It Takes Two to Tumble
Ratings16
Average rating3.5
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Ratings16
Average rating3.5
"Sebastian proves she is a new force to be reckoned with in historical romances.”--Booklist Some of Ben Sedgwick’s favorite things: Helping his poor parishioners Baby animals Shamelessly flirting with the handsome Captain Phillip Dacre After an unconventional upbringing, Ben is perfectly content with the quiet, predictable life of a country vicar, free of strife or turmoil. When he’s asked to look after an absent naval captain’s three wild children, he reluctantly agrees, but instantly falls for the hellions. And when their stern but gloriously handsome father arrives, Ben is tempted in ways that make him doubt everything. Some of Phillip Dacre’s favorite things: His ship People doing precisely as they're told Touching the irresistible vicar at every opportunity Phillip can’t wait to leave England’s shores and be back on his ship, away from the grief that haunts him. But his children have driven off a succession of governesses and tutors and he must set things right. The unexpected presence of the cheerful, adorable vicar sets his world on its head and now he can’t seem to live without Ben’s winning smiles or devastating kisses. In the midst of runaway children, a plot to blackmail Ben’s family, and torturous nights of pleasure, Ben and Phillip must decide if a safe life is worth losing the one thing that makes them come alive.
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3 primary booksSeducing the Sedgwicks is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Cat Sebastian.
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This isn't as memorable as some other Regency romances I've read this year but the two mains are charming in their own way. It has the typical trope of dead/mangled women in order to establish the romance which I could have done without. How Captain Dacre sees Ben (sunny disposition, always smiling) isn't really what we see when reading from Ben's POV so the disconnect there was a little odd. Almost all the drama is internal with whole paragraphs of dialogue being seperated by internal thoughts so it was a lot of “JUST TELL HIM THAT.” thoughts, but I feel like that's a common trope in M/M romances. The dyslexia seemed like something just thrown in as it doesn't really create much conflict; it was probably supposed to give Dacre some vulnerability but it obviously didn't affect his career that much and just gave him one more thing to hide from the world and something to relate to with one of his kids.
Overall, I'll try to continue with this series but Sebastian didn't make her way into my favourite MM authors with this one book.
Why is this man a physically absent and emotionally deadbeat dad and why are we expected to love him anyway lmao.
I know it wasn't odd at the time but he wasn't even being kept away? He just preferred going off to sea to play at adventure with his crew.
Benedict literally has to beg him not to abandon his own kids💀💀💀💀sorry but I can't take him seriously. And even then, it wasn't enough until his kid ran off and he had a come to Jesus moment? Sigh.
Really, what were his redeeming characteristics?
And then he found Ben, who was just as eager as his late wife to fill the role of present parent. Bet he was like aha! Another victim!
Lol. Anyway. Loved Ben. Very very iffy on Philip.
" I don't have many talents. But I'm good at telling people what to do and having them obey me. Let me do that, in your service."
I don't know why but I found this very hot. Philip ate that one little statement.
