Actual rating: 3.5 
 First line: "On the morning we are to leave for our Grand Tour of the Continent, I wake in bed beside Percy." 
 Oh man was this one hyped. Unfortunately, I didn't fall for it as much as everyone else, but it might be a me-thing and not the book itself. For a while I thought I might actually put it down. I was about a hundred or so pages in and nothing had hooked me. Everyone was treating each other like trash and the plot had barely begun to take off. Luckily, the scene with the highwaymen followed soon after and I became much more focused on the story. Sadly, however, the plot just wasn't very interesting for me. I couldn't care less about their mission. 
 The characters were what saved the story for me and how full it was with strong diversity. Mackenzi Lee created characters with many layers that were peeled back until we saw them at their very core. We saw them at their happiest and at their most broken, and the story was far richer because it them. She amazingly tackles sexuality, race, gender and ableism, all without making it feel heavy-handed or like ticking off boxes. It was eyeopening and educational, and I feel like I learned a lot about this time in history through a fun, shippy story. Monty and Percy are an adorable pair and Felicity is a badass chick who the world should be afraid of.