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A review by arrk33
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
5.0
Spoilers:
I loved this!! A lot of the other reviews talk about what a prick the main character (Monty) is and rightly so. He never says the right thing, he's arrogant, selfish, and can't see past the end of his own nose....at the start of the book. He goes through some real development as the laughably outrageous plot unfolds. By seeing the world through his eyes, we see the self-righteous, spoiled behavior of an upper class white man. And we see him realize what that means between watching the love of his life being ill and mistreated for being black and his sister who is incredibly smart but no one will let her study medicine.
Bottom line: I love the three main characters so much!! Monty and Percy are just relationship goals and Felicity is a firecracker that doesn't let the patriarchy keep her down. Would love to see a sequel about Monty and Percy living their beautiful gay lives somewhere on the Mediterranean and/or a companion novel about Felicity becoming the privateers' surgeon and all their (mis) adventures!!
I loved this!! A lot of the other reviews talk about what a prick the main character (Monty) is and rightly so. He never says the right thing, he's arrogant, selfish, and can't see past the end of his own nose....at the start of the book. He goes through some real development as the laughably outrageous plot unfolds. By seeing the world through his eyes, we see the self-righteous, spoiled behavior of an upper class white man. And we see him realize what that means between watching the love of his life being ill and mistreated for being black and his sister who is incredibly smart but no one will let her study medicine.
Bottom line: I love the three main characters so much!! Monty and Percy are just relationship goals and Felicity is a firecracker that doesn't let the patriarchy keep her down. Would love to see a sequel about Monty and Percy living their beautiful gay lives somewhere on the Mediterranean and/or a companion novel about Felicity becoming the privateers' surgeon and all their (mis) adventures!!