Book Review - Love At First Knight by Megan Clawson

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Title: Love at First Knight

Author: Megan Clawson

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Avon

Publication Date: 25th April 2024

Rating: 4 Stars

A second royal rom com from the author who had readers falling hard for royal guards, coming Spring 2024.

She’s no damsel in distress, and he’s certainly not wearing shining armour. But one knight can change everything…

Daisy Hastings has always thought she was born in the wrong era. So when she bags a summer job at the Tower of London helping to run their Knight school, it feels like a step in the right direction.

Theodore ‘Teddy’ Fairfax is a loose cannon. A disgraced distant relative of the royal family, he’s tall, dark and now (begrudgingly) helping with the Tower of London’s summer programme – and there’s nowhere he’d like to be less.

When Teddy’s oath to be an obstruction almost gets Daisy fired, she declares war. But as the two cross swords, they start to discover they both need a little rescuing…

And that maybe, just maybe, love can bloom, even on a battlefield…

I was excited to see that Megan Clawson had a new book out, given how much I enjoyed her debut novel  And I totally enjoyed this new book too. 

However and this is purely me, even though I'm very geeky and I'm aware of LARPing, I've never had any desire to do any, nor live in the sort of fantasy world that Daisy seems to live in a lot of the time.  The action scenes for the LARPing were definitely interesting and full of action which I enjoyed, but for me there was a bit too much in the lead up of Daisy writing new stories for her LARPing group, and a lot of olde world type speech. 

Basically a tad too much history and fantasy elements in for me to give it a full five stars, but that is purely my taste! The rest of the book though, the actual story, the concept of a Knight school, and seeing Daisy develop as a character and a person in front of my eyes, was a joy to read. 

And Teddy, oh I loved him, even when he was causing trouble. There are soe very funny scenes involving him, during their time at Knight school. 

I also loved Bobble, Daisy's new flatmate, she's hilarious and a complete fresh of breath air.  Just a fun character, and a true friend in the making. 

Above all it's a story about people finding out where they belong in life, and discovering your true self. 

I really hope there will be a third book that features The Tower of London as even a part setting, as these have such a great feel to them.  

Thank you to Avon and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.