A review by shoelessmama
False Colours by Georgette Heyer

3.0

I agree with many of the other reviewers that there was too much of the mum and too little of the romance. The main characters were great as were their conversations (the few that there were). In fact, the romance felt like a side story. I liked the idea of the plot but not how it was fleshed out. There were about 100 pages at the end when I wondered where Heyer was going with it. This was unusual for this author since she tends to wind things up at the very last moment- as in sometimes there are 2 pages left and I wonder how she's going to get it done.

I did find it odd that even though I would have liked less of Kit's mother I didn't dislike her- and I felt like I should dislike her. Once again I agreed with another reviewer who likened her to an older Lydia Bennett with grown children. After all, I didn't dislike Lydia even when I felt that I should. If that makes sense.