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The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee

11 reviews

citrarowan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I’ve been avoiding this book since it was published simply because I didn’t want their story to end. I’ve grown to love these characters so much and letting them go, well, it’s hard. I loved getting to know Adrian, who was a baby when the first and second book took place. And I loved getting to see Monty and Felicity back. I would’ve loved to see more of Percy, but this series is called the Montague Siblings for a reason! Oh, the ending HAD ME in tears, but happy ones! I really enjoyed this book and it was a great way for me to wrap up my August reads!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

oddio's review

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

themdash's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

violetofthesea's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, and Suicide attempt

katie0528's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

After the unexpected death of his mother, Adrian finds himself tracking down the source of a spyglass she had obsessed over before she died. The search leads him all over Europe and the African coast with two siblings he never knew he had, as he strugglings with crippling anxiety, intrustive thoughts, and obsessive behaviors, hoping finding answers will help him let his mother go and find peace in his own life. Personally, was my least favorite of the series, mainly because I wanted so much more of the older characters like Percy and Sim, but it is a satisfying conclusion to the series as a whole.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Self harm, Slavery, and Suicide

Anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts, series finale

20sidedbi's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Racism, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lucystolethesky's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, and War

harmonique's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

sunjaybooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A fitting end to the Montague Siblings trilogy. It's a fast-paced, thrilling adventure tale set in the 19th century where the main character has anxiety. The ultimate conceit of the trilogy - that identities and experiences we talk about today (bisexuality, asexuality, anxiety) have always existed and that people have always found ways to understand their experiences. There's the typical strong character development, a mystery with light magical elements, and a setting that's full of thriving three dimensional characters navigating the complexities of the 19th century Mediterranean and North Atlantic worlds.

As a sequel, it stands on its own but also allows us to catch up with characters who have continued to live and develop over the past couple in-universe decades. Monty and Percy ended up in a different place in each book than they ended the book before, which is just one thing that makes this feel like a real three-dimensional universe.

This is the first of the trilogy that doesn't center on a queer character, but I forgive that because it ends with ~spoilers~

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

Moderate: Ableism and Racism

edie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail