This is the sequel to THE GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE, and if you have not read book 1, I would highly recommend it. It's fabulous. I do think it's necessary to read book 1 before book 2, as there are a lot of characters and back stories from book 1 that play a vital role in book 2.
This book will be published on October 2, 2018. I read an advance reader's copy. There will undoubtedly be some differences between the version I read, and the published copy.
I couldn't wait to get my hands on this sequel! The first one was SO good!!!
The amazon summary so I can talk about this book, "A year after an accidentally whirlwind grand tour with her brother Monty, Felicity Montague has returned to England with two goals in mind—avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school. However, her intellect and passion will never be enough in the eyes of the administrators, who see men as the sole guardians of science.
But then a window of opportunity opens—a doctor she idolizes is marrying an old friend of hers in Germany. Felicity believes if she could meet this man he could change her future, but she has no money of her own to make the trip. Luckily, a mysterious young woman is willing to pay Felicity’s way, so long as she’s allowed to travel with Felicity disguised as her maid.
In spite of her suspicions, Felicity agrees, but once the girl’s true motives are revealed, Felicity becomes part of a perilous quest that leads them from the German countryside to the promenades of Zurich to secrets lurking beneath the Atlantic." AMAZON LINK OF JUSTICE
Felicity has been in Edinburgh working at a bakery for the past year as she's applied to different hospitals in the hopes of being trained as a doctor. She's been immediately denied over and over again simply because she is a woman. At the end of the day, the baker (Callum) she's been working for has offered her a proposition of marriage. To give up her silly dreams of becoming a doctor and to settle down with him to become his wife, make a family. Felicity is distraught to find out the man she has been working for, who has been listening to her for a year of all of her desperate struggles to become a doctor, believed it all to be just a passing fancy? A silly dream? So she politely appreciates his offer, but reveals she must make immediate haste to go visit her brother in London for various reasons.
Felicity, true to her word (however impromptu it was), sets off to visit Monty and Percy in London where she shares their falling apart flat while she applies to different hospitals to learn at in London instead. After a whirlwind of an interview with the hospital board, Felicity rushes out of the hospital only to be consoled in the street by Monty, but also to be approached by a doctor from the board. He suggests to seek out Dr. Platt, a famous doctor who has done a lot of research in the field (and Felicity has read many of his books) who happens to be getting married to Johanna Hoffman soon...one of Felicity's childhood friends that she had a rough falling out with. Monty is madly against the idea, but they meet up with some old friends that night, and Felicity has found a way to get to the Hoffmans to meet with Dr. Platt. Now all she has to do is convince her old friend to let her attend her wedding...
That is enough summary.
This book has some VERY strong female characters in it who are constantly seeking new ways to overcome the patriarchy, while also having a bit of a mystery to solve too. I love the character growth of Felicity, I loved reading about Monty & Percy again, I loved the new characters and the richness they infused into the story, and the humor, the humor is freaking hilarious.
Everything about this book was quite stunning, especially a lovable dog, but it never lost it's way. I feel like some books that have a lot to manage at once lose track of a narration, drops a piece of the puzzle and tries to play it off as a red herring, but everything in this book came back together in such a nice way. There were even some ends we saw from the last book, get picked up again. It was soooooo good.
I feel as if I have said enough, maybe even a little bit too much. I loved this book and I really hope there are more in this series.
Happy reading!
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