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A review by daumari
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
4.0
This was fun- heard a lot of buzz this book a year and a half ago, and I'm glad I finally got around to it. Like To All the Boys I've Loved Before, I'm pretty sure I would hate the protagonist in real life, but from reading, Henry "Monty" Montague is a confused lonely trashbag (I say, lovingly) with a lot of feelings he needs to figure out, especially with regards to his best friend, Percy. He, his younger sister Felicity, and Percy are off on a Grand Tour throughout Europe before Felicity heads to finishing school, Percy to Holland, and Monty back home to learn how to run an estate.
I figured this would be a straight (heh) historical fiction but we take a left turn at Marseilles with sort of... fantasy-ish elements? Though it drives the plot, it's not something that happens day to day in their lives, so I'd consider this low-fantasy. Besides learning to deal with feelings, Henry learns how to care about his friends/family and consider his actions but he's a little cringy before figuring that out.
I'm excited to see the next book is in Felicity's head, as I'm sure we have more similar temperments.
I figured this would be a straight (heh) historical fiction but we take a left turn at Marseilles with sort of... fantasy-ish elements? Though it drives the plot, it's not something that happens day to day in their lives, so I'd consider this low-fantasy. Besides learning to deal with feelings, Henry learns how to care about his friends/family and consider his actions but he's a little cringy before figuring that out.
I'm excited to see the next book is in Felicity's head, as I'm sure we have more similar temperments.