‘Waiting on Wednesday’ is a meme created by Breaking the Spine where each week we discuss upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. I am looking forward to SO MANY BOOKS, so this weekly meme is a great way for me to share what books I need to get my hands on! 

Title: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy

Author: Mackenzi Lee

Publication Date: 15th November

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 464

Genre: YA Historical Fiction

Series: Montague Siblings #2

Pre-Ordered: HELL YES!

Felicity Montague is through with pretending she prefers society parties to books about bone setting—or that she’s not smarter than most people she knows, or that she cares about anything more than her dream of becoming a doctor.

A year after an accidentally whirlwind tour of Europe, which she spent evading highwaymen and pirates with her brother Monty, Felicity has returned to England with two goals in mind—avoid the marriage proposal of Callum Doyle, a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh; and enrol 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 small window of hope opens. Doctor Alexander Platt, an eccentric physician that Felicity idolizes, is looking for research assistants, and Felicity is sure that someone as forward-thinking as her hero would be willing to take her on. However, Platt is in Germany, preparing to wed Felicity’s estranged childhood friend Johanna. Not only is Felicity reluctant to open old wounds, but she also has no money 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 will lead her from the German countryside to the promenades of Zurich to secrets lurking beneath the Atlantic.

Read my review of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue

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If you haven’t read The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, you need to. I’m not one for historical fiction, but Mackenzi Lee writes it in such an amazing way that it’s fun and just… amazing. I loved every single one of the characters, and the fact that Felicity is going to be the protagonist of her own book is something that I am looking forward to so much. Felicity was one of my favourite characters in The Gentleman’s Guide. I loved her sassiness with Henry, but also how upfront she was with him about stupid he was being, or how she confronted him about his feelings for Percy and how he should just go for it.

I don’t know whether Henry and Percy are going to be making an appearance in The Lady’s Guide because, from the synopsis of this book, it sounds like Felicity is going on her own adventure completely separate from her brother and Percy. However, if they aren’t in this novel, then I don’t really mind that much. Felicity is such an amazing character that she won’t need anyone else to carry the story for her. She’s brilliant all on her own.

Have you gotten to read this early? If so what are your thoughts on it? If not, are you guys interested in picking this book up? I would love to hear your thoughts on it. I AM SO EXCITED!!

Until next time…

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