The Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky

This was just… utterly delightful.

The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky was a sweet and humorous foray into the aftermath of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. As fans of the trilogy know, this little novella was originally offered as a pre-order perk to those who pre-ordered The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy. I did miss out on that pre-order perk, unfortunately, but back in December MacKenzi worked with her publisher to release a proper, hardcopy edition and honestly it is sweet and heartwarming and perfectly saucy and awkward.

Despite Monty’s prior promiscuousness, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky never gets x-rated. Instead, Mackenzi explores the complicated nature of navigating sex and love and fear. show more Fear about the relationship, the act, and the future. Percy and Monty are still their charming selves, but there is a new layer to their being. You root for them every moment.

This novella retains the tempo and voice of the first book, with new, added elements. The plot is simple, the characters have already been developed in The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. This novella absolutely cannot be read without having read that first book if you want to have a full appreciation of the characters and their relationships.

Other than that, there’s not much to say! I enjoyed it and I’m glad have access to this story. It’s a wonderful treat for fans of the boys and yes, they definitely both still hate Richard Peele. show less

What a lovely, lovely epilogue to “The Gentleman’s Guide”.

It was great to return to Monty’s head. Seriously, this boy is still such a mess, but it’s okay, he’s got people in his corner (that scene with Scipio made me tear up a bit. Okay a lot, it made me tear up a lot).

It’s also devilishly funny. And I mean full bellied ugly laugh funny. But then it turns into this:

I want to breathe him, feel him fill up my chest until my ribs strain and I break open like ripe fruit beneath a paring knife. I would be raw. I would freckle and blister in the sun. I would teach my body to regrow my heart each time I gave it to him, over and over and over again. Heart after heart after heart—every one of them his.

So full of feelings it’s show more hard to breathe. Perfect. show less

I LOVED this, it was so darn sweet and sexy. This is a short YA novella in the saga of the Felicity and Monty Montague siblings - an inbetweener coming after A Gentlemen’s Guide to Vice and Virtue and before The Ladies Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (the titles are just soooo cool, who could resist them?). I’ve only read this inbetweener but I’m definitely going to read the AGGVV and TLGPP. A new book in the series is due out next year – I’ve already tried begging at the doors of NG and EW, but I see no ARCs.

So, Monty and Percy are in love. Monty was a bit of a swaggard before he fell head over heels in love with Percy. He wants to get it on with Percy but Percy isn’t quite ready to make the leap, so he waits patiently. show more When Percy is ready and the scene is set for the big event, Monty has serious performance anxiety. He had no trouble with anonymous or meaningless sex, but this was different, and he buckled under the responsibility of being Percy’s first. After failing to perform, Monty gets angry at himself and Percy, and Percy goes off to spend the night alone in his room. The next morning, on the day their romantic trip to Santortini is drawing to a close, they have a meaningful experience at the sea which sends them flying back to their rooms to have another go at it. There ensues a hilarious scene in the bedroom where anything that can get knocked down, broken, slipped on, or crashed into keeps them from finally getting down to business. The scene is so funny, and the two just keep missing the mark. My goodness. Those poor boys. You can feel their frustration….but they’ve waited this long they can wait another day, till they get back to London! You won’t need an Epilogue to figure out what lies in their future once they get home.

An easy 5 stars and ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ show less

Lee does an incredible job of taking the reader through Monty's insecurities and making them feel entirely real, reasonable, and relatable. She also does a phenomenal job of making the reader laugh out loud and shake their head at all the characters. The dialogue is great, the emotional arcs are great, and I was entertained every second. These characters are ridiculous and frustrating and hilarious and I love them.

I've expounded on my love for this series of books by Mackenzie Lee before, and the only thing bad about this book is its just a novella. I wish it was longer. But what we get is magic. Lee does relationships and human feelings so well and its hard not to love her characters. And its not just the main characters...she has an amazing ability to imbue all of her characters with a lot of personality and I'd read a book about any of them (which is part of the fun of the series....all of the novels focus on a different member of this family). Can't wait to read whatever Lee writes next.

This small volume in between books #1 and #2 of the Montague Siblings series gives a further look at Monty and Percy's relationship and its, ahem, more intimate parts. They were my favorite part of TGGTVAV, so I was thrilled to get to read what is essentially a fanfic by the original author.

Everything I enjoyed about the previous book is present here, except, because it is so short, the focus is narrowed even more significantly down to Monty and Percy. There is a realness in their relationship that I love, and it really shines in this story. While I was hoping that it might be from Percy's perspective - a contrast from the first book - Monty's voice is just so enjoyable that, having read it, I can't imagine anyone else as a narrator. show more

If you enjoyed TGGTVAV and want more of Monty and Percy specifically, this is the next one to reach for. It's a very quick, lighthearted read, and I think it does their story justice. show less

This was the best of the series! The novella takes place after book one and it focuses on Percy and Monty and their newly professed love for one another.

It's almost like a little slice-of-life story. Just the two of them learning their way around these feelings they've kept hidden for so long. The fear and anxiousness of their potential first time was oh so sweet and heart-wrenching. It was all so very relateable.

The false starts and disasters of their attempts at intimacy are hilarious. They characters were so very likeable this time around. The growth they each were experiencing was front and center. This was well done.