Knightley Academy Review

Here is another book review from the queue that is rapidly shrinking. I would go on the record when I read books I tend to know if I will enjoy reading the book from skimming the back of the book. However in some cases, but rare I will not have a strong feeling for the novel. Some example of books that I read that I didn't love would be Wicked: Witch and Curse and Tithe. This upcoming review is like the masses in which I crave to read more and finish the trilogy even though the last book isn't published let. 

When I finished this awesome read and I couldn't wait to tell the world about this amazing story. In a world where young boys are trained in the proper decorum of being a knight and the best school around is Knightley Academy. Our title character, Henry Grim, is the first boy to pass the exam at the Midsummer School for Boys in five years, however he himself is a commoner and the act of taking the exam will change the society forever. The plot, characters and setting of Knightley Academy by Violet Haberdasher is somewhat a recycled story-arc with an interesting twist. The characters that are commoners are somewhat quirky and funny. They will grow on you throughout the novel and by the last pages you will really care for them. The secondary characters tied in with the plot are very reminisce of Harry Potter. Henry Grimm is an orphan with no redeeming connection to being a knight that we are currently aware of and there is an impending doom on the horizon in the form of a war between nations and ideology. One major differences between the two novels is the main goal of Knightley Academy is the characters are striving to become knights and not wizards. All in all, Knightley Academy was a quick light hearten read that contain some nifty twist and turns along the way. Once finishing the novel you will want to pick up the next installment in this series by Violet Haberdasher called the Secret Prince. This has been your surrogate crazy signing off, live in let live.

-crazyC