Reviewed by bumblingbookworm on
Actual rating - 3.5 stars
I really wanted to like this, and I'm really bummed that I didn't enjoy it as much as I'd hoped I would. I'd wanted to read this since it came out and all I've seen are gushing reviews of how brilliant this book is - I think my expectations were too high and I've been let down a bit by the hype monster. I struggled to get into this book at first; for the first 150-odd pages it felt quite slow and I was a bit bored by it. Eventually it picked up and the pacing of it was quite quick, and I started to get into it and enjoy it a bit more.
Don't get me wrong, there were things I really liked about this book - the characters were so precious and I love them all so much, even Monty who pissed me off a lot of the time. I particularly adored Felicity and I'm super keen to read The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Guide #2) when it's released in 2018. The diversity was phenomenal, with a bisexual narrator, a m/m romance, mental health issues, racial diversity and neurological disability, just to name a few. The adventure elements were fantastic and the dialogue was brilliant - the sass! While I struggled to get into it, this ended up being a good read - 3.5 stars.
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Reading updates
- Started reading
- 21 November, 2017: Finished reading
- 21 November, 2017: Reviewed