Ahoy there mateys! Apparently, I had never read this one but I absolutely loved it. Valancy Stirling is celebrating her 29th birthday and is unmarried and miserable. Her only solace was an imaginary world of the blue castle but it be time she faces that facts about never being happy or loved and the long, miserable days ahead. Then Valancy is given a horrible medical diagnosis with a limited time to live. And well she basically decides to do what she wants with it. It was glorious. Valancy is sorta obnoxiously fun to her ridiculous relatives and begins to comes to terms with the new version of herself. Ye would think that death is a burden but Valancy is finally free to do as she pleases. But of course shenanigans ensue. I guessed three of the twists at the end and missed one but loved every moment. I do think that a tangled web is better but this was close. So glad to decided to read these standalones that I didn’t know I had missed! Arrrr!