{"id":4470,"date":"2021-03-29T12:01:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T16:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2021-03-29T13:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:51:29","slug":"episode-168-the-duke-and-i-bridgerton-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-168-the-duke-and-i-bridgerton-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 168 &#8211; The Duke And I (Bridgerton #1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bridgerton.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4471 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bridgerton-199x300.jpeg\" alt=\"The Duke &amp; I (Bridgerton #1) by Julia Quinn\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bridgerton-199x300.jpeg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bridgerton-146x220.jpeg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/bridgerton.jpeg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We teamed up with Anna and Alene of the Bellwether Friends again! We reconvened the Worst Best Friends to discuss the important topic of Bridgerton. Not the Netflix series, but one of the books that inspired it&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lWtCOg\"><em>The Duke and I<\/em> by Julia Quinn<\/a>. Unfortunately, the book is neither as horny nor as diverse as the series, but we persevered. Listen to this episode to drown out the sound of your seven siblings squabbling!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Announcement:\u00a0<\/strong>Worst Bestsellers is doing a live virtual show hosted by Porter Square Books with special guest Margaret H. Willison! It will be Wednesday, March 31st at 8PM ET. And it\u2019s free!\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.portersquarebooks.com\/event\/virtual-worst-booksellers-podcast-live\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content warning:\u00a0<\/strong>This book contains child abuse and dubious sexual consent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers advisory<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-168-the-duke-and-i-bridgerton-1\">Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/entertainment\/tv-movies\/a35090027\/bridgertons-controversial-sex-scene-episode-6\/\">&#8220;<i>Bridgerton<\/i>&#8216;s Controversial Sex Scene Needs a Trigger Warning&#8221; by <span class=\"byline-name\">McKenzie Jean-Philippe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article__heading o-article__heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/bridgerton-has-a-lot-to-learn-about-consent\/\"><em>&#8220;Bridgerton<\/em> Has a Lot to Learn About Consent, and So Does Everyone Else&#8221; by Princess Weekes<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"content-header__row content-header__hed\" data-testid=\"ContentHeaderHed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamour.com\/story\/phoebe-dynevor-responded-to-all-the-people-talking-about-her-neck-on-bridgerton\">&#8220;Phoebe Dynevor Responded to All the People Talking About Her Neck on <em>Bridgerton<\/em>&#8221; by Elizabeth Logan<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"ContentHeaderHed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2021\/01\/bridgerton-netflix-biggest-hit-highest-ratings-female-audiences-romance\">&#8220;How\u00a0<em>Bridgerton<\/em> Officially Became Netflix\u2019s Biggest Hit Ever&#8221; by Joanna Robinson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next:<i>\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dgN8RG\"><i>Divine Evil<\/i> by Nora Roberts<\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1256\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4470-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/168Bridgerton.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/168Bridgerton.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/168Bridgerton.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/168Bridgerton.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?powerpress_pinw=4470-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/168Bridgerton.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"168Bridgerton.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We teamed up with Anna and Alene of the Bellwether Friends again! We reconvened the Worst Best Friends to discuss the important topic of Bridgerton. Not the Netflix series, but one of the books that inspired it&#8211;The Duke and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-168-the-duke-and-i-bridgerton-1\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2027,2029,6,2028],"class_list":["post-4470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-bridgerton","tag-julia-quinn","tag-podcast","tag-the-duke-and-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4485,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions\/4485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}