Rank 2: Supporting characters are less in focus
What happens in the series? Even though season 4 mainly revolves around the story of Benedict and Sophie, the series also tells many other stories. Especially Violet takes center stage and receives an entirely independent love story.
Francesca struggles with problems in her fresh marriage, and Penelope has to deal with the queen and her revelation as Lady Whistledown.
What happens in the book? Each of the eight novels focuses on a couple. This division is much more strictly adhered to in the books than in the series. In “The Magic of a Ball Night,” the third part of the series, the focus is clearly on Benedict and Sophie. Therefore, there are also significantly fewer stories concerning the supporting characters.
Violet’s new romance does not exist in the books at all. Likewise, Queen Charlotte does not appear in the novels. The stories of the other Bridgerton siblings are largely confined to their own books and are sometimes chronologically somewhat mixed up. The books treat the protagonists in the following order: Daphne, Anthony, Benedict, Colin and Penelope, Eloise, Francesca, Hyacinth, and Gregory.
