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A review by colca
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
5.0
This book was just so unexpectedly amazing. I went into this expecting some nice romance with a little adventure. Instead I got and epic adventurous story with a few fantasy elements and great romance of awesome characters. Like really. It took me only like 10 pages to fall in love with our main trio. Felicity is like the me I aspire to be and Monty and Percy are the most hilarious couple ever (I don't know how that's possible, but yes, better then Malec).
With my friend we argued who's more frustrating and ignorant about the other's love if Percy or Monty. We both agreed that they each have their own problems to take care of, but I still think Monty should be a bit more considerate and if he were he ought to notice.
And also Monty is his own person on an entirely new cathegory:

When I read on my phone I usually highlight everything that I like, makes me laugh or makes my heart all warm and fuzzy, but if I did it here I would probably run out of characters, so here are just a few of the best quotes:
As an only child it never stops to bedazzle me how Monty dislikes his siblings. I mean when I read more I start to understand some of it, but it is still hilarious. And don't forget the Goblin!!!
Honestly, despite having his flaws (as everyone does) everything about Monty is just lovable, especially his sense of humor and never-dying confidence.
That was exactly my reaction! We are promised an adventurous tour full of promiscuity and how's that supposed to happen with Lockwood there.
This got me laughing for a while, because sounds like a conversation I have with my parents every time I'm somewhere away with school or friends for a week.
Again mostly hilarious, but also true. I love how even drunk Monty gives life wisdom throughout the whole thing.
Come on, isn't that everybody when we just out of the blue know some useless fact and can use it. (Ehm, ehm, me being smart how I know Vergil in latin while I'm only quoting The Mortal Instruments... look at me: Descensus Averno Facilis Est
I loved this scene, especially because this is where things started getting interesting and who else than Monty could be briskly funny while standing naked in front of a bunch of people.
Ouch, that sounded too familiar. But whatever, at least we "book people" are smart. Also I love how he made it sound like people who read are an entirely different species. Now here comes the last quote, although I have a thousand more in mind, but don't have the time...
First of all, very true. Second of all, I love how cute and fuzzy those two are in all kinds of situations.
The thing that probably got me the most was Monty's final letter to his father where he just by the way says all the things that happened and also mentions that he knows everything about his tour. I was laughing so hard people at the plane looked at me weirdly.
Also a really big shout out to Percy's indestructible fiddles. It is nice to read sometimes a book so light and breezy as this and I'm definitely looking forward to The Ladie's Guide
With my friend we argued who's more frustrating and ignorant about the other's love if Percy or Monty. We both agreed that they each have their own problems to take care of, but I still think Monty should be a bit more considerate and if he were he ought to notice.
And also Monty is his own person on an entirely new cathegory:

When I read on my phone I usually highlight everything that I like, makes me laugh or makes my heart all warm and fuzzy, but if I did it here I would probably run out of characters, so here are just a few of the best quotes:
And days in a carriage with Felicity. Lord, give me strength.
As an only child it never stops to bedazzle me how Monty dislikes his siblings. I mean when I read more I start to understand some of it, but it is still hilarious. And don't forget the Goblin!!!
“They can hardly be blamed. I’d fall in love with me, if I met me.”
Honestly, despite having his flaws (as everyone does) everything about Monty is just lovable, especially his sense of humor and never-dying confidence.
Dear. Lord. Fortune has well and truly vomited down my front in the form of Mr. Lockwood.
That was exactly my reaction! We are promised an adventurous tour full of promiscuity and how's that supposed to happen with Lockwood there.
“Don’t drink too much.”
“Could I get an absolute value on too much?”
This got me laughing for a while, because sounds like a conversation I have with my parents every time I'm somewhere away with school or friends for a week.
“Mother. I’m the victim. She torments me.”
“She’s fifteen.”
“The most vicious age.”
Again mostly hilarious, but also true. I love how even drunk Monty gives life wisdom throughout the whole thing.
“Et tu?”
“Aw, look at you using your Latin vocabulary. Eton wasn’t a waste in its entirety.”
“That was Latin and history, so take that—I’m highly educated.”
Come on, isn't that everybody when we just out of the blue know some useless fact and can use it. (Ehm, ehm, me being smart how I know Vergil in latin while I'm only quoting The Mortal Instruments... look at me: Descensus Averno Facilis Est
His face is scarlet. “Have you . . . any possible explanation for your current state of dress?”
“Undress,” I correct him. “And thank you so much for a lovely evening; it’s been quite . . . revealing.
I loved this scene, especially because this is where things started getting interesting and who else than Monty could be briskly funny while standing naked in front of a bunch of people.
I understand less than half the words in that sentence, but God bless the book people for their boundless knowledge absorbed from having words instead of friends.
Ouch, that sounded too familiar. But whatever, at least we "book people" are smart. Also I love how he made it sound like people who read are an entirely different species. Now here comes the last quote, although I have a thousand more in mind, but don't have the time...
“Just thinking about all that blood.” I nearly shudder. “Doesn’t it make you a bit squeamish?”
“Ladies haven’t the luxury of being squeamish about blood,” she replies, and Percy and I go fantastically red in unison.
First of all, very true. Second of all, I love how cute and fuzzy those two are in all kinds of situations.
The thing that probably got me the most was Monty's final letter to his father where he just by the way says all the things that happened and also mentions that he knows everything about his tour. I was laughing so hard people at the plane looked at me weirdly.
Also a really big shout out to Percy's indestructible fiddles. It is nice to read sometimes a book so light and breezy as this and I'm definitely looking forward to The Ladie's Guide