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Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian

4 reviews

wanderlust_romance's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Gosh I love Cat Sebastian. Two Rogues Make a Right was just the soft, tender, slightly angsty, queer historical romance I needed. This is the third book in the Seducing the Sedgwicks series, and for the most part it can standalone. I found myself a little confused in the beginning but the story focus quickly shifted to  the relationship between Martin and Will. This book looks at queer visibility and safety networks, chronic illness, disability caretaking, and class difference. And as per Cat Sebastian's norm, looks at these themes without centering the story around LGBTQIA+ trauma.

Two Rogues had much the same tenderness and friendship as We Could Be So Good. The audiobook also had the same narrator for both books, and I liked this book's narrator performance only slightly more. There was very little distinction between MMC character voices, which occasionally made it difficult to determine who was speaking. That's my only hang up.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

clarabooksit's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

20sidedbi's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

emily_mh's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This was THOROUGHLY enjoyable. The sheer TENSION between Will and Martin was unbelievable. I loved the conversations they shared, especially their pet names for one another. And Sebastian just knows how to write angst like no other. It makes the HEA all the more sweet. Also, the chronic illness rep in this book was so good, it was so nuanced and relatable. My one critique is that Sebastian didn’t write the reactions of the characters to their situations all too well in the first half. Where was the realisation for Will that he was in love with his best friend, and where was the shock and joy for Martin when they got together?

I think that their get together moment needed to be much more sudden and all-at-once, rather than easing into it as it what happened.

The friends-to-lovers trope could have been played up so much more if these reactions were recorded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail