3.5

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

Mackenzi Lee
Book
April
2022

Review:

This was a good book, but it wasn’t great. I found the main character rather annoying and hard to connect with. I am planning to read the second book just because of how much I love felicity. She is such a good character and I really like the modern aspirations she has. As for the romance in the book, I really like it! It is great friends to lovers but I do feel like it could have even slightly developed. I like Percy but I wanted to hear more about his epilepsy and the challenges their relationships face. It wasn’t hard enough for them to get together and that made the book slightly less satisfying.

Trigger Warnings:
Abuse (parental), Adoption, Alcoholism, Breakups (friendship), Death (mentioned), Epilepsy, Homophobia, Prison, Racism, Robbery, and Seizures

Synopsis From Book:

Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The finest boarding schools in England and the constant disapproval of his father haven’t been able to curb any of his roguish passions—not for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men. But as Monty embarks on his Grand Tour of Europe, his quest for a life filled with pleasure and vice is in danger of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the family’s estate upon his return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion, Percy. Still it isn’t in Monty’s nature to give up. Even with his younger sister, Felicity, in tow, he vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of Monty’s reckless decisions turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt that spans across Europe, it calls into question everything he knows, including his relationship with the boy he adores.
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