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

Sep 13, 2018 Ashleigh rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: series-books, diverse-reads, romance

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue follows Henry 'Monty' Montague, the son of a Lord, who is about to embark on The Grand Tour (no, not the tv show starring Jeremy Clarkson) which will see him touring around Europe, before taking over his father's estate. Joining him on the tour is life-long best friend (and secret crush) Percy and sister Felicity (who they will be dropping off at finishing school in France, much to her disapproval). Monty is hoping for non-stop partying and debauchery The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue follows Henry 'Monty' Montague, the son of a Lord, who is about to embark on The Grand Tour (no, not the tv show starring Jeremy Clarkson) which will see him touring around Europe, before taking over his father's estate. Joining him on the tour is life-long best friend (and secret crush) Percy and sister Felicity (who they will be dropping off at finishing school in France, much to her disapproval). Monty is hoping for non-stop partying and debauchery whilst away, but he's soon disappointed when his father, who disapproves greatly of his son's bisexuality, informs him that they're be joined on the tour by Lockwood, who will ensure the boys are well behaved and stay away from alcohol.

Despite Lockwood's presence, the boys still manage to sneak out and get drunk. But when Monty goes too far at a party in Versailles and upsets the Duke of Bourbon, he finds himself, along with Percy and Felicity, stranded, with no money and being hunted by the Duke's men. A hunt which will take place across Europe, and will have Monty questioning everything he thought he knew.

Heard nothing but great things about this book, and they were not wrong! I loved loved loved this book, and especially my babies Monty and Percy. They are just my faves and my ultimate OTP, and I will ship them until my dying day. I can't remember the last time I smiled so hard whilst reading the ending to a book. It just made me so happy, and I just love them.

Monty could be at times a tad annoying. In the beginning, he was an ass, and I wanted to shake him and say 'Stahppp! Get ahold of yourself man!', and I think there was a clear change in his behaviour once they were taken out of their comfort zone. Also, I didn't actually realise until the party in Versailles, that he was bisexual. We were told very clearly up to that point that he had a thing for men, and then this woman (can't for the life of me remember her name) shows up, and he's a stereotypical red-blooded man who can only think about boobs and sex. Wut? He was just a little misogynistic and I hated it. Ugh.

Controversial opinion (please don't hate me!): Felicity was not my favourite character. A lot of people who read this book absolutely love Felicity and many prefer her to Monty and Percy, but I just didn't connect with her. Also the scene where she talks to Monty about his sexuality and is very judgemental about it rubbed me up the wrong way. I understand they have a complicated relationship and are not portrayed as many other siblings in fiction, but I hated that she couldn't accept her brother and his sexuality.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and can't wait to read the next book in the series. Hopefully I'll grow to love Felicity even more! ...more

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Jun 26, 2018 BookishStitcher rated it really liked it

A fun 18th century romp about friendship, grand tours, love, and shenanigans!

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Dec 14, 2019 Chaitra rated it it was ok

Shelves: historical-fiction, romance, adventure, lgbt, too-stupid-to-live

I’ve been doing a Star Wars marathon before Episode 9 comes out and I read this book in the middle of that. The first thing that struck me was that the poncy young man on the cover looked remarkably like the young Anakin Skywalker (what, only me?). I think Anakin before Vader is a whiny brat only slightly less irritating than Jar Jar Binks, so I immediately disliked Henry Montague. 500 pages later, he never really recovered from that.

The plot itself is silly and that’s fine, but when your prota ...more

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May 23, 2018 Daniel rated it really liked it

4.5 Stars.
Gay teenaged love. Adventure. Europe. What’s not to love? This book reads as an 18th century John Hughes film, if John Hughes had written for the teens of today. Equally exciting, romantic, angst-ridden, and adventurous. This is the definition of a good yarn. And, Lord, does it get steamy! There were times I was afraid people would hear the audiobook outside my car and although I knew i should turn it down...I was transfixed and had to know what happened! A fun romp that is entirely un ...more

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