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3.73 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, War
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When I first heard about this book a few months ago, I was so excited — and when I saw it pop up on NetGalley, I was so excited!! Big thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the early read! The following is my honest review:
I went in thinking Legally Blonde… and stayed there. Like, my brain cast Elle Woods and never looked back. I found myself looking for matching moments, rather than focusing on this world and these characters. That's totally on me — not the author. 😂
This story is a sweet, empowering coming-of-age ride about believing in yourself, finding your voice, and proving the haters wrong. 💁♀️ It’s fun, fast-paced, and feel-good with a little spice to keep things interesting.
Note to self: next time, leave Elle Woods at the door.
When I first heard about this book a few months ago, I was so excited — and when I saw it pop up on NetGalley, I was so excited!! Big thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the early read! The following is my honest review:
I went in thinking Legally Blonde… and stayed there. Like, my brain cast Elle Woods and never looked back. I found myself looking for matching moments, rather than focusing on this world and these characters. That's totally on me — not the author. 😂
This story is a sweet, empowering coming-of-age ride about believing in yourself, finding your voice, and proving the haters wrong. 💁♀️ It’s fun, fast-paced, and feel-good with a little spice to keep things interesting.
Note to self: next time, leave Elle Woods at the door.
Thank you to NetGalley, Avon and Harper Voyager for providing this ARC!
Unfortunately this book was just okay. The writing was a bit clunky especially with dialogue and it was very jarring at times. It read a little more like a YA novel as it felt a bit juvenile.
The story itself is fun but I think the whole military academy section gets a tad unrealistic and nonsensical. The Legally Blonde retelling was the most entertaining part for me! I think this is a fun read but not really anything show-stopping writing wise. Maybe someone else would enjoy it more than I did.
Unfortunately this book was just okay. The writing was a bit clunky especially with dialogue and it was very jarring at times. It read a little more like a YA novel as it felt a bit juvenile.
The story itself is fun but I think the whole military academy section gets a tad unrealistic and nonsensical. The Legally Blonde retelling was the most entertaining part for me! I think this is a fun read but not really anything show-stopping writing wise. Maybe someone else would enjoy it more than I did.
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Legally Blonde but make it knights was such a fun experience to behold. It was much more lore focused than I was expecting, it has some rich world building that I feel we honestly only scratched the surface with.
While the plot loosely follows the Legally Blonde plot points there was so much more involved within it and it definitely went " off script" many times which kept the book fresh and not *just* a Legally Blonde retelling.
Overall I really liked the characters within this story, especially the two main characters and love interests in the book. I think character motivations were very clear for all of the "good guys" though I will say I struggled to connect with why the "bad guys" were choosing to do what they were doing. Their motivations didn't make much sense to me and some of the betrayal felt hollow (if not kind of expected).
I've seen this mentioned in a few other reviews and I have to agree, this reads more like a Young Adult novel than an Adult novel. There's no spice whatsoever (even though there's some great tension between the two MCs).
Overall this was a very feel good story that focused a ton on personal growth and friendship which I greatly appreciated in this time in my life.
Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the copy of this ARC.
While the plot loosely follows the Legally Blonde plot points there was so much more involved within it and it definitely went " off script" many times which kept the book fresh and not *just* a Legally Blonde retelling.
Overall I really liked the characters within this story, especially the two main characters and love interests in the book. I think character motivations were very clear for all of the "good guys" though I will say I struggled to connect with why the "bad guys" were choosing to do what they were doing. Their motivations didn't make much sense to me and some of the betrayal felt hollow (if not kind of expected).
I've seen this mentioned in a few other reviews and I have to agree, this reads more like a Young Adult novel than an Adult novel. There's no spice whatsoever (even though there's some great tension between the two MCs).
Overall this was a very feel good story that focused a ton on personal growth and friendship which I greatly appreciated in this time in my life.
Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the copy of this ARC.
I don’t think this book is for me
If you’re a big fan of stories inspired by other stories and romantasy, I think you’ll love this.
Unfortunately for me, it just didn’t hit right. I also found the beginning to be information overload. Some information that was randomly thrown at you wasn’t used till much later in the story if at all and by the time I got to the parts that needed me to have this background knowledge, I had to flip back to the beginning to figure it out. I think this book was really ambitious and wanted to accomplish a lot so it ended up losing plot points in the bigger picture.
I love love Legally Blonde and I really enjoyed seeing the way the author took parts of the movie and twisted/changed it to be fit her story. The characters were well fleshed and the writing was nice, simple but had its own style.
I really wanted to love this and I’m very interested in picking up more books by this author. Pretty solid for a debut!
If you’re a big fan of stories inspired by other stories and romantasy, I think you’ll love this.
Unfortunately for me, it just didn’t hit right. I also found the beginning to be information overload. Some information that was randomly thrown at you wasn’t used till much later in the story if at all and by the time I got to the parts that needed me to have this background knowledge, I had to flip back to the beginning to figure it out. I think this book was really ambitious and wanted to accomplish a lot so it ended up losing plot points in the bigger picture.
I love love Legally Blonde and I really enjoyed seeing the way the author took parts of the movie and twisted/changed it to be fit her story. The characters were well fleshed and the writing was nice, simple but had its own style.
I really wanted to love this and I’m very interested in picking up more books by this author. Pretty solid for a debut!
adventurous
funny
medium-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:
Yes
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-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:
Yes
this was a decent time, but i struggled with some of it. a lot of things were super unrealistic — like how clía was easily taking down people who had been warriors for most of their life with only a few months of training. multiple things like that just felt too convenient and took me out of the story.
also there was minimal world building for this being a fantasy story, it was more just info dumping but never exploring the lore deeper than at a surface level. and the reasons for a lot of elements — like why clía’s and domnhall’s marriage would be beneficial for their kingdoms, the villain’s motivation, and other things — were just not explained. this may have benefited from being longer or having multiple books so that those things could be fleshed out. otherwise it was pretty fun, kept me entertained, and the romance was fine.
thank you to netgalley, avon, and harper voyager for the arc!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood
Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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I was wary going into this book, knowing the author was on bookish social media first, but I actually enjoyed this.
I thought both the relationships in this book and the plot were well fleshed out. I also liked how the ending could lead this into becoming a series, yet it perfectly works as a standalone.
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I loved Clía. She was such a fun character without being annoying. I kinda wish this book was only from her point of view, but I did enjoy reading from Ronan's as well. His and Clía's relationship was really sweet.
The found family aspesct was probely my favorite thing about this book, since I'm a big sucker for it. I really loved how all the characters grew together in the end. Another big thing I loved was the casual queerness this book had. It always makes me really happy to see that in fantasy books.
I think falling for her was inevitable.
Thank you, NetGalley and Harper Voyager, for this eARC.
I was wary going into this book, knowing the author was on bookish social media first, but I actually enjoyed this.
I thought both the relationships in this book and the plot were well fleshed out. I also liked how the ending could lead this into becoming a series, yet it perfectly works as a standalone.
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I loved Clía. She was such a fun character without being annoying. I kinda wish this book was only from her point of view, but I did enjoy reading from Ronan's as well. His and Clía's relationship was really sweet.
The found family aspesct was probely my favorite thing about this book, since I'm a big sucker for it. I really loved how all the characters grew together in the end. Another big thing I loved was the casual queerness this book had. It always makes me really happy to see that in fantasy books.
I think falling for her was inevitable.
Thank you, NetGalley and Harper Voyager, for this eARC.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-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:
Yes
Thank you soooo much to the author and the publisher for gifting me a free ebook arc of this book through Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
The Princess Knight is a great read for people who loved military academies, complicated romantic stories, and legally blonde.
I’ve been wanting to read this book since it was still nicknamed ‘medievally Blonde’, and as a fan of Legally Blonde, all I can say is this book definitely drew the right parallels to the movie while still being original with twist and turns I didn’t see coming.
Was the book a perfect read? Well no. The writing is fine, but sometimes feels a little too… much maybe? The sentences are sometimes just a tad too long giving the book a clumsy feel from time to time. Further than that, it also made the language a little flat from time to time. I also found the surnames of the two mc’s a little to close, and as they were used regularly - along with a bunch of others - it was a tad confusion. However, that doesn’t take away from the fact that I was thoroughly entertained throughout the book and not really bothered about the things mentioned above. I would definitely recommend it to other people.
Overall, a straightforward 4/5 stars.
The Princess Knight is a great read for people who loved military academies, complicated romantic stories, and legally blonde.
I’ve been wanting to read this book since it was still nicknamed ‘medievally Blonde’, and as a fan of Legally Blonde, all I can say is this book definitely drew the right parallels to the movie while still being original with twist and turns I didn’t see coming.
Was the book a perfect read? Well no. The writing is fine, but sometimes feels a little too… much maybe? The sentences are sometimes just a tad too long giving the book a clumsy feel from time to time. Further than that, it also made the language a little flat from time to time. I also found the surnames of the two mc’s a little to close, and as they were used regularly - along with a bunch of others - it was a tad confusion. However, that doesn’t take away from the fact that I was thoroughly entertained throughout the book and not really bothered about the things mentioned above. I would definitely recommend it to other people.
Overall, a straightforward 4/5 stars.