The Gentlemen's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee
“We are not broken things, neither of us. We are cracked pottery mended with laquer and flakes of gold, whole as we are, complete unto each other. Complete and worthy and so very loved.”
Summary:
Henry Montague is exactly what a gentleman ought not to be. He’s a booze hound and a rake, a seductive charmer with an allergy to keeping his breeches on. His heartless hard-ass of a father has had enough. He sends Monty, along with his sister Felicity and bestie Percy, on a Grand Tour of Europe. Where Monty sees it as one last hurrah, his father is determined to force some education and gravity on him whether he wants it or not. The boys will, under the guidance of a strict supervisor, learn all about the Continent’s art and culture. After depositing Felicity at a girls’ school where she will acquire all the necessary accomplishments to secure a high-ranking husband, Percy will head off to Holland to law school and Monty will return to England to become the dour man his father demands. At least that’s the plan, and nothing ever goes according to plan.
Review:
I am rarely the type to read a historical fiction genre, but this novel was absolutely amazing and you need to read it to!! Set in the 18th century, a romantic comedy displayed during the locations of Paris and Venice, boys fighting pirates and expressing their feelings to each other, are introduced into The Gentlemen’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, a light, high-spirited, charmingly addictive and downright funny novel. I could not stop smiling and giggling from start to finish of this novel. The plot and narration would be sarcastic, funny, immature and silly, and would be just entertaining to visualise and read. This novel was at a consistent and fantastically paced read, especially for a novel that is like 500+ pages or so. The author was able to perfectly demonstrate the protagonist into making him believable and realistic. What I substantially enjoyed throughout the novel, was the light, romantic comedy between Monty and Percy. They had the perfect amount of love angst, a little sexual tension from time to time, but would just leave the corners of my mouth smiling from one corner to another, and just downright shipping these two, well developed, characters together. I could literally talk on and on and on about this novel, and display my adoration towards it but we would be here all night.
Review:
I am rarely the type to read a historical fiction genre, but this novel was absolutely amazing and you need to read it to!! Set in the 18th century, a romantic comedy displayed during the locations of Paris and Venice, boys fighting pirates and expressing their feelings to each other, are introduced into The Gentlemen’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, a light, high-spirited, charmingly addictive and downright funny novel. I could not stop smiling and giggling from start to finish of this novel. The plot and narration would be sarcastic, funny, immature and silly, and would be just entertaining to visualise and read. This novel was at a consistent and fantastically paced read, especially for a novel that is like 500+ pages or so. The author was able to perfectly demonstrate the protagonist into making him believable and realistic. What I substantially enjoyed throughout the novel, was the light, romantic comedy between Monty and Percy. They had the perfect amount of love angst, a little sexual tension from time to time, but would just leave the corners of my mouth smiling from one corner to another, and just downright shipping these two, well developed, characters together. I could literally talk on and on and on about this novel, and display my adoration towards it but we would be here all night.
Overall, The Gentlemen’s Guide to Vice and Virtue was definitely my anticipated read for the year and is a novel worth your time. The author introduces well developed and amazing characters, a intriguing plot line and setting of the novel. This is the type of novel for an individual wanting to laugh, experience a new type of genre and many more.
Rating:
Stars Some trigger warnings that readers might want to know: homophobia, epilepsy, racism and ableism, PTSD, alcoholism, parental abuse
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