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A review by carolynf
False Colours by Georgette Heyer
3.0
Not as good as Cotillion. I picked a bunch of Georgette Heyer books at random, and this one I almost discarded when I realized it was about two identical male twins wooing the same woman. I am glad I persevered but it took me a while to get into it.
Basically one identical twin brother comes into town secretly to surprise everyone, and finds that the other twin brother has mysteriously disappeared. He knows that his brother is fine, due to his astute twin-sense, but his absence is socially awkward due to the eminent party at his fiance's house. So of course brother number two agrees to pose as brother number one and ends of falling for the fiance himself. Cue hijinks.
I liked the mom, even though I had a lot of contradictory feelings about her. She was in her 40s but completely and could not manager her own affairs, financially. Socially though, she is very kind and endearing, glamorous, also a smart ass. Several scenes display a DGAF attitude regarding societal conventions. She is so young, compared to her sons, that I was occasionally reminded of the relationship between Gillian and Jimmy Doherty in Boardwalk Empire, though thankfully without the incest.
Basically one identical twin brother comes into town secretly to surprise everyone, and finds that the other twin brother has mysteriously disappeared. He knows that his brother is fine, due to his astute twin-sense, but his absence is socially awkward due to the eminent party at his fiance's house. So of course brother number two agrees to pose as brother number one and ends of falling for the fiance himself. Cue hijinks.
I liked the mom, even though I had a lot of contradictory feelings about her. She was in her 40s but completely and could not manager her own affairs, financially. Socially though, she is very kind and endearing, glamorous, also a smart ass. Several scenes display a DGAF attitude regarding societal conventions. She is so young, compared to her sons, that I was occasionally reminded of the relationship between Gillian and Jimmy Doherty in Boardwalk Empire, though thankfully without the incest.