On the Way to the Wedding is the final book in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton saga, and is as twisted romantically as others in the series. This book focuses on Gregory Bridgerton, the youngest son of the prolific family. He’s a bit different than other men in his era. Gregory believes in true love. He thinks he will meet a woman and just know she’s the right one for him.

Lady Lucinda Abernathy is used to being a bit of a wallflower. Her best friend, Hermione Watson, gets all of the attention. Lucy loves Hermione dearly, though, and accepts this as a matter of fact. Besides, she’s already been promised by her Uncle to someone in an arranged marriage. When Gregory spots Hermione, it’s love at first sight, or so he thinks. He convinces his brother to host a house party and to invite Hermione. Of course, Lucy comes along too.

Gregory is following Hermione around like a puppy when Lucy interferes. She begins coaching him on how to woo her friend. She can see that Gregory is a decent man, and Hermione could do much worse than a Bridgerton. However, it’s all for naught when Hermione is caught in an interlude with Lucy’s brother! They are rushed off to the altar, and both of them seem to be ecstatic. Gregory should be devastated, but he isn’t. This leads to some self-examination, where he realizes that it’s Lucy whom he loves.

Lucy admits to feelings for Gregory, but the problem is Lucy’s fiancé. Her Uncle is insistent that she has to marry him and won’t accept any arguments to the contrary. The young man in question is apparently gay, and his father wants to prevent a scandal by marrying him off. Gregory is persistent and persuasive with Lucy, who is ready to call off the wedding until she hears from her Uncle that there is proof her father was a traitor to the crown, and unless she goes through with the marriage, it will be made public.

There were more twists and turns in On the Way to the Wedding than in other books in the series. Perhaps because it was the final one, Quinn let go with a lot of convoluted drama. It kept me riveted, though. I knew in the end Gregory and Lucy would wind up together, but how they got there was very intriguing. There were so many barriers to their relationship as the story went along, you’d think one of them would take the hint. I don’t think in real life, in that time, they would have had their happily ever after, but everything works out eventually because this is Bridgerton.

The audiobook is narrated by Rosalyn Landor. She does a great job with different characters, giving them different voices without going over the top. This is especially the case as she voices Gregory, who is at the center of the narrative. It seems like female narrators can usually do male voices better than male narrators can do female voices.

If you’re already this far into the series, you may as well finish it. On the Way to the Wedding is a good ending to the series. I might have rolled my eyes a few more times in this book than I did in others, but there was also a lot to like. The characters are well-developed, and I could relate to the situation, despite the differences in society. It seems like the majority of weddings back then happened because people were caught in compromising situations, if you go by this series. Every time it looked like Gregory and Lucy were about to have their happily ever after, there was a new barrier. In the long run, though, it works.

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