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Her Name Is Knight by Yasmin Angoe

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tylovesbooks's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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amyisreilledup's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Fast-paced, interesting characters. There were a few points in the internal dialogue of the character where it felt a little less engaging. But, the plot moved and put the character in situations that showed their internal conflict well.

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wellreadsinger's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Our past experiences and the pain that may come from them undoubtedly impacts us. The obstacles in Nena Knight’s life tried to break her, but instead it gave her a solid foundation in becoming the woman she’s meant to be.

Yasmin Angoe successfully crafts an action-packed, intense, and emotional story with a black female assassin who is in a battle with demons from her past. Taking a cinematic type of approach similar to authors like SA Cosby, I found myself almost instantly becoming invested in how Nena’s story unfolded. This medium paced thriller novel will have you turning the pages faster than our MC can take out a target. In addition to being a story of redemption, family, love, and sisterhood, it is also a celebration of the vast African diaspora.

The alternating POV between Nena’s past and present do an excellent job of keeping the reader invested while also providing background on our MC. However, it was a small setback when it came to a major plot twist in the book. If the author used an omniscient POV in a flashback for a certain character, it would have made the buildup of their identity reveal more impactful. Now did this ruin my reading experience? Absolutely not, but I almost thought this aspect was a major plot hole before I realized how it does indeed coincide with the storyline we were presented with.

The author has won me over with her vivid storytelling and detailed fight sequences so much to the point that I’ve already downloaded the sequel to my library so I can continue with Nena on this journey. Highly recommended for fans of Salt starring Angelina Jolie or The Woman King starring Lashana Lynch!

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qjonesstl's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

There are triggers!!!!

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metchap's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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minayana's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was a decent read with a good premise, a great narrator (read at 2x speed) and a refreshing storytelling format. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy it as much as I expected. While reading Her Name is Knight I was also reading Who Fears Death (which was very slow and I didn’t like much) which features the same heavy topics and themes, so unfortunately I feel like I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I would have otherwise.

The Pros

The characters:
I really liked the cast of characters (minus the villains obviously). I loved reading about Nena being accepted into her new family during the “before” chapters, and then Nina taking Georgia under her wing during the “after” chapters.

The storytelling format:
I really enjoyed how the book consistently went back and forth between her backstory and present time, and it created a stark contrast between her life “before” and “after”. Although I love a good backstory reveal, sometimes it’s nice to know from the beginning. This was also a downfall for the book as well. The “before” chapters are brutal and very descriptive, and after all the emotions and despair of those chapters, sometimes the “after” chapters feel boring and don’t bring any emotional impact.

The narrator!
She did a wonderful job, and I especially enjoyed the subtle distinction between when she is voicing a male or female character. Sometimes narrators tend to do too much when voicing the opposite sex, but I thought she did great.

The Cons

Overdramatic writing:
It felt like there was some type of analogy or simile every sentence. Obviously that is a major part of writing as a whole, but for some reason they stood out every time and took me out of the story quite a lot.

Insta-love:
I am usually 50/50 on insta-love, it really depends on how it’s done. Nena deciding she felt an ease with the MMC (can’t remember his name) that she’d never felt before with a man was VERY sudden. I don’t think she even had a full conversation with him before she felt comfortable with him, and for her backstory and her own thoughts stating she’s never felt this way with a man before, it was extremely abrupt.

Overall, if you are considering reading this book I would say give it a shot if you can stomach the contents. It has really heartbreaking themes, which at some points go into pretty graphic detail.

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