Book Review: Knightfall

Title: Knightfall

Author: R Jackson-Lawrence

Genre: dystopian/sci-fi

Reviewer: Lizzie

Review:

To be perfectly honest Knightfall was a breath of fresh air. The plot was fast paced; every character that you were introduced to served his/her purpose and was included in the story line. I am not a huge fan of the dystopian genre or science fiction but I was pleasantly surprised with this book! It has begun to change my opinion on a genre that I really never thought much about. It wasn’t that I hated it, I just never had much interest in it.

I was not a big fan of the character Alexander and would have liked to reach into the book to smack him in the head but then again every story needs a bad guy. However, the genius Benjamin was fantastic. He really went with the tide in this story. We didn’t hear the whole book, why me? He just jumped right in and got his feet wet. He also showed an amazing amount of maturity for a character that was supposed to be age 15. Then again, he is a genius who seems forced to have grown up very quickly. Which could account for his level of maturity. His character was extremely well developed, as were the supporting characters in the book.

The plot was fast paced, and had quite a few things happen that I don’t think the readers could see coming. Even though the ending was kind of expected, I was still rooting for it to go the other way. I really wanted it to!

I couldn’t put the book down once I started. Knightfall is an amazing start to The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight series.  R. Jackson-Lawrence has a brand new fan here! I can’t wait until book number two is ready so we can pick up where we left off!

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