10 exciting new YA releases to cozy up with this November
By Lacy Baugher
November 2021 release: The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandals and Shipwrecks
The highly anticipated final installment in Mackenzi Lee’s New York Times bestselling Montague Siblings series, The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandals and Shipwrecks follows the story of a teenage Adrian Montague on the hunt for the siblings he never knew he had.
Though Adrian made a brief appearance in The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, he was just a baby then. Now, he’s a young adult, suffering from anxiety disorder and on the cusp of joining Parliament. But in the wake of his mother’s sudden death, he discovers one of her most treasured possessions – an antique spyglass she acquired when she was the sole survivor of a shipwreck.
As Adrian digs into the history of the object, he discovers Monty and Felicity, two characters from Lee’s previous novels and Adrian’s older siblings. And so the young man sets off a journey to find his family – and start an adventure that will change all their lives.
The official synopsis describes the story in greater detail.
"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."
The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandals and Shipwrecks is available on November 16.