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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing this book, with my honest review below.
Her Knight at the Museum was a fun book and a cute romance with some fantasy involved which made it a bit more unique. Griffin, a knight frozen as a statue over the years, is able to enter people’s dreams and when he enters Emily’s, an art conservator, it triggers her to kiss him which breaks Griffin’s statue curse. I enjoyed Griffin’s introduction to the modern world but felt that there were a lot of holes or too easily explained plot points while we spent a lot of time (rightfully) caught up in others trying to solve the mystery of what happened to Statue Griffin. There was a balance to be found that I believe would have kept my attention without the back and forth of ‘they got caught up in THAT but not THAT’.
If you like the idea of time jumps, curses, and sweet romances then I would absolutely recommend this. I found it sweet but wished that some smoothing of the plot would be done!
Her Knight at the Museum was a fun book and a cute romance with some fantasy involved which made it a bit more unique. Griffin, a knight frozen as a statue over the years, is able to enter people’s dreams and when he enters Emily’s, an art conservator, it triggers her to kiss him which breaks Griffin’s statue curse. I enjoyed Griffin’s introduction to the modern world but felt that there were a lot of holes or too easily explained plot points while we spent a lot of time (rightfully) caught up in others trying to solve the mystery of what happened to Statue Griffin. There was a balance to be found that I believe would have kept my attention without the back and forth of ‘they got caught up in THAT but not THAT’.
If you like the idea of time jumps, curses, and sweet romances then I would absolutely recommend this. I found it sweet but wished that some smoothing of the plot would be done!
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
rating: 2.5 // format: ebook
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uh well this was definitely a book that i read … it was fun but also lowkey had some weird parts that made me go “huh?”
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uh well this was definitely a book that i read … it was fun but also lowkey had some weird parts that made me go “huh?”
funny
lighthearted
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:
No
kate x leopold and george in the jungle in book form, with the requisite cringe and silliness but also plenty of charm and fun.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
What do you mean she could hear the statue speak, it visited her in her dreams, things got spicy, she kissed the statue the next day and he came to life and they fell in love and he got a job at Medieval Legends???? How INCREDIBLE. Chefs kiss. 10/10.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Dnf 68%
I definitely see the appeal in the ‘what if’ of it all, especially as someone that frequents museums.
‘What if he was human?’
‘What if I kissed this statue and he turned into a living breathing person?’
If you’ve ever been to The MET in NYC and you’ve seen those giant statues of Hercules in the Greek & Roman Art section, you might understand me when I say the thought may have crossed my mind once or twice.
I should’ve called it when she was getting turned on by this statue on the first page but alas I persisted.
I enjoyed the courtship, the initial introduction.
What I DID not like was
- how long the book was- so much of this story felt so unnecessary
- how this started to become more ‘horny virgin teenage boy obsessed with the woman who woke him’ and less ‘romancing the woman who captured his attention’
- the FBI investigating the disappearance of this statue took over so much of the storyline and I understand the importance but why was this necessary.
- the constant mention of her ex husband.
For a book published under the Berkley imprint I had much higher expectations.
I definitely see the appeal in the ‘what if’ of it all, especially as someone that frequents museums.
‘What if he was human?’
‘What if I kissed this statue and he turned into a living breathing person?’
If you’ve ever been to The MET in NYC and you’ve seen those giant statues of Hercules in the Greek & Roman Art section, you might understand me when I say the thought may have crossed my mind once or twice.
I should’ve called it when she was getting turned on by this statue on the first page but alas I persisted.
I enjoyed the courtship, the initial introduction.
What I DID not like was
- how long the book was- so much of this story felt so unnecessary
- how this started to become more ‘horny virgin teenage boy obsessed with the woman who woke him’ and less ‘romancing the woman who captured his attention’
- the FBI investigating the disappearance of this statue took over so much of the storyline and I understand the importance but why was this necessary.
- the constant mention of her ex husband.
For a book published under the Berkley imprint I had much higher expectations.