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Two Rogues Make a Right

(Seducing the Sedgwicks #3)

Cat Sebastian (Goodreads Author)

4.03 · Rating details · 1,671 ratings · 402 reviews

Will Sedgwick can’t believe that after months of searching for his oldest friend, Martin Easterbrook is found hiding in an attic like a gothic nightmare. Intent on nursing Martin back to health, Will kindly kidnaps him and takes him to the countryside to recover, well away from the world.

Martin doesn’t much care where he is or even how he got there. He’s much more concerne ...more

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Apr 12, 2020 Heather K (dentist in my spare time) rated it really liked it

Shelves: disabilities-or-chronic-illness, romance, m-m, asexuals-demisexuals, bisexuals-pansexuals, read-to-review-arc, losing-the-v-card, historical

I was very excited to read the latest installment in the Seducing the Sedgwicks series, Two Rogues Make a Right, by the popular Cat Sebastian, and I'm pleased to announce that it didn't disappoint.

First of all, I highly recommend that you read at least the first book in the series as I don't think this book works particularly well as a stand-alone. It really helps to get some background knowledge about the Sedgwick family before starting this story.

I enjoyed so many things about Two Rogues Mak ...more

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May 25, 2020 h o l l i s rated it liked it

Shelves: 2020-reads, friends-become-more, lgbtqia, romance, hist-romance, a-smattering-of-lols, ebook, arc, family-focused, inexperienced-or-virgin-hero

I'm waffling a bit about whether I'll round up on this because while it definitely wasn't my favourite of the series (not that anything could live up to book one, I mean, really), I think I liked it more than book two. Which I also rated 3.5. Whatever, what even is a rating.

What you do need to know about this book, though, is that it is pretty damn pure. Not quite fluffy but.. tender. Though a slow build or even a slow burn would be fairly apt descriptors, more than that, it's all just.. gentlen ...more

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Apr 19, 2020 aarya rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction-genre-romance, theme-c-soldier-vet-knight-warrior, r-subgenre-hist-romance-european, s-1795-1837-late-georgian-era, s-england, theme-ch-baronet-or-sir, theme-music-theater-film-dance, year-2020, owned-in-arc-ebook, tag-s-bisexual-or-pansexual

Not going to write a longform review as I’ve interacted with the author but here are some brief notes:

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“This was going to be the death of him. He had survived this latest illness only to be murdered by casual Not going to write a longform review as I’ve interacted with the author but here are some brief notes:

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“This was going to be the death of him. He had survived this latest illness only to be murdered by casual affection.”

I recently complained about a book for having no external conflict/plot. At the time, I was bored but maybe I wasn’t in the right frame of mind and I ought to reread it. Because TWO ROGUES MAKE A RIGHT has even *less* external conflict/plot and I enjoyed it! Clearly this pandemic is changing my reading preferences. The first third is textbook hurt/comfort fic as Will tends to a sick Martin; the second third is puttering around a run-down cottage while falling in love; and the final third is a brief separation/something resembling angst (but isn’t) before they make heart-eyes again.

There is no plot and honestly? I’m okay with it! It’s like reading a hurt/comfort AO3 fic with the following tags: oblivious requited pining; abduction for the best of intentions; it’s not kidnapping if you’re doing it to nurse them from the edge of death; childhood friends-to-lovers; idiots in love; seduction via Moll Flanders’s scandalous (and criminal) exploits; seduction via shaving each other’s beards; seduction via exchanging longing gazes in a small cottage with Only One Bed; oh no they’re apart now; just kidding they literally can’t function without each other; surprise! there is no plot after all; and happily-ever-after.

So yeah. I liked it! YMMV. It’s a valid critique that little external plot exists in the book, so consider if that sounds appealing before you read it. On the flip side, it’s possibly one of the more intimate romance novels I’ve read in a while. The MCs spend all their time in the same room and/or thinking about each other. The book is Capital-F-Feelings in its purest form, and I prefer that to a romance novel where the MCs are squabbling/not together for most of the book (cough looks at the alarming number of badly executed enemies-to-lovers romances I’ve read in the past year cough).

Disclaimer: I received a free e-ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I’ve interacted with the author, but these are my honest opinions about the book. ...more

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Aug 12, 2020 Vanna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: emotional-angst, virgin-mc, series, hot-medium, sugary-sweet, mm-romance, historical-romance, favorites

4.5 Loved-this-friends-to-lovers-historical-romance 🤩❤️💘 I had been a little disappointed with book 2 (A Gentleman Never Keeps Score) but it had ended with a bang (with the long missing Martin Easterbrook having been found) The readers of the series will know who Martin and Will are and their backgrounds, but other than that, the story stands on its own.
Will and Martin have been friends since their childhood despite the difference in their status, Martin's illnesses and frail health, Will's dep ...more

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Apr 05, 2020 Caz rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m, aar, queer-romance, arc, romance-1800-1850

I've given this an A- at AAR, so that's 4.5 stars rounded up

The third Sedgwick brother, Will, has his story told in Two Rogues Make a Right (and look at that lovely cover!), the latest instalment in Cat Sebastian’s Seducing the Sedgwicks series. It’s a charming, funny, friends-to-lovers romance that had me sighing happily, melting inwardly and thinking ‘awwww’ on several occasions as I read, one of those books that’s like a warm hug you just can’t help sinking into. It’s not essential to I've given this an A- at AAR, so that's 4.5 stars rounded up

The third Sedgwick brother, Will, has his story told in Two Rogues Make a Right (and look at that lovely cover!), the latest instalment in Cat Sebastian’s Seducing the Sedgwicks series. It’s a charming, funny, friends-to-lovers romance that had me sighing happily, melting inwardly and thinking ‘awwww’ on several occasions as I read, one of those books that’s like a warm hug you just can’t help sinking into. It’s not essential to have read the two preceding books in order to enjoy this one, but I’d recommend doing so as they contain background information that will be helpful in understanding the central characters and their relationship; please note that there are spoilers in this review.

Will Sedgwick and Martin Easterbrook were childhood friends who found companionship, comfort and a refuge from their difficult family lives in each other. Will’s family was unusual and chaotic; his father had both wife and mistress living in the same house, and was far more concerned with the philosophical and esoteric than the basic necessities, while Martin’s father was dismissive of his only son because of his ‘delicate’ health, and thought him useless. The two boys were inseparable, until the morning Martin’s father found them in bed together – completely innocently – and promptly arranged for Will to join the Navy. Through the years of separation, they kept up a correspondence which continued after Will returned home – until without explanation, Martin stopped answering Will’s letters. Will is worried – Martin would never not respond to him – and fears his friend may be seriously ill or worse, but Martin has disappeared and nobody has a clue where he is.

Martin Easterbrook was presented as something of a villain in the first book (It Takes Two to Tumble), where he was intent on squeezing every last penny out of his already impoverished tenants, and later, he started the vicious rumours about Hartley Sedgwick (A Gentleman Never Keeps Score) which saw Hartley shunned by the society of which he’d previously been a part. But while most view Martin as selfish, stand-offish and arrogant, Will knows that’s not all he is, and that there’s a witty, warm and inviting man beneath the grouchy exterior. He also knows that while Martin has certainly been acting like a total git, there are reasons which, while they don’t excuse his behaviour, do at least explain it.

When we caught up with Martin at the end of the previous book, he was suffering an attack of the consumption that had begun to affect him a couple of years earlier, and was in a pretty bad way. Wanting, for once in his life, to make his own choices, he was secretly living in the attic of the London townhouse his father had left to Hartley before giving in to the inevitable and going to live on the charity of his aunt, something Martin has been desperately trying to avoid. With Hartley’s help, Will bundles the almost insensible man into a carriage and takes him to a cottage on one of Martin’s smaller properties in Sussex, hoping that a change of air will help, but secretly fearing he has taken him there to die. Will refuses to give up on him, and we suffer with both of them at the beginning of the book, Will watching fearfully over Martin night and day, Martin burning up with fever and struggling to catch his breath. But miraculously, after a week or so of getting weaker and showing no improvement, Martin’s fever finally breaks and slowly, he starts to recover. Will knows he feels better when he starts to sound more like his normal self; waspish, annoying and ill-tempered.

Still, over the next few weeks, Martin gradually regains his strength and realises, that for the first time in his life, he’s happy. He and Will are making their small, gamekeeper’s cottage into a home – and finally, their proximity forces them to confront the real nature of their feelings for one another. Martin has known he’s in love with Will for years, but has forced those feelings away for many reasons; his father was a disgusting lecher (he basically ‘bought’ Hartley when he was just sixteen) which made Martin determined not to even think about anything related to sex or attraction, and Martin is also reluctant to saddle Will with a useless invalid. Consumption wasn’t always fatal, but there’s no cure for it and it’s likely that Martin will continue to suffer relapses and bouts of ill health for the rest of his life. Add that to the fact that he’s broke and has no idea how to go about supporting himself… Martin refuses to be a millstone around Will’s neck. He’s already uncomfortably aware that Will has given up his life in London in order to care for him – he doesn’t want a future in which Will isn’t able to live the life he deserves.

Will, of course, thinks this is all ridiculous. Martin is his oldest and dearest friend and could never be a burden – he’s important to Will and he can’t imagine his life without him in it. He’s never thought too much about the nature of his feelings for Martin, believing them to be friendship and nothing more, and it takes these months of closeness for him to begin to understand that he’s loved Martin for probably the same length of time as Martin has loved him.

I loved watching these two loveable idiots orbiting each other in ever decreasing circles. The author writes their friendship so beautifully that I could almost have been content had the story been simply Will and Martin Live in a Cottage in the Country; they talk and squabble and tease with such warmth and affection that there’s no question they know each other inside out and are perfect for one another. Will is a natural caregiver, tactile and given to casual endearments that Martin knows are just his way, but which he treasures nonetheless. And Martin is prickly and grumpy and cantankerous, but usually that’s a front to hide embarrassment or insecurity – and when it comes to Will, he’s a pile of mush. He goes from being practically alone in the world to acquiring a family as the book progresses, which was lovely to watch; I loved that he and Will read each other bedtime stories, and I was pleased when that Martin’s aunt proved to be not at all the gorgon he had expected her to be; instead, she’s a woman of good sense who just wants Martin to be happy – and is intuitive enough to realise where – or rather with whom – that happiness lies.

There were only a couple of things I didn’t like about this book; one was the use of the ‘I’m-leaving-you-for-your-own-good’ trope, and the second was a choice Will makes near the end which didn’t make a lot of sense. Otherwise however, Two Rogues Make a Right is simply lovely, a sensual, sweet and tender romance that doesn’t sugar coat the problems involved in loving someone with chronic illness, and which ends with an epilogue that will melt your heart as it provides an optimistic glance into Will and Martin’s future. ...more

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Apr 03, 2020 Emma Rose Ribbons rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-romance

Today started great - I woke up, put some Chuck Berry on, danced a bit, and before even reading the news, found out Edelweiss had approved my request for an ARC of Two Rogues Make a Right, the latest Cat Sebastian novel. I screamed. I had begged the universe for something good to happen today, anything that could make me forget the world for just a blissful few hours. Hell, I'd even have settled for a few minutes. Cat Sebastian writes beautiful, funny, sweet queer historical romances that you wa Today started great - I woke up, put some Chuck Berry on, danced a bit, and before even reading the news, found out Edelweiss had approved my request for an ARC of Two Rogues Make a Right, the latest Cat Sebastian novel. I screamed. I had begged the universe for something good to happen today, anything that could make me forget the world for just a blissful few hours. Hell, I'd even have settled for a few minutes. Cat Sebastian writes beautiful, funny, sweet queer historical romances that you want to escape to and I desperately needed her (we all do).

Two Rogues Make a Right is about Martin, a baronet whose late father was the absolute worst and who's lived with consumption the better part of his life. His best friend is Will, a former sailor, who's doing his best not to think too much about how much he loves Martin. Will is scared - Martin is an aristocrat who has to marry and produce an heir, Martin is scared and thinks he's undeserving of Will's love because he's ill. They're both too precious for words - just kiss already, please.

I didn't expect this to be so moving but as soon as the book opens, we see Martin struggling to breathe, coughing, and Will nursing him back to health knowing there isn't much he can do to save him and I thought 'oh my goodness, I can never read historical again, it's too close to home now' but this book heals every wound. There's no miracle cure, but there's love, comfort, a respite from the world for however long these two are together (forever) and god, that was gorgeous.

A few wonderful things I loved:

- this is very much about loving someone with a chronic illness and all that entails. That was beautiful.
- Martin hasn't got much of a family at the beginning of the book and he finds one through the course of the novel, which was super sweet
- Loved Daisy and Mrs Tanner her mother, both practical women who are Martin's neighbours and incidentally end up fixing his life in more ways than one
- We see Hartley and Sam! My lovelies <3
- Bread and cheese feature heavily in this. Bread and cheese. COME ON.
- Some truly funny moments, there's a line about the plot of Frankenstein at the beginning of the novel that had me chuckle
- Will and Martin read each other bedtime stories <3
- It's a friends-to-lovers novel that's kind of like a bread pudding. I fell in love with them both instantly and was in love with their love. They're both just so sweet.
- The ending is ridiculously endearing, I can't spoil it but awwwww.

This is the comfort read the world needs. This is the respite from *gestures wildly at the general state of the universe* you asked for. It was the one I needed today. I'm very tempted to reread it all over again. Thank you, Cat, for being the soft, pillowy writer you are. You're the best. And of course, thank you to Edelweiss for this unexpected gift. ...more

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Jul 20, 2020 Para (wanderer) rated it it was amazing

Recommended to Para (wanderer) by: Sharade

Shelves: historical-fiction, read-in-english, 5-stars, lgbtq, favourites, mental-health, healing, romance

I'd give this a thousand stars if I could. It was perfect.

“You’re allowed to be greedy and grasping. You’re allowed to be cross with him. That’s sometimes what love is. It’s not all sweetness and light.”

Initially, I thought I'd borrow it, but it wasn't long until I got sick of waiting and bought it and I couldn't be more glad I did. I knew I'd love it. I read the whole series just to get to it. And in the end, yes, my instincts were once again correct. It literally couldn't fit my preferences better and I devoured it in a span of a few hours.

If there's a trope I'm weak for when it comes to romance, it's a character taking care of their sick lover (any hurt/comfort is good, really, but this in particular), and if there's two tropes, very messed up people finding love is the second. Which is, well, pretty much exactly what this book is. Will, a former opium addict suffering from PTSD after his time in the navy under a horrific captain, spends most of it caring for Martin, who's always been sickly but is now suffering from consumption.

“How long are you here for?”
“Well, at least I don’t have a monopoly on idiocy.”
Will stared. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“I’m here, full stop, because it’s my home, because—as you said two minutes ago—it’s where you are, you monumental lackwit.”

It's not a love heals all story. Neither of them is all well and good by the end, but they learn to live with it, and I loved that. I also liked that their love was a prickly thing, that even though they've been pining for each other for their whole lives, they mess up a lot and are terrible with feelings and use idiot as a term of endearment. So good. I have said before I like my romance soft and sweet, and it was that, but there are no cinnamon rolls here.

(As a sidenote, the other characters were also fantastic, especially the women. From Daisy, easily as prickly as Martin, to his terrifying aunt.)

Even though each book in this series can technically stand alone, this one in particular benefits greatly from having read the other two, otherwise you miss a lot of context about the relationships between the brothers. I'm glad that despite my impatience to get to this book in particular, I went for the whole series.

But either way. I think I have a new favourite romance book.

Enjoyment: 5/5
Execution: 5/5

Recommended to: fellow suckers for hurt/comfort and romance involving healing, those looking for bisexual and aroace-spec characters

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Apr 07, 2020 Rach rated it liked it

This is the third book in the series Seducing the Sedgwicks. It about Will and Martin. Martin in the previous book appeared a bit of a villain.

We start off this book with Martin waking up in the cottage after a Will has kinda of kidnapped him from London to look after him. As they lived together their friendship slowly develops into something more.

Both Martin and Will have both had hardships in their lives in this book.

They are both so sweet together and I loved even when they weren’t together ...more

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Aug 24, 2020 Sol ~ TheBookishKing rated it did not like it

Shelves: arcs, romance, lgbtqiap, absolute-trash, e-arcs, netgalley, disappointing

wow i hated everything about this

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Jun 27, 2020 Ashley rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: family-saga, lgbtqia, romantical, anglophilia, historical-fiction, sexytimes, books-about-writers, class-gender-race

This was so cozy and comforting and lovely.

If you're looking for a plot- or angst- or action-heavy romance, this won't satisfy you, but if you're looking for something slow and sweet, where two lifelong friends slowly come together while one nurses the other back to health, than this is your book. Martin and Will have been best friends since childhood. Will grew up slightly neglected in a rather bohemian household that was falling into ruin. Martin's father was a first class asshole, who also t ...more

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Jun 30, 2020 Ami rated it liked it

Shelves: mm-historical-medieval-steampunk, mm-romance-or-erotica

3.5 stars

This is a sweet hurt/comfort friends-to-lovers story. Martin has his illness, Will has his PTSD and previous opium addiction. At the same time, both Martin and Will are already in love with each other, thus, that the book doesn't really have big "tension/conflict", you know? At times it feels rather mundane and repetitive.

Basically, Martin assume that he will be a big burden to Will -- while Will thinks that Martin needs the comfort of being a baronet rather than 'shacking up' with an ...more

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Sep 14, 2020 Stephi rated it really liked it

Shelves: lgbtq, historical, read-2020, romance

Two Rogues Make a Right is an sweet and adorable best-friends-to-lovers romance between two flawed, but selfless characters who really needed to learn how to better communicate.

This isn't a tense or plot-heavy book; rather, it is quiet and meandering, taking place mostly in a small cottage in the countryside with piglets who "were very slippery and wished for nothing so much as anarchy. Whenever presented with a dull moment, they began devising new and horrible ways to get out of their pen." I' ...more

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Jul 18, 2020 Robin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2020-releases, 2020, historical-fiction, historical-romance, romance

3.5⭐
I received an ARC copy of this from Avon via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review

Summary
After months of searching for his best friend, Will found Martin hiding in his brother's attic on the verge of death. In hopes of saving his life, Will kidnaps Martin to the countryside in hopes of helping him recover. When Martin wakes up, he finds himself in a small country house, being cared for by his best friend, and the man he's been in love with his entire life.
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Oct 05, 2020 Andrea rated it it was ok

Shelves: historical-romance, lgbtq, everyone-loved-this-but-me

Me: Nonononononononononooooooooo. This cannot be happening.
Also me: But you love this author!
Me: I KNOW THAT!

I really cannot believe this is happening. I have to give two stars to a book by one of my new favorite authors. Okay, 2.5, but goodreads won't let me, and I did give 3 stars to book 2 in the series, and I enjoyed it more than this one...

Anyway. I seem to have read a different book than most of my friends, who really loved it.

I did enjoy the beginning, and I was really curious what ha Me: Nonononononononononooooooooo. This cannot be happening.
Also me: But you love this author!
Me: I KNOW THAT!

I really cannot believe this is happening. I have to give two stars to a book by one of my new favorite authors. Okay, 2.5, but goodreads won't let me, and I did give 3 stars to book 2 in the series, and I enjoyed it more than this one...

Anyway. I seem to have read a different book than most of my friends, who really loved it.

I did enjoy the beginning, and I was really curious what happened between Will and Martin when they were younger, but. None of it was exactly news. You get the fact that they were in love in book 1 of the series (or at least I suspected), so maybe I was expecting too much?

All I can say that the beginning was incredibly sad and heart-breaking, but after a while the mis- (or really NON) communications started boring me. They were both so good. So intend on not hurting the other one. So stuck in their own heads. So willing to sacrifice their love if it meant the other one was safe and happy. Too much of it happened in their heads, and I just wished either something would happen (and really, not much does. Martin is sick. Will nurses him. Martin gets better. Sex happens.) or they would just talk to each other. So the middle part was rather a let-down for me. The ending (after the last miscommunication) was rather sweet again, and that saved a bit for me. I mean:

"How long are you here for?" Will started. "Well, at least I don't have a monopoly on idiocy." "What's that supposed to mean?" "I'm here, full stop, because it's my home, because -as you said two minutes ago- it's where you are, you monumental lackwit."

Anyway. So sad beginning, meh middle, and kinda cute ending. I'm really bummed about this, but I expected more from this :( And you'd think the book would be perfect for me! Friends-to-lovers, no drama, nothing bad happening AT ALL. It's all I ask for in a good book! There was just something missing for me that I can't exactly put my finger on.. ...more

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Mar 29, 2020 Tina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, historical, a-heart-full-of-love, trope-forced-proximity, beauty-and-the-beast-flairs, lgbtqia, favorites, comfort-reads, ebook-kindle, best-book-of-the-series

Martin and Will are precious idiots and I love them whole heartedly. Needless to say, if you enjoyed either of the earlier books in this series, you’ll want to run not walk to read this one: Will Sedgwick is just as compelling as his siblings, Ben and Hartley, and he is equally as deserving of his HEA. Full review to come.

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Jun 28, 2020 Dumbledore11214 rated it liked it

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Jul 24, 2020 Skirmish rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lgbtq

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Jun 23, 2020 Joyfully Jay rated it really liked it

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A Joyfully Jay review.

4.25 stars

Two Rogues Make a Right is the third book in Cat Sebastian’s wonderful Seducing the Sedgewicks series. While the story does spin pretty directly from A Gentleman Never Keeps Score (my favorite of the three), the essential information is all incorporated here. Those of you who read the previous book may remember Martin as the son of Hartley’s abuser. When Martin’s father died, he left Hartley with a home and Martin with nothing, causing a conflict between them tha ...more

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Mar 04, 2020 noah rated it really liked it

Shelves: lgbt, boys-like-boys, historical, romance, bi-mc

i don't really like covers with real people on them, but this one melts my heart 💕🥺 ...more

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May 26, 2020 Sarah rated it it was ok

Shelves: historical-fiction, romance, published-in-2020, queer, netgalley, 2020

I didn't like this, but it's a testament to Cat Sebastian's writing talent that I even finished it--she really is excellent, so I want to be clear that this was a mismatch between me and the story, not a bad book and you might well love it (though I would definitely recommend reading the first two books in the series first.) This was just a lot of tropes I don't care for...not a big fan of friends-to-lovers and hurt/comfort is not my jam. Can occasionally enjoy a book with no plot, but I have to ...more

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Jun 22, 2020 Elley Murray rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-edelweiss, historical-romance, publisher-avon, owned-arc-digital, regency-romance, romance, lgbtqia, mm-romance, friends-to-lovers

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 ...more

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Jul 01, 2020 Alex (HEABookNerd) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-romance, rating-3-stars-was-good, hurt-comfort, arc, couple-mm, genre-romance-historical, 2020, slow-burn, only-one-bed, friends-first

Series:Seducing the Sedgwicks #3
Rating: 3 stars - it was good

Overall I think this was a case of "it's me, not you" because I just wasn't engaged with Two Rogues Make a Right. However, I think regular readers of Cat Sebastian will really enjoy this one. I did like both Martin and Will and they were the softest heroes ever, which is something I enjoy. This is a very gentle read mostly focused in on these two caring for each other and finding their way after some bad past experiences.

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Jun 20, 2020 Peregrine Marie rated it it was amazing

This book is honestly a treasure. I felt only the deepest joy in reading it; even when I was sad, even when I was frustrated with the main characters, I couldn’t help but feel the love in every last word and phrase. This is everything I could want from a romance—stupid misunderstandings that are resolved with honest communication, pining, careful attention to consent and comfort, and so much love. Have I mentioned the love yet? Because, oh my god, there’s so much of it.
I would say this book is This book is honestly a treasure. I felt only the deepest joy in reading it; even when I was sad, even when I was frustrated with the main characters, I couldn’t help but feel the love in every last word and phrase. This is everything I could want from a romance—stupid misunderstandings that are resolved with honest communication, pining, careful attention to consent and comfort, and so much love. Have I mentioned the love yet? Because, oh my god, there’s so much of it.
I would say this book is a medium-paced read, but I should also probably say that I read straight through it in just under 5 hours. Literally, I picked it up and could not set it aside longer than it took to get a fresh cup of coffee. It consumed me.

It feels almost impossible to put to words all of the intricate aspects I loved about this book, but I’m going to try. First: they talk about sexuality in a way that is clear without needing to fall back on modern terminology (obviously). And the fact that one of the characters is on the asexual spectrum—a demisexual MC, be still my heart—and it’s handled so well? It meant the world to me. Martin is going to have a special place in my heart for years to come. And Will’s place is no less special, especially for the careful navigation of their sexual encounters and his attention to the comfort and consent of his partner. The sex in this book is hot, yes, but it’s also tender and romantic and wonderful.

The side characters, likewise, fill me with joy. I won’t go too far into detail, because I don’t want to spoil anything, but having a snarky side character who can be an asshole right back at Martin was a wonderful choice. Their interactions gave me so much happiness.

And I think, lastly, the core themes of the book were what made it shine. The theme of choices, and of how choice and independence can be compromised for a variety of reasons, both ill and well-intentioned, was one I don’t often see explored, particularly in a romance. Oftentimes, I have seen narratives imply that when characters do things out of love for someone, or in that person’s best interests, it is the right thing to do. This novel complicates that beautifully—showing that, yes, love is important, but so is a person’s ability to consent and make their own choices. Finding the middle ground, for these two characters, was far from easy; but it would have been less realistic and impactful if it had been easy, and instead it is genuine.

Lastly, I deeply appreciate that Will is a recovering addict and Martin is chronically ill. I do not feel equipped to speak for how these issues are handled, as I am neither myself, but I do want to say that I felt they were addressed with great empathy, and I will be curious to read more reviews for this book and see what others think.

Overall, I think this book is a masterpiece. I can’t believe I haven’t read more of this author’s work, and I can’t wait to remedy that immediately.
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Jul 04, 2020 Santy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lgbtq-m-m, okay-steam, part-of-series, read-2020, slow-burn, laugh-out-loud, sweet, mid-level-angst, historical, favourite-series

Sir Martin Easterbrook has either been the "villain" or the bad guy causing issues for the first two Sedgwick brothers so when I started this book, I wondered how the author was going to make me want to read about him for the duration of an entire book.Wonder of all wonders, I actually enjoyed every step of the way.

While not particularly falling in love with Martin, I at least came to understand his motivations and rooted for him to get his HEA. This was of course due to the wonderful writing p ...more

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Jun 14, 2020 Ay rated it it was amazing

I received a free copy of the book from netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

My immediate takeaway on reading this book is that I am going to gallop off and read everything else she has ever written.

First: the title is stupid and misleading. The main characters are not rogues. The slightly jaunty title does not match the tone of the book either. This is what happens when you have mainstream publishers coming up with stupid titles for historical romances. Can you tell that this is a bugbe ...more

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Jun 24, 2020 Carole Bell rated it it was amazing

Two Rogues Make a Right is gently addictive, sweet, and gorgeously written-- a full-on powerful antidepressant of a romance novel.

Childhood friends to lovers is both one of my favorite tropes and one I think can be hard to pull off in a substantive way. It's easy to rely on past history rather than showing how two characters forge a bond in the present. But Cat Sebastian excels at this. I love how these Will and Martin love and take care of each other. And that is about the best thing I can say ...more

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Jun 21, 2020 Kimberly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: review, lgbtqia, historical, romance, read-2020

Reviewed for Wit and Sin

Two Rogues Make a Right is a tender, emotionally honest romance. Cat Sebastian doesn’t deliver sweeping drama, but rather quiet moments that have a hefty emotional impact.

Friends-to-lovers is a trope I adore when done well and Ms. Sebastian does it exceptionally well. Will and Martin are lifelong best friends and neither will hesitate to drop everything to come to the other’s aid. At the beginning of this story it’s Martin, who suffers from chronic illness made wo Reviewed for Wit and Sin

Two Rogues Make a Right is a tender, emotionally honest romance. Cat Sebastian doesn’t deliver sweeping drama, but rather quiet moments that have a hefty emotional impact.

Friends-to-lovers is a trope I adore when done well and Ms. Sebastian does it exceptionally well. Will and Martin are lifelong best friends and neither will hesitate to drop everything to come to the other’s aid. At the beginning of this story it’s Martin, who suffers from chronic illness made worse by the poor London air, who is nearly on death’s door. Will sweeps him off to the country to heal and close quarters becomes the catalyst for them to take a chance on becoming something more than friends.

Martin is a grumpy hero with a hidden soft side. His father was a monster whose actions have had a strong impact on Martin. After his father’s death, Martin lost everything and when combined with his chronic illness he often feels helpless and it’s understandably frustrating. He doesn’t want to be dependent on others but the life he was raised in left him ill-equipped to survive. I loved watching Martin evolve over the course of the story, to learn what he can do and to accept that it’s ok to ask for help. He carries deep guilt that drags him down and I loved to watch him learn, heal, and grow. Most of all, I wanted him to get his happily ever after with Will.

And oh, Will. The middle Sedgwick is sweetness to the core and wears his heart on his sleeve. He cares deeply, especially when it comes to Martin. Will was raised by a neglectful father and suffers PTSD from his time in the navy. Will is a recovering addict with issues of his own but he’s finding his way. The obstacles in the way of the romance are mostly internal, but nevertheless I was sucked into Will and Martin’s story. Every bump in the road to happily ever after felt organic to these heroes and their histories. I also love that this story features a bisexual (Will) and demisexual (Martin) hero and that consent and dialogue were key parts to the love scenes. Every aspect of this romance worked for me and thinking about the book a day after I finished it, I realized how much the small gestures in this story – a touch here, fixing an article of clothing there – made such a big impact and really make Two Rogues Make a Right stand out from the crowd.

Two Rogues Make a Right is the third book in the Seducing the Sedgwicks series. Since I haven’t yet read the first two books I did feel like I was missing a bit of background information, but not so much that the story was impacted. All in all, I loved Martin and Will’s story. It’s a romance with heart featuring well-drawn characters whose needs and desires are complex and interesting. I cannot wait to catch up on the Seducing the Sedgwicks series as well as Ms. Sebastian’s other works.

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Jun 27, 2020 Rebecca rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lbgtq, historical-fiction, romance

Even if I wasn't a sucker for the childhood friend trope in romance, this would still just be a very sweet story, silly punny title notwithstanding. ...more

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Jun 24, 2020 Jessica rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: lgbt-romance

This was a lovely tender romance that tugged constantly at the heart-strings. Martin is a bit of grump, but it's paper thin, something Will (and me as the reader) found endearing. Will is struggling with his love (platonic at first) for his friend and a recent addiction to opium. Martin is struggling with consumption, which was ubiquitous in 19th century literature, and nearly absent in modern Regency romances. Cat Sebastian does an exemplary job of showing the character's selfless devotion to e ...more

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Jul 26, 2020 Helen Kord rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourites, arc, historical, m-m

This is such a beautiful, tender, character-driven book. It's also a beautiful ending to one of my favourite romance series, and I couldn't be happier about it. I waited two years and it didn't disappoint at all. It's everything you might've wanted from it and more.

I just can't get over how lovely and kind this series is to its characters. They've all been through so much trauma, and this series firmly says that everyone deserves HEA, even if you don't think you do. There's also a great deal of ...more

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Cat writes steamy, upbeat historical romances. They usually take place in the Regency, generally have at least one LGBTQ+ main character, and always have happy endings.

Before writing, Cat was a lawyer and a teacher. She enjoys crossword puzzles, geeking out over birds, gardening badly, and–of course–reading. In high school, her parents went away for a week, and instead of throwing raucous parties, ...more

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“He wouldn’t ever describe himself as a flirt, but he supposed most flirts wouldn’t. He knew how to make people feel that they were the center of the universe, that was all. There was something worth liking in nearly everybody, and it was no hardship to figure out what it was. The trick was to do so while also hinting, in the vaguest of ways, that it might be nice if they were able to continue this charming conversation in the nearest bed.” — 0 likes

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