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Here is the thread for our October book club book, It Takes Two to Tangle by Theresa Romain. This thread my contain spoilers. Happy reading!

The book has already been extensively reviewed at goodreads ( /book/show/1... ) so I will just give my impressions.

For some reason Henry reminded me of Sydnham, Balogh's wounded war hero in 'Simply Love'. Romain's voice is very different to Balogh's though and in some ways I prefer it.

The rich prose and extensive use of analogy in description was most impressive. I found the witty dialogue very engaging but have to say that in the first part of the book I found the portrayal of Henry rather artificial and feminine.

Somehow the passion and fire that I would expect from a war hero was missing and lost in the extensive social round of Regency London. I would have liked more masculine action, maybe a rescue from an upturned carriage in Hyde Park with Henry displaying heroism by rescuing Frances single handedly (literally) from the serpentine.

However, this was rectified in the second half of the book with the events leading up to a duel at dawn, leaving me with a feeling of having had my money's worth with a damned good read!

This was my introduction to Theresa Romain's work and I will certainly want to try the next book in the matchmaker series. I give this book 4.5 stars

Finished Susan Mallery's Titan sisters series and although I loved the stories and really liked the sisters at first by the end they really got on my nerves. The men I also loved at the beginning, they were strong, tough, relentless guys but after the sisters got hold of them they ended up as pathetic, downtrodden wimps. Disappointing.

I really enjoyed ITTTT. I liked Henry, and I loved the epistolary connection. But it's Frances who makes the book for me. I much prefer her intelligence and quiet strength to the popular "kick-ass heroine," who usually seems anachronistic in historicals.