The Three Lives of Cate Kay

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

Kate Fagan

First published 2025

7.47.4 / 10
Score out of 1055 ratingsConfidence 27%: this much of the score is the readers’ own

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About the book

Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series, she’s one of the most successful authors of her generation. The thing is, Cate Kay doesn’t really exist. She’s never attended author events or granted any interviews. Her real identity had been a closely guarded secret, until now. As a young adult, she and her best friend Amanda dreamed of escaping their difficult homes and moving to California to become movie stars. But the day before their grand adventure, a tragedy shattered their dreams and Cate has been on the run ever since, taking on different names and charting a new future. But after a shocking revelation, Cate understands that returning home is the only way she’ll be a whole person again.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Where the score comes from

The sources average 6.9 across 55 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 27% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Romance average of 7.7. That is how 7.4 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover6.955 100%

Reader voices

The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).

  • “I got the comparisons with Evelyn Hugo, but the book avoided being derivative. There were some really sharp and insightful lines in this, that really made the book for me. I found the story meandered a bit towards the end, and found myself losing sympathy…”

    ★ 4/5anon on Hardcover

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