Something Dangerous: A Sweeping Wartime Drama of Family, Politics, and Forbidden Love (Spoils of Time)

I can't wait to start reading the 3rd book in this series. This book moved right along just like the first one. There is lots of excitement and major twists and turns throughout the entire book. I love books that intertwine history with fiction. This is a great summer series.

Not a sagging moment as we go on with the legendary Lyttons. Tangled relationships, devastating secrets, life-changing pregnancies, decisions made by others to protect the innocent that always come to no good at the end. Page-turning melodrama to the max, entirely enjoyable.

SOMETHING DANGEROUS by Penny Vincenzi This is the second book in The Spoils of Time series. I read the first one, No Angel, last year and loved it so I was looking forward to reacquainting myself with the Lytton family. At a lengthy 700+ pages, this was a *commitment*! If you’re in the mood to fully immerse yourself in the relationships, scandals and the goings-on within a successful publishing empire, this book is for you. There are multiple characters to keep track of (luckily there’s a list in the beginning), but once you figure out who’s who and what’s what you’re in for a full on drama. Historical events (pre and post WWII) move the timeline along as the characters grow up and come into their own. I loved and empathized with these flawed, morally grey, sometimes annoying, self centered yet somehow still relatable characters. Each member of the Lytton family had an interesting story arc that held my attention and kept me reading into the night. I appreciate engrossing stories like this one. It allows me to set everything aside, clear my mind and just get lost in the soap opera world of the characters. Highly recommend if you’re seeking the same. Rating: 4/5 ⭐️

Was anticipating this book after the first one and now can’t wait for the next- great family story , characters, and writing.

This book was the second of a trilogy of the Lytton family in London and the US. The 3 books ("No Angel", "Something Dangerous" and "Into Temptation") span the time from World War I and approximately 1959. It's hard to review this one book out of the 3 because they are so closely linked. In each you get a little of the background of the Lytton family and their sometimes questionable rise to power, their lies, deceptions, affairs and even murder. I truly hated to come to the end of the third book and am so looking forward to more of her novels. As a fan of Ken Follet and his American sagas, I fast became a fan of Penny Vincenzi.

It's the 2nd book of a 3 set series. Don't let the number of pages stop you from buying it. The writing is never dull. I particularly liked how the author tied historical facts with fiction. It's the best series of books I've read in a very long time. The people in the book are 3 demential. I highly recommend this book, you don't have to read No Angel to read this one but if I were you I definitely read that one first. It covers 1904-1914. This one is from 1928 to 1946. I can't wait to start reading the 3rd and last book

The second book in the trilogy about the Lytton family is yet another wonderful achievement by Penny Vincenzi, as we follow the family through the frivolous thirties and WWII. The war proves an enormous test for the younger generation Lyttons and shows them as individuals made of quite sterner stuff than the slightly spoilt, privileged youngsters we are first introduced to. As all over England the women take over when the men go to war, so also do Lady Celia and her sister in law LM take charge at Lyttons. Just as they did, in fact, twenty years earlier during WWI. The book takes us from London to Paris and New York. Destinies are met, lives changed and the young generation leave their carefree youth behind them forever. There is one thing that bothered me a bit about this book, the relationship - or rather the lack of it - between Lady Celia and her ex-lover, the handsome author Sebastian. I think that after the way their love affair was presented in "No Angel", as "the love of a lifetime", their almost pragmatic friendship throughout the book did not quite ring through. Sebastian's marriage to Pandora, a woman he loves desperately and grieves for the rest of his life when she dies in childbirth, further emphasizes the disaccordance I felt with that whole situation. I have still to read "Into Temptation". Perhaps some enlightment is offered there! "Something Dangerous" was not quite as suberb as "No Angel", but still marvellous reading which kept me awake late into the night.

I'm not quite finished with this book but I can say that it has keep my interest throughout it. I love the characters... The writer describes them so well and you can easily place yourself in each scene as they are played out. I would highly recommend all the books in the trilogy.....as the family and their acquaintances live through decades of life and history in 20th century England.

Absolumentformidable ...on vit avec cette trilogie pendant des jours sans pouvoir la lâchée.

Enjoyable

This is the second book in this trilogy and I am just about to commence reading the final book. I just love Penny Vincenzi's style of writing. I am always impressed by this author's research into all the books she has written. The characters are all wonderful and although Something Dangerous is a long book I was never bored as every chapter had another twist and turn. I know I am in for another good read with Into Temptation and can hardly wait to read about the next generation. Thank you Penny for all the many hours of pleasure you have given me in reading your books.

Fantastic read. Well written, complex, fast paced and entertaining. It is one of the best books I habe written in the last years.

As usual Penny Vincenzi has lived up to her reputation as a writer who captures the attention of the reader and involves them in the lives of all the many characters portrayed so well in her lengthy books.