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The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

34 reviews

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-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

2.75

Though I like Rob and Marian separately as characters, the dynamic of the two of them together was kind of boring for me. The plot also dragged so I ultimately had no clear sense of where the story was going or what I was waiting for, which gave me the impression of the book's pace being very slow.

I did appreciate Marian's backstory of trauma and how the author worked that into the sexual scenes thoughtfully and with boundary-oriented solutions (without undoing the established boundaries, which often happens in romance stories with trauma-related boundaries).

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kittycuthbert's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Definitely wanted more from this book after absolutely LOVING Queer Principles of Kit Webb.

The beginning of this book had me so excited! Letters and banter in them to start, the [redacted] thing that brings Rob and Marian together at the beginning, which was very dramatic and also kinda funny. These events set them off on what SHOULD HAVE BEEN a shenanigan/hijinks filled little road trip but was actually kind of a weird/boring book middle? I found it hard to connect with both of the MCs through what is usually catnip for me. I am such a sucker for a road trip!!

It’s like the middle 50% of the book is almost just notes or an outline without the level of detail or any of the pining and tension present in Kit’s book. BUT THEN, the last 25% of the book takes off again and the characters are super entertaining and exciting things happen.

That’s to say this book in emojis was like:

😱😮😯😑😑🥱😴🥱😑🙂😀🥰

Will I read more from Cat Sebastian? ABSOLUTELY. She does a lot of things really well, this book just missed some marks for me in the middle. The beginning and the end do bring this to a readable state and I DEFINITELY would read another book in this series. (I am very much hoping for a book about Betty, the fence. Please Cat, give us a Betty book!)

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wreathedinviolets's review against another edition

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adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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ecobookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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shaipanda's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.25

This was cuteee I really enjoyed it
Neither of the books in this series are my absolute favorite thing or anything but they both were entertaining and enjoyable :)
Solid reads imo

im really really glad that despite it seeming like they’re gonna use the miscommunication trope and have a big third act break up they don’t really do that which was nice to see

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