Girls Can’t Be Knights: The Spirit Knights Series, Book 1
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Girls Can’t Be Knights: The Spirit Knights Series, Book 1 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Lee French (Author), Gabrielle de Cuir (Narrator), Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator),
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 180 ratings
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Even the Spirit Knights could not see this coming.

Sixteen-year-old Claire wants her father back. His death left her only memories and an empty locket. After six difficult years in foster care, her vocabulary no longer includes "hope" and "trust". But everything changes dramatically when she encounters Justin, a Spirit Knight restlessly hunting dangerous ghosts that devour the living, who rides into her path on his magical horse and takes her under his wing. When an evil spirit threatens Claire's life, she'll need Justin's help to survive.

A fun and absorbing adventure tale full of humor and magic!

No one, including Claire, believes she can be a Spirit Knight, even when all signs show she is ready to become one. This is because the Spirit Knights have been a boys' club for over 1,000 years. Worse yet, Claire will have to dive into the hair-raising ghost-hunting job before she gets full access to the Knights' order. Fortunately for her, she has Justin as her private tutor. With the help of his sarcastic horse and saintly wife, he'll teach her the finer points of the job. Add in a little luck, and they both might survive long enough for her to learn it all.

Girls Can't Be Knights is a magical and unique adventure story that will touch your soul and raise your spirits.

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  1. Listening Length
    5 hours and 55 minutes
  2. Author
    Lee French
  3. Narrator
    Gabrielle de Cuir, see all
  4. Audible release date
    November 8, 2016
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Skyboat Media
  7. ASIN
    B01MAZEGD6
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 5 hours and 55 minutes
Author Lee French
Narrator Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date November 08, 2016
Publisher Skyboat Media
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B01MAZEGD6
Best Sellers Rank #403,471 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#557 in Classic Action & Adventure (Audible Books & Originals)
#3,859 in Classic Action & Adventure (Books)
#8,352 in Paranormal Fantasy (Audible Books & Originals)

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Francine
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent series!
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2016
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Girls Can’t Be Knights is the first book in the Spirt Knights series geared towards young teens (although I had fun reading it as well). This is an entertaining paranormal adventure about a group of individuals called the Spirit Knights whose job it is to get rid of nasty, evil spirits that may try living inside a living being’s body and harming the person or animal. Justin is one of these knights and when he meets Claire he immediately feels a connection and knows he must protect her. Claire is a foster kid, shuffled from home to home, and often in trouble. She meets Justin after some troubling events and finds out that she may actually be one of the Spirit Knights. The problem is that Spirit Knights can only be male.
There’s a little bit of everything in this book to keep a teenager’s interest, including some romance, mystery, action, and…a talking horse. It’s a fun and easy read that, as long as you suspend the need for believability, is thoroughly enjoyable. The characters are interesting and as realistic acting as they can be, considering they are from a paranormal story. Claire’s tiny crush on Justin is written just as a teenager would feel and Justin’s need to walk a fine line between friend, protector and father figure is particularly realistic. The world created by the author is well thought out and the various aspects of it are explained well. I read this book on my ereader and it formatted perfectly. The cover is interesting and relates to the book well. I look forward to reading the second book in this series.
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Marsha
4.0 out of 5 stars An Intriguing Story
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2015
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I liked Girls Can’t Be Knights. I found the story to be fast paced and interesting. Told from both Claire and Justin’s viewpoints, this is the story of a young girl who has spent much of her life being bullied by the kids in her school. Her father has passed away leaving memories and a locket. And Claire in the foster system, never really belonging anywhere. By the time we meet Claire she is 16 years old, and has beaten up a kid who was bullying her. Of course she ended up suspended from school.

Justin is a Spirit Knight, just as Claire’s father was… and as Claire is – but usually Spirit Knights are male. Just because she’s not doesn’t mean that she cannot be a great Spirit Knight. Justin is an older man with a wife and kids of his own. It is his charge to protect, teach and guide Claire into being a Spirit Knight.

I enjoyed reading this novel. There is more violence than I expected in a Young Adult novel, but considering what they are chasing it makes sense. This is a quick read, of an interesting premise.

*I received an e-ARC of Girls Can’t Be Knights from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. That does not change what I think of this novel.* Originally reviewed at Keeper Bookshelf (dot) com
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mabg
3.0 out of 5 stars a fun read
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2021
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Writing’s a bit choppy, the setup unbelievable, but that’s often par for the course with YA fantasy. Claire is a strong character, although she changed much too fast from an unloveable foster kid with a huge chip on her shoulder and absolutely no use for adults and their rules to a sweet kind teenager. I liked very much that neither her Knight mentor nor Claire herself had any wonderful ideas or amazing powers. Yeah, there was magical healing and a talking mount, but whenever they needed a plan, the MCs mostly failed to have one, and no miraculous saves occurred. They got themselves out of trouble with a lot of determination though in one case, they had entirely too much luck—that one bothered me.

SPOILER

I just cannot suspend belief enough to stay in the story when the author has one of his MCs get arrested, then break out of jail, beating up a whole police station full of cops plus a doctor, and somehow the police never put out an APB on the guy? Especially when he’s completely identifiable as he rides city streets on a horse wearing armor and carrying a sword? The imagination rebels at that...and it’s the third reason I chose a lower rating for this book.
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Tiffany L. Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars I completely loved this book
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2016
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Girls Can't be Knights, by Lee French, follows the story of a young girl named Claire. After the death of Claire's father, she is forced into the system and bounced from home to home, school to school, and it's always the same being the new kid. Claire is bullied and though she is only defending herself, ends up suspended. She doesn't seem to be the focal point of just school bullies either, as Claire soon finds that all the animals in her neighborhood are out to get her too. Then comes Justin, a knight who is comes to protect Claire from the root of the problem, vengeful spirits!

I completely loved this book. The story flows nicely and reads at a rapid pace. The characters are well developed and very relatable, and though the storyline is a little out there (ghosts and knights) I couldn't help but love it and it's happy ending. It's a short and very quick read that I simply couldn't put down! I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick and fun read that will keep you on your toes, and I'm looking forward to reading more by this author.
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Simón Gómez
5.0 out of 5 stars like children, as the unlucky victims of the cruel ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2016
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Life can be hard and unfair. In fact, it is more frequently than it should, often with innocent and defenseless people, like children, as the unlucky victims of the cruel fate. This is the case of Claire, a girl who has lost her father and forced to live a difficult and unsatisfying life stuck foster care. This is, until an unexpected turn of events makes her life upside down, and she embarks in the adventure of her life, discovering many secrets about her family, the world and the truth about a lot of things that normal humans often disregard as fantasies or myths.

Lee French, the author, did an excellent job in setting up the universe in which 'Girls can't be knights' takes place, building the background on creatures like knights and ghosts in a magical way like I have never seen before in a fantasy book.

The narrative is good and the story very interesting, keeping the reader's interest from beginning to end without any difficulties. The Spirit Knights series set off with a really good first installment and promises a lot, I'm excited for what comes next!
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H.Taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantasy book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2016
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This book tells the story of a young 16 year old, following the death of her father. She spends six very unhappy and difficult years in foster care and all she wants, is something that is impossible, her dad back.

Claire was badly bullied for a lot of her school days by the other kids and eventually she stands up for herself and fights back in the knowledge that she will be punished and eventually suspended from school.

It seems farfetched when a magical horse walks in with Justin in the saddle. The story evolves with magic, the king, knights and even ghosts. There are times when Claire wishes that Justin would come and save her but eventually realises that she is the only one that can get her out of some very difficult situations.

Claire has very few memories once her father has died but learns a lot about her past.

This book contains violence but is very good for teenagers and young adults.
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Hanrattyblack
3.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant, light reading
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2018
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This was a pleasant read, but not good enough to buy the second book.
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