Today's post is on The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee. It is 501 pages long and is published by Katherine Tegen Books. It is the first in her Montague Siblings series. The cover is a portrait of the main character Monty. The intended reader is someone who is interesting in young adult novels, historical novels, and gay love stories. There is some foul language, talk of sex and some sexuality, and some violence in this novel. The story is told from first person perspective of the main character. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- Witty, romantic, and irresistible from the first line to the last, The Gentleman Guide to Vice and Virtue is the unforgotten escapade of Lord Henry "Monty" Montague, a charming young scoundrel who fully expects to carouse his way through his Grand Tour. However, Monty's plans for one last hedonistic hurrah with his best friend and secret crush, Percy, quickly turns into a harrowing manhunt across eighteenth-century Europe. Truly a novel that's meant to be savored and not to be missed.
Review- This book was okay. I do not dislike it, the characters are fine, the history is pretty good, the writing is good, but it was just okay to me. There is nothing wrong with it but it just did not grab me. Monty as a main character is a good one, he has flaws, he grows over the course of the story, he learns to be honest with himself and those around him. Percy is more sympathetic with his epilepsy and being abandoned by his family. Felicity is interesting but she is very much in the background of this novel. The writing is good with lots of details about living in the eighteenth-century. If young gay love stories with some action as a catalyst for the plot sound like something you would enjoy then you should give this one a try.
I give this novel a Three out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.
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