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Is Bridgerton's racy romance unsuitable for young teens?

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"Is it awful that I'm enjoying it?"

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Well, it may be more mature than you'd expect.

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Set in 1813, this book-based period drama
follows an uppercrust English family as they

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navigate the politics and pressures of high society.

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"You have no idea what it is to have one's entire life reduced to a single moment."

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The passion in this series is swoon-worthy, to say the least.

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Be ready for some explicit sex scenes featuring
breasts, backsides, thrusting, and moaning,

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plus masturbation and an unplanned pregnancy.

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There's also plenty of social drinking, smoking,
and sniffing of snuff, as well as some salty

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language that includes F-bombs and other rude insults.

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On the plus side, lead characters are diverse in terms
of race and ethnicity, which is quite unusual for a period drama.

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Common Sense says Bridgerton is OK for teens 16 and up.

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