The Three Lives of Cate Kay

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The obvious comparison to make with this book is The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, which the publisher also lists on their press release with the book. (Strangely enough I also felt the same way about The Scandalous Life of Ruby Devereaux – are these similarities intentional from writers and publishers, I wonder?) Fans of those books may well enjoy this one for the same reasons (warning that there are spoilers for both books in the following review!): the sense of a mysterious central celebrity heroine looking back on her life, writing about it, wanting to tell her story in her own words. However, the queer relationships are more front-and-centre in this novel rather than being the background twist, which I appreciated. This novel is told in fragments from different perspectives, and I did sometimes wish that there was more differentiation in the voices between the different characters and styles, especially as an important element of the book is that the eponymous Cate has lived multiple ‘double lives’, so it was sometimes harder to follow the relationships and stakes. 

Lily Lindon

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