Mackenzi Lee

I loved The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, and perhaps that’s the main reason I was so disappointed in this novel. One of the main aspects of Gentleman’s Guide that I enjoyed was the humor, which was sorely lacking in Lady’s Guide. Instead the reader was subjected to continued preaching about feminism and how suppressed women were in that era – yes we understand that; it’s been done before and it did not need to be announced during every conversation. Felicity was such a frustratingly weak character until the middle-end of the novel, which didn’t line up at all with her courage in the first of the series. I’ll return to Gentleman’s Guide, I’m sure, but I have no interest in the rest of the series.… (mere)

An absolutely lovely read, and an excellent end to an excellent series. I pre-ordered this about a week after it went up for pre-order and it was so worth the wait.

The story itself is wonderful, the new characters are a pleasure to read about, and it's wonderful to check back in on old ones. I was grinning for most of reading this book.

The way the book depicts anxiety and mental illness is so relatable, and I kept quoting this to friends whom I talk about mental illness with to the point where I was just highlighting entire chapters and probably bookmarked over half the pages. It is beautiful, heart-breaking, and such a joy to read about it for validation purposes. Adrian is a wonderful character, and I love reading about his thoughts and struggles and relationships.

A great ending. A great series.… (mere)