Published: June 27, 2017 by: Katherine Tegan Books
Pages: 513
Rating: 5/5 stars
Henry Montague could never conform to his wealthy English family's expectations for him. He embraced the wild side of life, with lavish parties, multiple hookups with both men and women, and has concealed a secret crush on his best friend Percy from his strict father. When Monty must embark on a grand tour of Europe to complete his education, he brings Percy, and his spunky sister Felicity along for the journey. But Monty's recklessness will cost the gang greatly, and will have them running across Europe for their lives.
I absolutely adored this book! It brought together two of my favourite things; historical fiction, and diverse reads. This book was funny, charming, and gave me serious travel nostalgia. I could not put this down.
The bisexual rep was golden in this book! Monty was such a hilarious, lovable character and Percy was such a sweetheart. They both deserved each other and I rooted for their relationship. I also loved Felicity, who was sassy and cool and not your stereotypical Victorian woman.
Mackenzi Lee kept things real in this book. The historical elements were extremely factual and she definitely brought up a lot of things that would have been issues during the time period. You could tell that genuine research had been done in the subject. This book had a great atmosphere and proved that any genre can be made diverse.
Have you read The Gentleman's Guide? What did you think?
Emily @ Paperback Princess
I haven't had a chance to read this yet and I have no idea why I haven't!! I also have a soft spot for historical (and accurate!) fiction and diverse representation so I seriously need to get a move on. I'm so glad to hear you liked it and you thought it was well researched. That can sometimes be a drag for an author but if there's good research, it really makes the whole book that much more amazing :) Lovely review, Emily!
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Thanks Laura! I would say to so give it a go because it really had no faults in my opinion.
DeleteI've been wanting to read this one since forever and it does sound so good but the author kind of made a fool of herself (showed her true colours?) on Twitter the other day and I...lost my appetite? Idk lol. I still might pick it up but I'm wary now.
ReplyDeleteOh really? That’s a shame :( I don’t follow her so I had no idea. Still a really good book in my opinion though :)
DeleteThis one looks interesting! (Even if the cover really bugs me for reasons I can't put my finger on! Lol!)
ReplyDeleteWell I hate people on covers, so that’s one thing I disliked about it haha!
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