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A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian

hillarybowen's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

middlefrolic's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

totenkoepfchen's review

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

1.5

radikaliseradgroda's review

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5.0

This was good, but could easily have been 200 pages longer

larakochenborger's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

5.0

cocopom's review against another edition

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5.0

Cute! Loved the short format story and i really liked the characters and their lives and chemistry so I wanted a full length book! Also loged who they each had their backstory and lives and goals

delouest's review

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

sus_would_rather_be_reading's review

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4.0

Sweet sapphic novella with all the charm and snark I expect from Cat Sebastian novels. Lovely.

ptaradactyl's review

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hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Awwww! Competent lesbians falling in love and moving in together by the 3rd date 💜💙 

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jackiehorne's review

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4.0

Despite the cover which makes its two female protagonists look as if they are part of the gentry, neither Alice Stapleton nor Molly Wilkins is the typical hist rom aristocrat. Alice, the daughter of an impoverished and often abusive clergyman, was recently kicked out of her home for a scandal that was no fault of her own. She's been taken up by a sympathetic lady to serve as her companion, but said role provides her with far less work than she's used to doing—her shyness makes her eschew the company her companion so loves, and her companion has a maid, Molly, to do for her. So Alice finds herself spying on Molly to occupy her brain...

Molly, a single mom and former thief, boards her daughter out so she can work as a ladies' maid for the well-off Mrs Wraxhall. After Alice follows her one day and discovers her daughter (about whom Mrs. Wraxhall already knows), Molly is initially offended. But she can't help but have pity on the seemingly hapless Alice ("You ought to be glad Mrs. Wraxhall took you in, because if you were left up to your own devices you'd starve. You haven't the sense God gave a duck," Molly pungently proclaims).

When Mrs. Wraxhall insists both young women accompany her to a country house party, a party whose guests also include the very man who caused the scandal that led to Alice's banishment, Molly's skills in thievery, along with Alice's surprising skills at lock-picking, lead to a plan for Alice to get back a little of her own...

A novella-length story that has an actual plot and character development (at least for Alice), one with a feel-good message about female self-empowerment in the face of sexism and abuse.