2.5 stars
Henry “Monty” Montague is a young bisexual lord sent off on a grand tour of Europe, accompanied by his best friend, Percy (who Monty has a massive crush on) and Felicity, Monty’s younger sister. For the first part of their journey, they are accompanied by an elderly tutor, but once they leave Paris, hijinks really ensue due to very poor decisions made on Monty’s part and soon the three young people are left to fend for themselves, on a crazy adventure through much of Europe – involving highwaymen, pirates, alchemy and more.
This book appeared on SO many “Best of 2017” lists. I read so many favourable reviews of it, on a number of websites. The premise is so promising. Young, handsome queer nobleman travels through 18th Century Europe with his biracial best friend and feminist younger sister, having all sorts of adventures. It literally took me six months to finish the book. To be fair, for much of those six months, I simply wasn’t reading (or listening, as the case may be), because I didn’t actually care enough to pick the book back up again.
I can see why this is a book that was loved by many. I really liked Percy and Felicity.
Full review on my blog.
I really wanted to like this book and I really didnt. And the longer I’m away from the time I spent reading it, the more I dislike Monty and most of the book.
I do agree that Felicity was pretty badass and I wouldn’t mind knowing what happens to her next.
I’m sad you didn’t like this! But yeah, if you don’t like Monty, you won’t like it. I happened to love him instantly. (I didn’t do audio, though; I wonder if that made it worse?)