The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Jane Austen in this witty, winking historical romance with a dash of mystery!
Lady Victoria Aston has everything she could want: an older sister happily wed, the future of her family estate secure, and ample opportunity to while her time away in the fields around her home.
But now Vicky must marry—or find herself and her family destitute. Armed only with the wisdom she has gained from her beloved novels by Jane Austen, she enters society's treacherous season.
Sadly, Miss Austen has little to say about Vicky's exact circumstances: whether the roguish Mr. Carmichael is indeed a scoundrel, if her former best friend, Tom Sherborne, is out for her dowry or for her heart, or even how to fend off the attentions of the foppish Mr. Silby, he of the unfortunate fashion sensibility.
Most unfortunately of all, Vicky's books are silent on the topic of the mysterious accidents cropping up around her…ones that could prevent her from surviving until her wedding day.
My Review:
Oh, this book was really cute and fun to read! I loved that Vicky was a fan of Jane Austen's books, that they're coming out and she's reading them, that would have been a pretty great time to be a book reader, to have Jane Austen's books coming out!
Vicky is kinda obsessed with Jane Austen's books. She models her own behaviour after some of the characters, and judges and compares people by other character's. She's a bit naive, that the world will have a happy ending, but she's earnest and comes from a good place!
I enjoyed reading about her season, all the guys that she goes on outings with, to test the waters for suitability in marriage. The situation her sister's in, yeah, it's a really unfortunate one, and that puts the pressure on Vicky.
We went back and forth mainly between Vicky and Tom's perspectives, though there was one of two side scenes narrators. I really enjoyed their relationship, they were best friends until he cut her out of his life. So it's conflicting to have him back, and I loved reading it!
This book was really fun to read, and I enjoyed it so much!
Author: Jennieke Cohen
Read: October 30th, 2019
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a DAC Book, Historical Fiction Book, SAC 2019 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Harper Teen
Expected Publication: December 3rd 2019
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