A review by lizshayne
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

For a book with a lot of promise, this one both stood and delivered. (sorry!) It was fun and silly and light—not so much in topic as in how it handled it. It wasn't interested in interrogating economic philosophies; merely in bringing up the somewhat obvious ones that tend to get overlooked in this genre (yes, ALL lords, especially landlords) and offering its protagonist relatively easy answers while still maintaining the experience of quiet joy in its exploration of, to borrow a line from Into the Woods, how "nice is different than good". But the point is not to investigate the layers of complicitness, the point (as it so often is with romance novels) is to offer an acceptable—which in this case would mean ethical enough—escape from the question.
And that is the joy of the book in the end.
Also, shoutout to Sebastian for having her characters apologize for hurting each other within a reasonable time frame and like adults instead of making a mountain out of molehill.