Dumbledore11214's Reviews > It Takes Two

This was a book which made me fell in love with Elliott Mackle's writing. I bought the old paperback edition couple years ago from the third party seller on Amazon and when I saw that it is reissued on Kindle, I bought the ebook as well. After rereading I realized that I never reviewed it, so here is my attempt to rectify this.
Out of three books that I have read by this writer, I would say that this is probably the most romantic one. Dont get me wrong, it is also a great historical and murder mystery investigation, but while Bud and Dan do not talk about how much they love and care for each other (actually Bud talks very little about that, period, since he is not a POV character), them falling in love is very very clear for the reader and since we are in Dan's head, we can hear his feelings on that matter. They are restrained when the feelings come up, of course they will be, dont want to generalize much, but more often than not men are not much for feelings talk. The settings of Florida in the 1940s are very believable, seem very well researched, often ugly when racism and homophobia are so rampant, but it makes what Bud and Dan have and realise that it is worth keeping all the more touching and wonderful. I think this book also has one of the best portrayals of PTSD which soldier may often have coming home from war. I really really loved this book and highly recommend it.