Dear gentle readers: After two years' worth of anticipation, "Bridgerton" season 3 finally arrived with even more heart-pounding, carriage-shaking romantic drama. During the wait between seasons, however, superfans could "visit" the Ton by rereading the Julia Quinn novel series on which the Netflix series is based, with the latest edition of the show adapting the story from the fourth "Bridgerton" book, "Romancing Mister Bridgerton." (And yes, per Shonda Rhimes, the powers that be are "committed" to adapting all eight novels.)
That’s a change from previous installments of the show, which have heretofore hewed closely to their corresponding novel. However, the third season skipped over Benedict Bridgerton and his story from book three, "An Offer from a Gentleman," to instead focus on younger bro Colin (Luke Newton) and his friends-to-lovers relationship with Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan). And that's not the only page-to-screen change that occurred this season — here are seven key differences between "Bridgerton" season 3 and book three.
Naturally, spoilers are very much ahead!
