Enemies to lovers
Kate makes it clear that she dislikes the Viscount Anthony Bridgerton from the very start. She doesn’t fail to communicate her dislike to him, and Anthony responds in the same disliking manner. The more they spend time together and seemingly hate each other, ironically, the more they begin to like each other. Theirs is the example of the classic “enemies to lovers” trope.
Anthony will not marry for love
Anthony feels the necessity to find a wife, but he is set on not marrying for love. He is actively in the search for a woman he doesn’t see falling in love with. At the end, he marries Kate, and he tries to convince her and himself that he will not love her, which, of course, he fails to stick to at the end.
Anthony marries Kate because of a bee sting
Anthony’s life has been set from the moment his father dies from an insignificant bee sting. Ironically, the bee sting is the reason he marries Kate, ends up falling in love with, and grow new hope for life. A symbol of his father’s death indirectly ends up being the reason Anthony finds the will to live.
The beauty of Edwina
Edwina, Kate’s younger, extremely beautiful sister, indirectly prevents Kate from getting the attention of potential suitors. She steals the spotlight, and Kate appears unremarkable next to her-an unfortunate fate for Kate, who is described as an attractive woman in her own right. Edwina’s beauty is also a curse because it is a tool to find a husband to save her family from poverty. It prevents her from searching for a man she actually likes-a curse which is lifted when Kate marries the Viscount.
