You know how in scary movies the plot is entirely driven by dumb people doing dumb things? This is exactly the same, but wrapped in the poor disguise of a novel trying to be a 18th century historical romance.

Monty shows absolutely zero character growth and is an absolute disaster of a human being who constantly breaks the rules just because he can, to the detriment of his and everyone around him's safety. Poor Percy and Felicity deserve so much more than being shackled to his mess.