I really enjoyed this book. It was cute and swoony—I was hooked from the start! I loved the characters and thought their relationship progression was really well done. I can’t wait for this to come out!

Thank you NetGalley and Avon Books UK for providing this e-arc in exchange for an honest review!

Love at First Knight is the second book written by Megan Clawson, and is just as captivating as Falling Hard for the Royal Guard! Rich with romance, humour, history, and realistic struggles, Love at First Knight is a romcom you need to read!

Daisy Hastings is a certified badass. And Teddy Fairfax looks like he could kill you, but is a cinnamon roll. Their rivalry is enthralling, where you end up repeating 'just one more chapter' to yourself just to see what happens next. Daisy's summer job at the Knight School, set within the grounds of the Tower of London, offers intriguing historical information (which I will definitely be doing further research into!). Daisy's family, and extended family, are lovely. I would happily go LARPing with them!

I appreciated the anxiety representation. Clawson effectively captured the essence of anxiety, which, therefore, created a relatable character! And we all love relatable characters.

This romance is also fast-paced, I read about 70% in *practically* one sitting! But, whenever I wasn't reading, I couldn't stop thinking about this book!

Megan Clawson has an incredible ability to write cute and humorous rom-coms! Cannot wait to read her future books!

I loved the atmosphere and the larping. It reminded me of a supernatural episode and that is always a plus point.

I just couldn’t connect with the story it has the makings of a good rom com.

Just not my cup of tea

Daisy is the weekday daughter in a family full of Live Action Role Players (LARPers) who act out fantasy stories on the weekends with neighbors and friends. She and her twin brother are knights, her father is a squire, her mother is an orc, and her sister is... a mage, I think. Daisy had never left her small town, but when her father puts her name in for a job at a Knight School in the big city of London, she's terrified over the idea of leaving home. Her alter-ego, Lady A, helps her make it though, and helps her stand up to an idiot rich boy who acts like he's too good for the job. Little does Daisy know, he's a viscount!

This is silly and fun and enjoyable. You know what's going to happen by the end, obviously, but the getting there is a delight. The viscount, who Daisy insists on calling Teddy instead of his proper name, has the air of someone who's trying to be as much of an a-hole as possible. Daisy has intense social anxiety, and fears the idea of change. They seem like a weird match, but proximity affection happens, and they fall for each other.

The writing is fun and well laid out, and the sense of humor of the book is good stuff. I like Daisy's found family a lot, too. Often the extra characters that are the weird quirky ones just come off a little too weird or over-the-top, and the author does a great job of showing their goofiness without making them seem absolutely bonkers.

This is a fun book, and frankly, if you've ever BEEN one of those weird quirky people, you'll probably find yourself in the pages of this.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy via NetGalley in return for sharing my thoughts on this book. Thanks to the author and publisher for this opportunity!

Love at First Knight is a cute romance and a lovely introduction into the world of LARPing. I loved the atmosphere and the detailed descriptions of the roleplay battle at the end.

I liked the side characters, Daisy's family were wonderful and Bobble was a little ray of sunshine. The main character, Daisy, is so incredibly anxious and while I found her extremely relatable, it made for quite a turbulent narration. It was actually very well written because I could feel her anxiety and stress but it just didn't give me the relaxed rom-com vibes that I needed.

I'm not entirely sold on the romance either, Daisy and Teddy spend the majority of their time insulting each other, there needed to be a few more tender moments between them for their love to feel real.

I did enjoy the premise of the story and I loved Falling Hard for the Royal Guard so I'll be reading the author's next book, this one just didn't quite click with me.

Love at First Knight by Megan Clawson was a swoony romance with funny moments that kept me wanting to read until I got to the end.
It will make you smile and laugh. It will give you that feel-good and heartwarming feeling.
This book was an absolute joy to read. The characters were incredible and you will simply fall in love with them. They were just so well written and colorful.

Thank You NetGalley and Avon for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

This was an incredibly cute book. The romance between Teddy and Daisy is really sweet, and often humorous. I love the enemies to friends to lovers progression that their characters had. I also really appreciated how Daisy grew as a character. She starts off incredibly anxious and insecure, and becomes a force to be reckoned with but at no time is her anxiety magically cured - the book really shows the work she puts in. The depiction of LARPing was incredibly fun and cool as well. I love how much we learn about not only the characters in this book, but also the characters' characters. It was a really fast, fun read and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a nerdy romcom.

Love at First Knight is the second book by author Megan Clawson, and much like Falling Hard for the Royal Guard, it was a solid 5⭐️ read! She writes such fun to read, captivating romance, with characters with relatable struggles that you want to have their happily ever after. Daisy and Teddy are two of these characters- although Teddy’s life isn’t exactly relatable, but you see exactly where he is coming from, his struggles and his choices, it made me very empathetic toward him.

“She's no damsel in distress, and he's certainly not wearing shining armour. But one knight can change everything.. Daisy Hastings has always thought she was born in the wrong era. So when she bags a summer job at the Tower of London helping to run their Knight school, it feels like a step in the right direction.

Theodore 'Teddy' Fairfax is a loose cannon. A disgraced distant relative of the royal family, he's tall, dark and now (begrudgingly) helping with the Tower of London's summer programme - and there's nowhere he'd like to be less. When Teddy's oath to be an obstruction almost gets Daisy fired, she declares war.

But as the two cross swords, they start to discover they both need a little rescuing... And that maybe, just maybe, love can bloom, even on a battlefield…”

Daisy is a delight to read, and she truly comes into her own as the pages turn. Her strength on the battlefield is such fun, which makes for such a contrasting and eye opening read when faced with her daily anxiety. She has such a supportive family, and although coming across as the quiet “nerdy” girl to strangers, you soon see what simmers underneath. The author wrote these emotions in such a strong way, and I hope this book helps readers to understand what so many people are struggling with just under the surface, and how challenging the daily struggle to just do is.

Her journey to self discovery (I dislike that phrase but it does sum it up well) is just as page turning as the enemies to lovers plot that runs along side. Her and Teddy’s banter, fighting and slow bonding is paced so well, interspersed with lovely family moments, both real family and found family.

Oh, and a pretty epic battle!!!

There is a supporting cast of delightful little children too 😂.

If you are looking for a geeky contemporary romance, full of internal battles, battles with little children and actual LARPing battles, this is the book for you! ​

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for this advanced copy to review. All thoughts and opinions are honest and my own. And I’ll be buying it when it’s released to go next to my well read copy of Falling Hard for the Royal Guard.

Opposites attract!

Daisy Hastings and her quirky family share a love for LARPing and all things about the battlefield but getting a summer job at the Tower of London helping to run their Knight school for the next ten weeks but stepping out of comfort zone might be more than she can handle.

Viscount Theodore ‘Teddy’ Fairfax, son of the princess royal who had no wish to be at the Knight school because he was there under protest to get his face out of the tabloids. But meeting Daisy might be the change he needed in his life to figure out what he wanted for his future.

Daisy and Teddy go from enemies to lovers with a really slow pace to the relationship because they really didn’t like each other in the beginning.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from the author and NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I'm not sure this book was for me, even though I loved Falling Hard for the Royal Guard. I didn't like the main characters (although both Bobble and Daisy's family will always have a special place in my heart) and I didn't believe any part of their "romance". Some of the LARPing scenes were fun though, more of that might have redeemed it!

I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

DNF @ 20%

I usually try to finish every book, especially ARC copy, but this time I couldn't. This book wasn't my cup of tea. The plot sounded fun and interesting, but in the end I couldn't connect with the characters and the writing style was too simple for my liking.

dnf @ 51%

1.5 stars.

full honesty; i wanted to dnf this longer ago but didn’t because it’s an arc and i’m really trying not to dnf arcs, but then i saw there was still over 2 hours left and just can’t face that much time.

daisy was ok, i didn’t feel all that attached to her but i don’t have any glaring issues either. teddy, i didn’t particularly like, he had a few good moments, but the other stuff he did just put him too far on my bad side i guess. i liked daisy’s family though, and how supportive they were. i also thought bobble was a fun character and enjoyed her friendship with daisy!

now, one of my biggest issues with this book is related to the fact that both characters are doing a summer programme, working with kids. ok, teddy doesn’t want to be there - fine. but the two of them are just so insanely irresponsible?? there’s incidents where these kids are doing things they absolutely should not be, and you’ve got daisy and teddy just entirely focused on each other. as someone who works in a primary school with SEN children, the breeziness both main characters had when it came to keeping the kids safe (which should be their number one priority) was just really stressing me out and annoying me. at one point daisy and teddy literally both get on horses and just gallop off, leaving everyone else watching them - there’s other adults there - but i was internally screaming at daisy because chasing after teddy on a horse is not her job. her job is looking after the kids.

there’s even this whole section where just to spite teddy, daisy does not help a kid they’re both sat on the same table with. if she was 16 years old i could understand that more, but she’s 23 years old, that’s my age! and nope! absolutely not! daisy spends lots of time telling teddy off for not helping the kids (and she’s right), but she also never thinks ‘oh, maybe i could step in and help them if teddy won’t, because it isn’t their fault that i don’t like him.’ sure, it shouldn’t all be on her but come on, it seems like the obvious thing to do to me. instead, she lets him be rude and not help, even when she can see it’s upsetting the kid he should be working with. it’s just so unbelievably hypocritical and inconsiderate.

part of that blame can also go to westley (their boss). yes, daisy is great at LARPing, but she has no real experience whatsoever with looking after kids, so just leaving her in charge all the time because she can fight with a sword was so wild to me.

idk, i guess lots of this also relates to the fact that these characters do not read like adults. at all. like i kind of said earlier, their mistakes would be a lot more understandable if they were 16, and tbh that’s more the age they felt to me.

oh! i’m also a bit mad about the whole date with ellis thing. that seemed so random, and didn’t feel natural. i liked ellis’ character and the friendship with daisy, so was just kind of disappointed when it went that way. and barely any effort was even made with that storyline anyway so it just seemed weird and like something put into the book for the sake of it.

i will say that just before giving up with this there was a glimpse of something better when daisy admitted she’d been neglecting all responsibilities because of her rivalry with teddy. and i’m sure (i hope) there’s lots of character growth to come in the second half, but i just don’t care about these two getting together. i don’t really feel the chemistry and reading about them being irresponsible is making me stressed soooo i’m done.

A second royal rom com from the author who had readers falling hard for royal guards….,Wow! Seriously, I was tired after reading this. My adrenaline was pumping full force! Sooooo delicious
Highly recommended!

I didn’t make it past 55% of this book.

The characters felt quite one dimensional and I couldn’t connect with them- the quirky traits and the silliness was a little bit too much for me! I typically love this sort of rom-com but this felt as though it needed more fleshing out.

I think the concept was fun, but I just didn’t love the main character enough.

I would like to thank netgalley and Avon books UK for a free copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

I loved this one just as much as the authors debut. The setting is wonderful and the own voices neurodiversity is well done.

This is the true definition of a rom-com with a real twist.

I am normally not the greatest fan of rom-coms; they tend to be too predictable and mushy for my liking, but this one took me by surprise. The context of the tower of London/royalty made this to be an interesting read and it made me think a little bit harder than usual when reading romance, which I enjoyed!

I really, really liked Daisy as a female main character; she was likeable and her simplicity was divine to read. She felt normal. There was also an element of strength that I admired of hers.

Overall, a very different take on a rom-com and a risk that, in my opinion, paid off.

This had a fun premise and I'm a sucker for any story set in London, heck the whole if the UK really. But it just felt like it was missing something (a lot of somethings). There was no chemistry with either love interest, it didn't feel like Daisy's anxiety was handled appropriately, no resolution with her work at the tower, and no clear reason why the enemies to lovers got off on the wrong foot. Would I read a sequel focused in sam and bobble? Yes, yes I would but this one just wasn't for me.


Thank you Netgalley and Avon Books UK
for the ARC in exchange for my review!

Cute and witty but felt as if maybe this story would have been better suited to teenage characters, as I felt that it was very young in its wording and themes

Knight school, LARPing, royal family, anxiety issues, enemies to lovers and a slow burn romance are some of the themes in this book.

A story that focuses mainly on the h Daisy and how she works through her insecurities and anxiety to find a place for herself that she's comfortable with.

A decent read set in the Tower of London summer program.

I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review

Love at First Knight by Megan Clawson is a contemporary romcom focusing on Daisy, a LARPer who comes from a family of fantasy lovers, and Teddy, a distant relative of the royal family of Great Britain. When Daisy’s father signs her up to work at a summer camp at the Tower of London, Daisy puts her LARPing skills to the test while Teddy is trying to get away from his family.

As an Autistic person, Daisy read as Autistic to me without putting a name to it. She doesn’t really understand social rules, she has hyperfixations, and she struggles with bigger feelings sometimes while drawing on the strength of her alter ego, Lady Alenthaea, to get through difficult situations. I really liked her POV and how much she loves LARPing and weaponry.

We see everything from Daisy’s POV, so we get a lot of time on her interiority and her insecurities as she slowly starts to fall for Teddy. Teddy teases her and goads her into acting in reckless ways at work, putting Daisy at risk of losing her job. There’s a sense throughout that Teddy is poking at her because she treats him like a person instead of focusing on his status. I liked their dynamic that works almost like a rivalry at various times but there’s also a growing tension as Teddy is more willing to act on his feelings.

I would recommend this to fans of contemporary romance with a spin on royal romances, readers looking for single-POV romances from a potentially Autistic character, and those looking for nerdy female main characters in their romances