![]() Even with his younger sister, Felicity, in tow, he vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. Still it isn’t in Monty’s nature to give up. Not only does his father expect him to take over the family’s estate upon his return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion, Percy. The finest boarding schools in England and the constant disapproval of his father haven’t been able to curb any of his roguish passions-not for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men.īut as Monty embarks on his Grand Tour of Europe, his quest for a life filled with pleasure and vice is in danger of coming to an end. Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee But every second Genie spends tapping into the secret of her true nature is a second in which the lives of her loved ones hang in the balance. The fates of her friends, family, and the entire Bay Area all depend on her summoning an inner power that Quentin assures her is strong enough to level the very gates of Heaven. Suddenly, acing the SATs is the least of Genie’s worries. While Genie knows Quentin only as an attractive transfer student with an oddly formal command of the English language, in another reality he is Sun Wukong, the mythological Monkey King incarnate-right down to the furry tale and penchant for peaches. Enter Quentin Sun, a mysterious new kid in class who becomes Genie’s self-appointed guide to battling demons. When she’s not crushing it at volleyball or hitting the books, Genie is typically working on how to crack the elusive Harvard entry code.īut when her hometown comes under siege from hellspawn straight out of Chinese folklore, her priorities are dramatically rearranged. Genie Lo is one among droves of Ivy-hopeful overachievers in her sleepy Bay Area suburb. She annihilates standardized tests and the bad guys. And when the valedictorian spot begins to slip from her grasp, she’ll have to decide just how far she’ll go for that satisfying ending. Of course, even with a mastermind like Reshma in charge, things can’t always go as planned. And she’s already planned the perfect ending: after struggling for three hundred pages with her own perfectionism, Reshma will learn that meaningful relationships can be more important than success-a character arc librarians and critics alike will enjoy. For starters, she has to make a friend, then get a boyfriend. To make herself a more relatable protagonist, she must start doing all the regular American girl stuff she normally ignores. Linda wants to represent Reshma, and, with her new agent’s help scoring a book deal, Reshma knows she’ll finally have the key to Stanford.īut she’s convinced no one would want to read a novel about a study machine like her. Which is exactly what Reshma does after agent Linda Montrose spots an article she wrote for Huffington Post. What’s a habitual over-achiever to do? Land herself a literary agent, of course. But there are plenty of perfect students in the country, and if Reshma wants to get into Stanford, and into med school after that, she needs the hook to beat them all. She’s the top-ranked senior at her ultra-competitive Silicon Valley high school, with a spotless academic record and a long roster of extracurriculars. I’m your protagonist-Reshma Kapoor-and if you have the free time to read this book, then you’re probably nothing like me. That way, even when I’m ninety, I’ll remember how awkward and horrible and exciting it is to be in high school. Mom says the only thing sadder than remembering is forgetting, so I’m going to write down everything that happens to me in this diary. Oh, and my mom moved to Mexico to work on her novel. My dad won’t stop asking me if I’m okay.ĥ. I think I’m in love with Mac Brody, senior football star, whose girlfriend is so beautiful she doesn’t even need eyeliner.Ĥ. My best friend, Hannah, is driving me insane.ģ. I’m a kissing virgin (so so so embarrassing).Ģ.
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