Realm of Knights (Knights of the Realm #1)

There were many parts of this story that I enjoyed. Reid is an enjoyable character and often a practical person. The side characters are also fun. I especially liked her sparing buddies (Harlan, Knox, & Royce) and the varied reactions they had when they learn that Reid is actually female. Then theres the super secret plot that pulls Reid into the mess of the royal family (mostly the brother princes Ackley and Gordon). I didnt see where that was going and enjoyed that the plot kept me guessing. The other side of the coin is what didnt work for me. A chunk of the story is based on the somewhat tired trope that men are superior & only men can rule and own land in Marsden, so Reid has been masquerading as a male since birth. Her reveal as a young lady was a little cliched. And then her first romance walks into the story and that part is just silly. For the most part, I like Reid, but she turns ridiculous when romantic feelings enter the storyline. The first third and last third of the book were pretty good. That middle third was a little boring for me with the romantic bits. Reid has been training to lead, inherit, fight. Yes, I know her dad probably didnt plan to let her actually do any of those things, yet she had to act like she would indeed be doing them upon adulthood. Yet when loves pitterpatter waltzes in, all that makes Reid awesome gets tossed out the window. Anyhoo, I was very glad to see that the story got back on track with the mysterious plot and royal family intrigue. Also, I loved that Reid had the chance to see how a neighboring country treats their women and its making her rethink what she wants out of life. Although this book is in the Fantasy genre, theres little magic or fantastical elements in the tale. I felt that it could use something more from the Fantasy genre. The tale does end on a bit of a cliffhanger. Overall, the story shows promise for greater things to come. 4/5 stars. The Narration: Kim Bretton has a very pleasant voice. She was spot on for young lady Reid. However, Brettons male character voices lacked masculinity across the board and this was troublesome for me as it made it difficult to keep track of which character was talking. A few of the male characters are described as having deep, masculine voices and the narration totally missed the mark on those voices. Bretton did a great job with Reids emotions. There were no technical issues with the recording. 4/5 stars. I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Jennifer Anne Davis. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

After listening to this Series I was excited to find that Jennifer Anne Davis has more books. She is an extremely talented author. I listened to all her books and thoroughly enjoyed everyone of them. I was playing The first book in the reign of secrets series, My daughter started listening in and was hooked within just a couple minutes. She finished the whole series before I did. I recommend all of her books!

This was a great book. Throughout the whole thing you never quite know who to trust. It feels like everyone in the royal family is using Reid. The story moved along swiftly and never got boring. I was always eager to hear what was going to happen next. There wasnt much of a love story, which sort of bummed me out, so Im hoping this next book will have that aspect in it. Its set up that way, but after little to no romance in this book I wouldnt be surprised if its not part of the book at all.

a most amazing tale, and cliff hangar! Not generally my genre but I\’m a sucker for anything Kim Bretton narrates. I am so glad I did because this book was phenomnal and I cannot wait to get on with the next installment!

This book was so good. Narrator did great and it kept me interested until the end

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