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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1)

Mackenzi Lee

Start date: March 1, 2018

Finish date: March 31, 2018

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Aug 26, 2017 Kathryn rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, historical-fiction

Looking for historical fiction, but with a modern sensibility? Search no further, you have found paradise. Mackenzi Lee’s delightfully tongue-in-cheek adventure, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, is a must read. With all the trappings of a period romance but featuring contemporary dialogue Gentleman’s Guide is an entirely unique reading experience. And one you won’t soon forget.

After thoroughly scandalizing Great Britain, 18-year-old Lord Henry ‘Monty’ Montague is set to begin his Grand ...more

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Jul 15, 2017 Rachel rated it really liked it

Well that was a fun ride! If I had to sum this up in a blurb it would be, "A Victorian era, Indian Jones-esque, humorous, gay, thrill-ride caper." I highlighted about 15 lines that either made me laugh-out-loud or were so clever, I had to stop reading for a second. Below are some of my favorites...

"I've always been of the mind that subtlety is a waste of time. Fortune favors the flirtatious."

"It's beginning to feel like he's shuffling his way through the seven deadly sins, in ascending order of ...more

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Aug 10, 2017 Melissa rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, fiction, historical, teen, lgbtq

~fiction, teen, historical, gay/bisexual, male, Grand Tour of Europe, romance, adventure, intrigue, illness, beset on all sides by obstacles, 1700s, race, abuse

Monty (the bisexual son of an Earl), Percy (the biracial son of a wealthy man and Monty's best friend), and Felicity (Monty's sister and the one with the most sense) are due to set off on a Grand Tour of Europe. After which, Monty is due to settle down to the business of learning how to run his father's estates, Percy is going off to law ...more

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