Reddit reviews JavaScript Application Design: A Build First Approach

Not a direct answer for your question, but I recently started reading JavaScript Application Design: A Build First Approach. What I've read is pretty sound and seem like you are the target audience.

The framework in the book is Backbone.js so you won't really get the reactive / shadow-dom stuff that React gives you, but you will have a nice stepping stone to get there.

I am a fan of JavaScript Application Design: A Build First Approach - a few years old but still very relevant.