I waited and waited and was so excited when this book arrived...but the excitement was quickly forgotten. The story line is not good. I believe the writer could have done a much better work. In the beginning of the book the heroine "Penelope" is soft-spoken, shy, and has low self-esteem. Then all of a sudden she decides midpoint in the book that she shouldn't be this way..then it's like she changes out of nowhere. She starts to be outspoken and seeing that she is valuable. Nothing is wrong with this of course but it just wasn't believable.The hero "Colin" was way too nice. It was almost as if he was perfect. Nobody's perfect. I think the story line would have been better if he was a little bit more mean to her.Bottom line...out of all the Bridgerton series....this one has to be the worst.