Lady’s Knight by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance

Publishing Info: Audiobook by Electric Monkey, June 2025, Narrated by Helen Keeley and Barbara Rosenblat

Star Rating: 3.5/5

Back Cover Summary:

A rollercoaster of a medieval romp and a sapphic love story, set in a world of dragons, witches and excellent snacks from NYT bestselling duo, Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner. Perfect for fans of Gwen and Art are Not in Love, Twin Crowns and My Lady Jane.

Gwen has spent the past several years manning the blacksmith’s in place of her father, an open secret in the village in which she lives. A much more covert secret, however, is that she knows not only how to craft but also how to wield a sword, and an incognito stunt at the local jousting tournament manages to catch the eye of the wily Lady Isobelle.

Isobelle has secret dreams too, but she’s been promised in marriage to the winner of the whole stupid tournament, which means an end to any freedom or choices for her. Desperate to avoid this fate, when she connects the newcomer knight to the female smithy she saw earlier that day, she begins to hatch a scheme…

Petty knights. Backstabbing noblemen. A prison breakout. Cheesecake-on-a-stick. One particularly large and angry dragon.

Will our ladies survive the night? And can our knight save the day?

Lady’s Knight is a YA medieval fantasy that blends the historical, the fantastical and the modern in an interesting mix. While the setting is medieval England, there are many modern references and language uses. As these were used for comedic effect, I didn’t mind the blend of the modern in with the historical setting as it was very clearly done with humorous intention. The book reminded me of A Knight’s Tale but YA and sapphic, plus a dragon. While I did have fun reading this one, it did feel like such a chaotic blend that it couldn’t seem to decide quite what it wanted to be.

The book has interludes from an all-seeing narrator which are highly entertaining. It was the initial commentary from this narrator which is what drew me into the book as I enjoyed the humour and tone. However, the majority of the book is told from the perspectives of the two main characters in quite a different style. For the audio version there are also two narrators. I was expecting this to be one audio narrator for each POV character, but this wasn’t the case. I enjoyed the narration from the person who does the interludes best as they delivered the humour spot on. The other narrator was perfectly fine, but it was the all-seeing narrator’s delivery in the audiobook sample which is what made me want to read the book and what I was expecting more of, so was a little disappointed that the majority of the book was narrated by someone else, and that the writing style was not quite the same in the rest of the book as well.

Lady’s Knight has the feel of a contemporary YA romance wrapped in the packaging of a medieval setting, especially in the first half. For example, there is a classic drinking game scene. These moments felt too much like contemporary teen romance for my tastes. But others who enjoy teen romance tropes may enjoy these parts of the book more. I think I was expecting more humour and adventure, but this was very heavy on the romance. There was a section of the book that focused on the romance and left the plot a bit on the sidelines, with a bit of a random tangent side quest, and I found myself wanting the direction of the book to veer back to the main storyline. Once it did, I felt more engaged again.

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