Cimorene

I think I connect False Colours and Sylvester because of Sir Bonamy and Sir Nugent being somewhat similar as both plot elements and corpulent gentlemen :)

Huh. Perhaps I have been permanently scarred by the opening chapter of The Reluctant Widow with its mistaken location, lost job, and the unexpected marriage & widowhood arrangement that all seemed very cold. The whole idea of it seemed so full of horrors around how utterly alone and vulnerable, and lacking in any real power Elinor was, and how Carlyon disingenuously uses the circumstances and the social horrors of the situation to push Elinor into it. I always think of him as a bully, and I just can't enjoy it (but then, I can't bear Regency Buck for not dissimilar reasons, and I know how many people love that, so I'm not exactly surprised to find I may be on my own on this!).

Interesting how differently a book can come across :)