The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks
2021 • 592 pages
Ratings13
Average rating4.2
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Ratings13
Average rating4.2
Return to the enchanting world of the Montague siblings in the finale to the New York Times bestselling and Stonewall Honor-winning series, featuring a teenage Adrian Montague as he desperately seeks the now adult Monty and Felicity—the older siblings he never knew he had. Adrian Montague has a bright future. The sole heir to his father’s estate, he is an up and coming political writer and engaged to an activist who challenges and inspires him. But most young Lords aren’t battling the debilitating anxiety Adrian secretly lives with, or the growing fear that it might consume him and all he hopes to accomplish. In the wake of his mother’s unexpected death, Adrian is also concerned people will find out that he has the mental illness she struggled with for years. When a newly found keepsake of hers—a piece of a broken spyglass—comes into Adrian’s possession, he’s thrust into the past and finds himself face to face with an older brother he never knew he had. Henry “Monty” Montague has been living quietly in London for years, and his sudden appearance sends Adrian on a quest to unravel family secrets that only the spyglass can answer. In pursuit of answers about the relic, the brothers chart a course to locate their sister Felicity. But as they travel between the pirate courts of Rabat, Portuguese islands, the canals of Amsterdam, and into unknown Artic waters, the Montague siblings are thrown into one final adventure as they face a ghostly legend that threatens their whole family.
Series
3 primary books4 released booksMontague Siblings is a 4-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Mackenzi Lee.
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I'll start by saying this book probably isn't as good as the first one, it drags in places and I didn't find all the characters and hijinks and bumps in the road as endearing and fun as the first time, but I also don't really care. This might be my favourite of the series, I loved it so, so much!
The reason is Adrian. There are other things too but I just adore Adrian. I guess I could mention that I suffer from anxiety, depression, and not a small number of traits from various personality disorders one of which is OCPD. Reading about Adrian was just like reading about myself for the majority of this book, right down to getting hung up on One Thing I Have To Do That Will Fix Everything. It was a bizarre feeling and something I haven't really experienced before and it had a pretty intense effect on me at times. Add to this that Monty, one of my favourite fictional characters of all time, and Felicity are telling Adrian several times throughout the book that he's great and not to blame for any of the shit that goes on in his head, I just want to tattoo entire pages of this book onto my arms so I can read them every day.
Speaking of Monty and Felicity, I was just beyond excited to read about them again, and the other familiar characters too. I almost damaged my book several times whenever I thought someone was coming up because I was gripping it so tight in my excitement. I think I cried every time Percy was there because I love him so goddamn much. The last chapter (and honestly some of the author's notes as well) made me cry my eyes out too. Maybe it's all a bit tidy and cute but I couldn't care less honestly. There aren't enough queer and neurodivergent happy endings out there!
This child has so much anxiety that it gave my anxiety anxiety and I had to stop reading for a month but we made it eventually
