jklbookdragon 's review for:

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

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Excellent book, especially for its enlightening dive inside the POV of someone with anxiety disorder (and a bit of OCD). This book is much more about character development than plot, which is curious given that there are storms, ghost ships, pirate attacks, etc. Adrian Montague, no longer a baby but now a young man coming into his own, is trying to figure out what happened to cause his Mother's death, and what's the nature of the curious things she left behind. He discovers that there's a lot more to his family than he realizes, and embarks on an epic adventure to several different countries in search of answers, despite his nearly debilitating insecurities. It takes a while to get to the sparks of humor and snark that filled the earlier books, but that makes them all the more enjoyable. And the ending - tying up loose ends after the climax of the book, as it were, is absolutely fabulous.