgerton and the Julia Quinn books on which the collection is predicated, however actually this present is ideal for 14-year-olds. In my day, we had Brat Pack movies and Judy Blume books to gasoline our romantic daydreams, and that is the modern-day equal. The storytelling is on the similar stage of complexity as a Jackie journal photo-story.
