Lady Knight by Amalie Howard
Lady Knight by Amalie Howard, book two in the Diamonds series, a fun, love storyd and perfect for fans of Bridgerton. Zenobia (Zia) Osborn loves music and dreams of being a composer someday. Unfortunately, she’s the daughter of a wealthy Duke and destined to eventually be the perfect bride to a nameless, faceless, well-heeled gentleman. That is not the life she wants and she’s having none of that. Zia is actually part of a secret group known as the Lady Knights; a social club for rebellious girls. The Lady Knights is actually a group of girls, who fight for women’s rights, orphans, and schools; all the people with no power in Regency England. No one knows about her secret life, until Mr. Rafi Nasser discovers. Intrigued, he agrees to keep her secret, especially since they can’t have a scandal on their hands.
I really liked Zia, she was so multifaceted, and
while she got into mischief as most teenagers do, she was motivated by a caring
heart. She used her privilege for good. I also really enjoyed the banter
between her and Rafi. He really doesn’t know what to make of her, while it was enjoyable
watching him fall for her. While he was concerned about her, he never took away
her agency and kept her secret.
Ms. Howard does a great job of presenting the very real challenges young
ladies faced back then. She manages to capture the anxieties young women
endured when being forced to marry by their families while also providing lots
of moments of levity. She’s created characters; each having their own unique
strengths. I must admit that when I first requested the novel I didn’t realize
it was YA. That doesn’t take away from the story, but some of the plot points
were hard to relate to having more life experience and looking back to that
time with a much more mature lens.
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