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Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian

10 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

writewithapendragon's review

emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

3.0

I think I expected it to be more erotic than romantic, but it was a lovely romance novel for a relaxing weekend with low stakes and sweet characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Outing, and Classism

A lot of the content warnings are genre-typical and/or occur off the page. Sexual content gets explicit but never lasts more than a couple pages.

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Classism

johns6ka's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Grief, and Classism

purplepenning's review

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

3.75

Quite fond of these two idiots — their relationship was really lovely, lots of mutual caregiving — but the pace is pretty leisurely and it did drag a bit for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

samanatha's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

So sweet and wonderful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

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

astudyinfic's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ticktock's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, and Drug use

notagreatreader's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Yes! This was so good and tender! I love the slow-burn friends-to-lovers development, beautifully done over a period that's longer than two weeks. This story has barely any plot at all, which is how I like my romance tbh - just a nice domestic slice-of-life story and watching the relationship develop and characters unfold. I love how both characters are very concerned for each other's well-being. I appreciate the exploration of chronic illness and trauma as well as sexuality of both characters, but in particular what is quite obviously demisexuality of one of the characters. And I especially loved all the tenderness. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Blood, and Medical trauma