Review: “Bridgerton” Season 2 is less steamy. It’s also more relatable.
The post-racial period drama from producer Shonda Rhimes returns sans the debut season’s male lead , its most compelling updates to its genre or the steaminess that made it a pop-cultural phenomenon during the touch-starved pandemic. Season 2 offers in their stead a more conventional follow-up, centered on Daphne’s imperious older brother Anthony and his pursuit of the perfect-on-paper Edwina Sharma despite his irrepressible attraction to her marriage-phobic older sister Kate .
In contrast, the push-pull between Anthony and Kate feels rote and overly familiar, even for a historical romance. It takes far too long for the pair to realize they’re one and the same: firstborn children whose overprotectiveness and dutiful self-sacrifice for their sibling inspires resentment rather than gratitude.
Each of Quinn’s books follows a Bridgerton heir’s path to romance, and with the TV series renewed for two additional seasons, chances are good they’ll center on bookish, sarcastic Eloise and restless, adventure-ready Colin .
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