Solid teen romance/equal rights story

Solid teen romance/equal rights story, with a medieval twist.

The setting: a medieval-themed family restaurant. The hero: a heroine, waitress/serving wench Kit. The plot: with a wastrel vanished father leaving Kit, her brother and mum with little to live on, Kit and Chris help out with their wages - Chris earning significantly more as a knight, fighting in staged battles that Kit dreams of joining. The kicker?: she's a girl, so of course she can't be a knight.

The scene is thus set for some modern-day equal rights fighting, some family drama, and with a best friend who's also an employee at this same medieval restaurant, a potential spark of a love story.

This was a fairly typically structured YA story, with a sweet/sassy lead who's struggling to realise her academic dreams, keep (and even better) her job, not lose her best friend over a silly crush, and spearhead a snowballing feminist campaign. I liked Kit, I cared more about the subplot of her knightly ambitions than her relationship with her best friend, though her family situation does make you care how things are going to turn out for them all.

A good time-passer for me, though I'm clearly not the target audience (probably also why the teen romance didn't really hit a nerve with me). Liked the medieval theme.

The Audible narrator did a great job bringing Kit's voice to life, nice and clear, a strong young woman which transferred fairly well when having to voice the male characters.

For ages 12 and above. A few themes/scenes involving discussion of drug taking, poverty. No sexual/swearing content.

With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.

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