“It suddenly made sense. Only twice in his life had he felt this inexplicable, almost mystical attraction to a woman. He’d thought it remarkable, to have found two, when in his heart he’d always believed there was only one perfect woman out there for him. His heart had been right. There was only one.” – 4.25/5 stars!

Attention! This book contains: masquerade balls, gloves, fever, housemaids, earls, dowries, drawings, evil stepmothers, and mistresses.

Sophie Beckett never dreamed she’d be able to sneak into Lady Bridgerton’s famed masquerade ball—or that “Prince Charming” would be waiting there for her! Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful stepmother. But now, spinning in the strong arms of the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. Alas, she knows all enchantments must end when the clock strikes midnight.

Who was that extraordinary woman? Ever since that magical night, a radiant vision in silver has blinded Benedict to the attractions of any other—except, perhaps, this alluring and oddly familiar beauty dressed in housemaid’s garb whom he feels compelled to rescue from a most disagreeable situation. He has sworn to find and wed his mystery miss, but this breathtaking maid makes him weak with wanting her. Yet, if he offers her his heart, will Benedict sacrifice his only chance for a fairy tale love?

I had no idea Benedict and Sophie’s story was a Cinderella retelling! It ended up being a really fun, swoony, and unexpected book.

As the characters go, I really liked both Benedict and Sophie as main characters. I felt really bad for Sophie for being put to the side for being a bastard child and for being mistreated for her whole life by her stepmother and stepsisters – and by the way, I still disliked Posy until the very end, you can’t change my mind on her. And Benedict is used to always being overlooked as “the second Bridgerton”, without people seeing him for who he is. And when they met for the first time… sparks flew! The masquerade chapters were some of my favorites from the entire book. It had such a magical feel to it! Sophie’s servants helped her dress up so she could attend the ball and have the best night of her life… right next to Benedict. Also, this is more of a side note, but I loved Violet’s interactions in this book. No one knows her kids like she does, and she always tries to parent them with kindness and help them navigate through life at all times. She’s one of my favorite characters from the entire series!

I enjoyed this book for the most part, but I kind of wished their relationship developed a little more. I don’t think it was necessarily superficial, but I would love to see them grow a more stable relationship before concluding the story
I’m not sure what my favorite Bridgerton book is so far! After reading this book, I think it’s a tie between Anthony’s book and Benedict’s book – I thought Daphne’s book was a little boring in comparison to the next two books. Let’s see if Colin’s book changes my mind!

Now I’m very excited about the Netflix adaptation for Benedict’s story! As I’m writing this, they just announced Sophie Beckett is going to be portrayed by Yerin Ha. I’m very curious to see what they do with the “lady in silver”. I beg you Netflix, please don’t ruin the story!