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The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
4.0
Just like The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (which was one of my fave reads last 2018), this was a delightful read!
The writing is awesome—it was light, it was hilarious, but still so relatable and emotional especially in terms of a woman's struggles.
I loved the characters! Especially the trio, Felicity, Johannah, and Sim. They were all different, yet so alike and so strong in their own ways. Which brings me to the lone thing that annoyed me in this book—Felicity and Johannah's early fights. I don't want to say too much without spoiling you guys, but let's just say they had a couple of disagreements because they're two different kinds of girls. One spends a lot of time with books, and one is invested with the social scene. It irked me because this is the kind of judgment that pits women against women. Thankfully, this was resolved between Felicity and Johannah (although I feel like it hasn't fully sunk in to Felicity yet, like, it will take more time before she really gets used to it). I also loved Felicity coming to terms with her sexuality. Although, she didn't actually say what her sexual orientation was (I doubt they already have a word for that back then), she explained it so simply and so clearly in the story. She is precious.
It's also so nice to Monty and Percy again AAAAAAHHHHHHH MY BABIES. They're really precious, and even though we don't get to see much of them, it was still so good.
The plot, of course, was really good! I already expected the unexpected (as much as I can hahaha!) because The Gentleman's Guide was really surprising and unexpected. This book is like that as well.
So that's it! 4 stars for this wonderful book! Loved finally getting to read Felicity's perspective, her story! I have so much love for the Montague siblings!
Also #protecttheseadragons !
The writing is awesome—it was light, it was hilarious, but still so relatable and emotional especially in terms of a woman's struggles.
I loved the characters! Especially the trio, Felicity, Johannah, and Sim. They were all different, yet so alike and so strong in their own ways. Which brings me to the lone thing that annoyed me in this book—Felicity and Johannah's early fights. I don't want to say too much without spoiling you guys, but let's just say they had a couple of disagreements because they're two different kinds of girls. One spends a lot of time with books, and one is invested with the social scene. It irked me because this is the kind of judgment that pits women against women. Thankfully, this was resolved between Felicity and Johannah (although I feel like it hasn't fully sunk in to Felicity yet, like, it will take more time before she really gets used to it). I also loved Felicity coming to terms with her sexuality. Although, she didn't actually say what her sexual orientation was (I doubt they already have a word for that back then), she explained it so simply and so clearly in the story. She is precious.
It's also so nice to Monty and Percy again AAAAAAHHHHHHH MY BABIES. They're really precious, and even though we don't get to see much of them, it was still so good.
The plot, of course, was really good! I already expected the unexpected (as much as I can hahaha!) because The Gentleman's Guide was really surprising and unexpected. This book is like that as well.
So that's it! 4 stars for this wonderful book! Loved finally getting to read Felicity's perspective, her story! I have so much love for the Montague siblings!
Also #protecttheseadragons !