Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

The HEA for Trans Kids folks put together another great bundle of books. All donations go to Trans Lifeline

Winter Wonderland bundle by HEA for Trans Kids

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Yes! It’s book bundle time at HEAs for Trans Kids. This time I’m reviewing just a few of the books in the Winter Wonderland bundle. I want you to have an opportunity to donate your minimum of $25, through December 5, so you can get your own bundle. Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian – I have previously reviewed it here, and it is still excellent. The real scandal is that I haven’t reviewed The Missing Page yet. Part of me wants to say that the […]

“I’m not particularly keen about funding my own abduction.”

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

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Crime and punishment, the Cat Sebastian way. Plot: The story weaves somewhat with the last book – The Queer Principles of Kit Webb – with Kit’s life long best friend and co-conspirator having learned the tragic truth that he was, in all likelihood, the true heir to the dukedom that Kit’s own Lord Holland had been prepared to take over his entire life. Rob is enthusiastically anti-monarchist and couldn’t want anything less. But he is a criminal, so he decides he ought to at least get 500 pounds […]

The sunshine and the grumpy one – now with added crime!

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

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CBR14 Bingo: Gaslight (Marian was lied to and manipulated by the duke, book also set in the Georgian era) Spoiler warning! I’m going to do my best to review this book without spoiling major plot points from The Queer Principles of Kit Webb or this book, but if you want to remain fully unspoiled, you’d probably want to skip this review until you’ve actually read the book. Which you should (read the book, I mean), it’s absolutely marvellous. Marian Hayes, believed to be the Duchess […]

“Spite was honor when it was the only weapon you had against someone more powerful” – BINGO!

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

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4.5 stars CBR14: Rec’d (this has been recommended by multiple Cannonballers and pretty much every romance review blog I can think of) Edward Percival “Percy” Talbot, Lord Holland, returns to England after several years abroad in Europe to discover that his mother died in his absence, and his deeply unpleasant father hastily remarried, to Percy’s best friend from childhood, Lady Marian Hayes, who also had time to birth Percy a baby sister. Furthermore, Marian reveals that a blackmailer has contacted her with proof that the […]

I regret to inform you that ill-tempered women are as catnip to some men

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

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“Confounded kittens,” she grumbled. “What?” “Your eyes literally lit up. I’ve only read about that in books. I’ve never seen it happen.” “They did not,” he protested, but they probably had. He was actually pretty excited about the prospect of seeing kittens. ― Cat Sebastian, The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes After reading a couple of reviews on CBR14, this looked like it would satisfy my need for a charming, low-stakes romance. The delightful cover art didn’t hurt either. I burned through the first book […]

This is a perfect novel. #CBRBINGO – Scandal

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes (The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, #2) by Cat Sebastian

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I originally said that I would have a review up later that same day I finished the book, after I stopped swooning, but the swooning never really stopped, and then I got anxious about trying to make this review live up to how much I loved the book, and then I just gave up and said I’d get to it later. Fast forward two months, let’s just get something out there so we can all move on with our lives. The short version of this […]



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