Jeremiah Yuda Umam

The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks (Montague Siblings, 3)

Book by Mackenzi Lee

DETAILS

Publisher : Katherine Tegen Books (October 25, 2022) Language : English Paperback : 624 pages ISBN-10 : 0062916025 ISBN-13 : 978-0062916020 Reading age : 13 - 17 years Grade level : 8 - 9 Item Weight : 1 pounds , 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. Read more

REVIEW

I've highly enjoyed the other installments in this series and I was very much looking to this one and it did not disappoint. The story picks up several years after our last adventures and follows the youngest Montague sibling Adrian who has grown up believing he is the only Montague child and heir to his father's fortune and seat in parliament. Adrian has extreme anxiety and suffers constantly from the pressures of society and his role in it. When he inherits a broken spyglass from his recently passed mother and decides to look more into it, he comes face to face with the brother he never knew existed. What then follows is an adventure throughout Europe trying to find out the story of the spyglass with mishaps happening left and right, as you would expect with any Montague involved. Like the previous books, this one had me laughing out loud and shaking my head at just what can go wrong when you add Monty, Felicity and now Adrian into the mix. I really loved Adrian's POV as he deals with his overwhelming and debilitating anxiety as there are elements to his thoughts that echo my own (though not as extreme) and I found myself just really wanting to give him a hug. I loved the adventure, the myths, and interactions between these newfound siblings, and overall I just really loved getting swept up in the story again.

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