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A review by wanda_clayr
The Geographer's Map to Romance by India Holton
4.0
I'm unsure what held me back from starting this novel, but when I finally picked it up, I was delighted. It is a second chance romance. Elodie Tarrant married for convenience a year ago to the insufferably arrogant Gabriel Tarrant. He wanted the better accommodations afforded a married man and Ellie wanted more respect from the male members of the geography faculty. When the desired house was rented out before they got there, a miscommunication of course occurs, leading to the couple avoiding one another for a year. Until a geographical emergency necessitates that the Professors Tarrant use team work to prevent catastrophe.
Holton has a light, humerous writing style which I enjoy. She gives us the viewpoints of both Elodie and Gabriel so we know what's happening inside both of them (lots!). They are polar opposites—logical and intuitive, stoic and demonstrative, a planner and an impulsive person.
In the first book of this series, Holton created fun and imaginative bird species for the ornithologists to pursue. In this one, she conjures magical landscapes that both amaze and threaten. I especially liked the quirksand, which can only be escaped through waltzing.
At the end of the book is an excerpt from book three, The Antiquarian's Object of Desire, which I will await with pleasure. Historians seem to be its focus and, as Holton observes, ”No one is more dangerous than people who have little interest in the future.”
Holton has a light, humerous writing style which I enjoy. She gives us the viewpoints of both Elodie and Gabriel so we know what's happening inside both of them (lots!). They are polar opposites—logical and intuitive, stoic and demonstrative, a planner and an impulsive person.
In the first book of this series, Holton created fun and imaginative bird species for the ornithologists to pursue. In this one, she conjures magical landscapes that both amaze and threaten. I especially liked the quirksand, which can only be escaped through waltzing.
At the end of the book is an excerpt from book three, The Antiquarian's Object of Desire, which I will await with pleasure. Historians seem to be its focus and, as Holton observes, ”No one is more dangerous than people who have little interest in the future.”