I was fooled by S2 positive review and watched the season with disappointment

I came to watch S2 since I read so many reviews like it was best season, the leads were so well-written. The first 4 episodes were fine, not excellent but they were fun and typical enemies to lovers trope, which was my favourite. But the last 4 eps, every scene of the lead couple made me raise question "What TF am I watching?". For me, the season supports emotionally cheating, the happiness with the condition of stepping on an innocent girl's emotion can't be a well-written season. Even looking Kathony as complex characters, they are still poorly written in my point of view.

Anthony: He played with two women and no regret to his victim. He loves Kate, but proposed Edwina. And in the wedding with Edwina, he kept staring at Kate without following the wedding steps properly. First, he tried to convince Edwina (no apology, indeed) to marry him, and after failing to persuade her, he suddenly turned to Kate, kissed her, s*x with her and tried to court her. His iconic line "you are the bane of existence" was along with he would cheat with Kate if he married Edwina. I stayed until the last episode to see the scene that Anthony apologises to Edwina, but sadly writer didn't give me that chance. But I could just watch Kathony's forced HE without being under any consequence from Anthony. A good writing male lead can make mistake, but writer should let him face his mistake, under real consequence and say sorry to his victim. All writers give audience is just trauma and flashback (so his fan can make an excuse for dirty things he did), which is disconnected with his action and made the character did everyone around him dirty. Why observing his dad died and his mother gave birth lead to the action of "love one woman but propose the other one"? His family didn't force him to marry Edwina, it's not like his family would collapse if he married Kate. He was even reluctant to propose Edwina when they were in Audrey Hall, so marrying Edwina wasn't that urgent. If he didn't want to marry Kate, he could wait until they left Audrey Hall and seek out the other young ladies. He could do everything else, but he chose the worst thing to do, and he didn't apologise to his victim and take responsibility for his mistake. Sorry, his arc is too poor and you can't persuade me that he is well-written.

Kate: she did unnecessary things for her sister and didn't do anything when her sister needed her most. She tried all her best to stop the courtship between Edwina and Anthony like a protective sister at first because of Anthony's words that she overheard. She gave a weak reason to persuade Edwina, sth like he won't marry you by love???, why she didn't quote everything Anthony said?? And after Edwina was fooled by Anthony, the protective sister suddenly disappeared. No warning for Edwina about he almost kissed Kate. No criticism or even a slap for Anthony from Kate even when he was disrespectful with her sister at the wedding. And not so long after Edwina left, she jumped to Anthony's lips. Is that the building of a good sister who willing to do everything for her family, especially her own sister? At least she said sorry multiple times, but I don't find it useful when at the end, she still marries the man did her sister dirty. What is her entire arc? Stepping on her sister's emotion to have her own happiness???

A good enemies to lover trope for me is the both leads misunderstood each other and became each other's biggest haters. Then after some events, they realised that the man/woman they used to hate were better than what they thought and they start to have feelings for each other. Bridgerton 2 did a fine job in the first steps, but it's sad when they couldn't keep the quality till the end. Like Kate overheard Anthony's words without any misunderstanding, then, Anthony was still the same kind of man that Kate knew at first, even worse when he played with her sister's emotion (and no regret). If I am Kate, I even hate him more, not falling in love with him like this.

I also have my own criticism about the make up, it make Kate soo pale and the smoky eyes are not suitable for her. I love Simone's make up in real life, but not the one in S2. I don't have any impression with the outfit, not bad and not good. The pacing, omg, is so rushed when they let Edwina knew the truth in ep 6 then Kathony jumped to each other in the same ep??? Even in modern times, a lot of people often wait for at least 3 months after breaking up to move on with the new partner. Why Kathony don't wait until Anthony's failed wedding with Edwina pass for a while, during that they deal with their trauma, emotion before kissing, making love and even have the proper wedding in the end?

I know that S2 is successful (93M view is high), it has iconic lines, and viral scene. But for me, the writers and showrunner didn't do a great job with the plot and the trope. I am fan of enemies to lovers trope, but S2 failed to make me impressed.