Customer Reviews
Another wonderful achievement - By: Sissel M. Østdahl, 18 Feb 2008 
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 & WWII.
The war proves an enormous test for the younger generation Lyttons & shows them as individuals made of quite sterner stuff than the slightly spoilt, priveleged youngsters we are first introduced to.
As alll over England the women take over when the men go to war, so also do Lady Celia & 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 & New York. Destinies are met, lives changed & 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 & 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 this book did not quite ring through. Sebastian's marriage to Pandora, a woman he loves desperately & 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.
Chance Meeting - By: P from GS, 15 Dec 2007 
I found this book on a shelf in a Halll in which I had just attended a meeting. Fortunately it was for sale & I paid the massive sum of 50p for it. I couldn't put it down & I have been reading Penny Vincenzi books ever since.
I loved it - By: M. Lugg, 14 Feb 2007 Having devoured No Angel I was delighted to read Something Dangerous & it did not disappoint. I thought that it may not live up to No Angel, it was a little different but still a brilliant book & I would definitely recommend it. I have Into Temptation to read but I'm nearly afraid to start it as I know that when it is finished I will have to say goodbye to the Lytton family. Something Dangerous is a reallly engrossing & entertaining read.
A good holiday book - By: K. Baker, 15 Sep 2006 
This is the first Penny Vincenzi book that I have read, coming across this second in the trilogy by accident. The story is set in the glamorous Thirties & on through WWII. It looked like it was going to be a fantasticallly absorbing read & the first half of the book did not disappoint. However, I found that the second half was rushed & tied up lots of loose ends,in a rather too convenient & childish style to reflect real life. For example, I'm sure that most people did not find out what happened to their Jewish lovers living in Paris during the War in order to gain 'closure'.
ABSOLUTELY UNPUTDOWNABLE!! - By: , 13 Sep 2005 I had bought this book to read on holiday. Started it on the coach trip from Bury St Edmunds to Alassio in Italy. Simply couldn't put it down - didn't want the journey to end at alll. Penny Vincenzi has the ability to make you involved in the story & characters right from the start. Have now got to go & find Parts 1 & 3 of the Trilogy! Marvellous
