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jayceejarvis's review
5.0
This book is more of a character study than anything else, full of deep emotions and compelling insight into human relationships without a lot of action. As the final book in the Seducing the Sedgwicks trilogy, it will probably make a little more sense if you've read the previous books, since Martin especially shows up in them in a less than flattering light. This story makes excellent use of one of my favorite relationship dynamics, where both people are convinced the other is better off without them. It just makes it delicious as they finally come together and accept that this wonderful person they love can love them too. I was really happy to see Will finally get his HEA, and I'll be on the look out for more books by Cat Sebastian.
laurynnisreading's review
4.0
three for three, i adore these books.
i think the books decrease in “plot-ness” as you get through the series, this one is 90% “will they, won’t they” and it’s not enough to carry the whole book. i was really worried that martian would die at the end because given the first two books, the last chapter saves the entire book.
in book one and two, while they’re not strictly sequential this one feels like the only one you couldn’t read alone because it’s lacking in non-relationship plot. book one has philip and ben with the children and the threat returning to sea then hartley and sam have the paintings, hartley’s trauma and the pub but if this book was going to be martian and will plus martian’s health it just wasn’t enough.
i absolutely loved the tattoos at the end, it completely filled my heart. i want a fourth book to see everyone in their relationships and all domestic.
i think the books decrease in “plot-ness” as you get through the series, this one is 90% “will they, won’t they” and it’s not enough to carry the whole book. i was really worried that martian would die at the end because given the first two books, the last chapter saves the entire book.
in book one and two, while they’re not strictly sequential this one feels like the only one you couldn’t read alone because it’s lacking in non-relationship plot. book one has philip and ben with the children and the threat returning to sea then hartley and sam have the paintings, hartley’s trauma and the pub but if this book was going to be martian and will plus martian’s health it just wasn’t enough.
i absolutely loved the tattoos at the end, it completely filled my heart. i want a fourth book to see everyone in their relationships and all domestic.
elleyotter's review against another edition
4.0
Rating: 3.5 stars
This is a great hurt/comfort, grumpy one falls for the sunshine one (though the sunshine one has his cloudy days as well) friends to lovers romance. Cat Sebastian has a tendency to write these kind of sleepy, comfy, pastoral low-angst romances. Will is struggling with PTSD and Martin is dying of consumption and this book STILL manages to be relatively low angst. There's not a lot of external plot going on, and normally I'd be okay with that (I ADORED It Takes Two to Tumble which is like rolling around in a field of daisies in the sunshine sort of fluff) but it didn't strike my mood this time and I found myself just wanting to hurry up and finish this one. I did come to love Martin very much, and I already liked Will from previous books, and I got very invested in their relationship. Definitely an oblivious idiots in love trope here, which I love.
This is the third book in the Seducing the Sedgwicks series, and can be read as a stand alone. There are brief appearances by the couples from the previous two books, especially Will's brother Hartley, and there's a bit of backstory for Will/Martin in at least one of the previous books. I believe Two Rogues Make a Right would still read just fine as a stand alone, though you really shouldn't miss out on the first book in the series, It Takes Two to Tumble.
An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Edelweiss+ for review. All opinions are unbiased and my own.
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This is a great hurt/comfort, grumpy one falls for the sunshine one (though the sunshine one has his cloudy days as well) friends to lovers romance. Cat Sebastian has a tendency to write these kind of sleepy, comfy, pastoral low-angst romances. Will is struggling with PTSD and Martin is dying of consumption and this book STILL manages to be relatively low angst. There's not a lot of external plot going on, and normally I'd be okay with that (I ADORED It Takes Two to Tumble which is like rolling around in a field of daisies in the sunshine sort of fluff) but it didn't strike my mood this time and I found myself just wanting to hurry up and finish this one. I did come to love Martin very much, and I already liked Will from previous books, and I got very invested in their relationship. Definitely an oblivious idiots in love trope here, which I love.
This is the third book in the Seducing the Sedgwicks series, and can be read as a stand alone. There are brief appearances by the couples from the previous two books, especially Will's brother Hartley, and there's a bit of backstory for Will/Martin in at least one of the previous books. I believe Two Rogues Make a Right would still read just fine as a stand alone, though you really shouldn't miss out on the first book in the series, It Takes Two to Tumble.
An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Edelweiss+ for review. All opinions are unbiased and my own.
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Check out more of my reviews on my blog, Elley the Book Otter
maggiemmay's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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
4.5
artemisavalon's review
3.0
Cottagecore queer regency romance novel, cute and funny at times. Had a nice time listening to this one.
gmc16's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
elfduchess's review
5.0
"Did it ever occur to you that we were together even before we were…together? I mean, you're always at the front of my mind, even when we're hundreds of miles away. You're the most important person in my life. Even if we had never gone to bed together, even if neither of us fancied men, we'd still be together. We just wouldn't have a name for it."
There was, honestly, a lot I liked about this book. This is a friends to lovers where one doesn't realize he's in love with his friend and the other has been in love for so long, he just doesn't think about it. One of them is bisexual and has bedded both women and men and the other is demisexual with a side of 'only him' - which I read as a natural progression of them being so incredibly into each other. I mean, they have been the most important person in each other's lives for years.
I'm not putting a number on the 'years' because every so often I have to remind myself that they are in their early twenties. Which goes quite a ways in excusing my sole problem I had with this book.
There's this tag in fan fiction over at AO3 that is gaining popularity for a specific couple that I like: sweet of heart, dumb of ass. That sums up these two boys so well. They love each other so, so much and they want what's best for the other, but they never think that they should, I don't know, talk about it. They have a tendency to make themselves miserable because they are trying (and, usually, failing) to give the other what they think he needs.
I just wish that the second half had been a little more like the first. Which was that cover in word form.
Two best friends comfortable around each other and in each other's space and just happy with each other. Because can we take just a moment to appreciate the gorgeousness that is that cover?
(Probably more of a 4.5, but I willingly rounded up.)
There was, honestly, a lot I liked about this book. This is a friends to lovers where one doesn't realize he's in love with his friend and the other has been in love for so long, he just doesn't think about it. One of them is bisexual and has bedded both women and men and the other is demisexual with a side of 'only him' - which I read as a natural progression of them being so incredibly into each other. I mean, they have been the most important person in each other's lives for years.
I'm not putting a number on the 'years' because every so often I have to remind myself that they are in their early twenties. Which goes quite a ways in excusing my sole problem I had with this book.
There's this tag in fan fiction over at AO3 that is gaining popularity for a specific couple that I like: sweet of heart, dumb of ass. That sums up these two boys so well. They love each other so, so much and they want what's best for the other, but they never think that they should, I don't know, talk about it. They have a tendency to make themselves miserable because they are trying (and, usually, failing) to give the other what they think he needs.
I just wish that the second half had been a little more like the first. Which was that cover in word form.
Two best friends comfortable around each other and in each other's space and just happy with each other. Because can we take just a moment to appreciate the gorgeousness that is that cover?
(Probably more of a 4.5, but I willingly rounded up.)
mnatale100's review
emotional
hopeful
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, and Medical content
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol