Well it has been a long time since I posted a review! I have been so busy with life that I haven't been reading much in the last 2 months but I am finally picking my books up again!
This time, I choose a book that I know I will devoured in a short time and I did! A Knight in Shining Armor is an all time classic historical romance book that my friends had been recommending and I just didn't managed to pick it up. Few months ago, I made used of a Kobo discount and finally bought the book for myself.
A Knight in Shining Armor tells the story of a woman, Dougless Montgomery, in modern England (1980s) who was ditched by her boyfriend (who happens to be a jerk!) in a church in Ashburton. Just when she was crying her heart out over the grave of Sir Nicholas Stafford, the Earl appeared out of nowhere before her. She had wished for a Knight in Shining Armor and indeed her wish came true. However, things were not as simple as it sounded. The Earl had came from 1564, Elizabethan England, to the modern world to find out what could prove his innocence. He was trailed for treason which he did not committed and he was to be executed in 3 days time when he fell dead on his desk while writing a letter to his mother for help. The couple travelled to places where history recorded nothing about Nicholas except for his womanising traits.
Of course, the two of them will fell in love (this is a romance novel...) and just when we thought Nicholas decided not to return to 1564, he did. And the next thing we know, Dougless travelled back to 1560! Now, this is what I loved about this book. Most of the time travel books that I have read only tell how one character travel to one time. However in this book, both our main characters time travelled.
The exquisite details of the Elizabethan people's clothing, food and lifestyle were well written and researched. I thoroughly enjoyed reading them.
This books tells about the wonderful romance that crossed between times. I loved how the book was split into two parts where we get a modern tale weaved together with a historical tale. I loved how the author gave us a happy ending despite me crying my heart out when I thought it was going to be a sad one. I am pleased to see characters coming together in different periods and how one could changed easily just because history has changed. Although at times, I find some of the stuffs almost impossible to believe, I just had to remind myself that this is a fiction book and reading it is for my pleasure and not straining my brain to spot out the unrealistic portion.
This is going to be a book that I would want to read again and again and I highly recommend it for people who enjoyed Historical Romance and Time Traveling books.
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