The Ruin of a Rake by Cat SebastianMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The third in Sebastian's unnamed series, The Ruin of a Rake is quintessential romance.
Not as deep as her Soldier’s Scoundrel, or as squee-filled as The Lawrence Browne Affair, Rake sits right in the middle. A solid romance with likeable characters, cameos from characters from the first two books (although you can read Rake as a standalone, I think you get more out of it if you read the first two before cracking this one open), but perhaps not quite the level of pining and drama of the other two.
Lord Courtenay is a world-weary hedonist, although the more we read about him the more it is less believable that he spent the last ten years just chasing his own pleasure, but rather using the mask of a disreputable gentleman to pursue his quest for love and acceptance. Julian Medlock on the other hand, has gone the opposite direction, becoming all that is proper in his quest for acceptance. This set-up gives us a wonderful snark-to-lovers situation that ends with bother characters realizing that they really aren't who they think they are, much less who others think they are.
Sebastian's turn of phrase and dialogue is just as sparkling as in her other two books, but I could have gone for a bit more longing there at the end. But I did read this book in one day so there's that.
I can't wait for Sebastian's next book and cringe to think how long I might have to wait for it to show up.
Also, there are kittens. Everyone loves kittens!
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