A review by fortheloveoffictionalworlds
The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie Pacton

2.0

Disclaimer: An eARC was provided via the Publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The Thoughts, opinions & feelings expressed in the review are therefore, my own.

Okay. This is going to go against the popular opinion; but then again, I think at 29 years old, I am getting a little jaded with a young adult contemporary novel that sounds like a fun read, but it really.. is not.

This YA follows Kit who works as a “serving wench” at a Medieval Times Castle/Restaurant – but what she really wants is to be a Knight; not only d o they make more than serving wenchs but they also have more fun. But since it’s a “authentic” Medieval Castle – women can’t be Knights. EVER!

And since Kit wants to be a Knight; it’s high time she starts planning to be one, now shouldn’t she? The one night she exchanges places with her brother, a Knight, the video of the First Female Knight goes viral. And it gives her the idea of how she will become a Knight.

I am not going to lie – for the first half of the book, I was quite hooked, and reeled into the story – the background of Kit and her motivation to just be more; her anxieties and fears as well as her relationships with the secondary characters has me very interested; but at some point; the story just.. drags and drags.

I really wanted to enjoy this one – the plotline is quite unique; there is inclusion and representation – a wide variety of gender/color/sexuality representations as well as a budding f/f relationship on the sideline; that I would have loved to know more about – it should have been an enjoyable read. I am just not even going touch the “romance” between Kit and Jett her best friend. Nope.

But I think the main issue with the book, for me at least was that I just didn’t become as invested I should have been as reader in our protagonist – she was; lets just say “meh” – she could have been a crusading feminist, but there is an inherent selfishness in her that neither I nor the author could justify.

I wish I could have liked this one; but if you are a young reader, like say between the ages of 15-19 years, maybe just maybe you might enjoy this one!



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