A review by amlibera
Dancing with Clara by Mary Balogh

3.0

Rereading Baloghs that I read years ago to see how they hold up. This one hmm.... it's all over the place for me. I liked it less this time than I did the first. The premise - that she has money and power over him and is marrying him for his beauty (and he needs her money) has some heft but it doesn't really play out that way. The logic of Freddie's addictions, self loathing etc feels inconsistent - not to mention a straight up logic issue - when Julia is reintroduced, she tells Freddy that she'll never forgive him and then later says that she forgave him almost immediately. Also, "Clara is handicapped but not really" doesn't really track once you think about it.