Ruthless
Knight is the second book in the Royal Hearts Academy series. If you haven’t
read the first book Cruel Prince about Jace and Dylan you won’t understand the
back story and the relationship between the characters. But don’t worry, the
first book is as good as this one!
The author
doesn’t describe it as a sweet romance which I agree and disagree with. Let me
explain why.
This book is about Sawyer and Cole. Sawyer is sweet, an active
member of her church, a good friend, her only problem is her weight and the
bullying that goes with it. Cole is the bad boy, the school king and deeply
fake. They shouldn’t like each other, but they do and that makes for a great
love story.
Why isn’t it describe as a sweet love story? Because Cole is a
bastard, who doesn’t want to assume his attraction to Sawyer. It doesn’t sit
well with his reputation to be attracted to the fat girl. Why do I think it is
a sweet love story? Despite his BIG mistakes Cole is deeply in love with Sawyer
and can be excused for some of his actions because of his past. Furthermore, he
tries to be a better person and fix his mistakes.
I was happy
to finally see a fat main character who doesn’t need to lose weight to keep the
boy she likes. Cole likes Sawyer the way she is and even challenges the people
who criticizes her for her overweight. However, it is not because her boyfriend’s
accepts her that everyone else does and worst of all she doesn’t accept herself.
After years of bullying by her mother and her classmates she believes she is
not worth of love and can’t expect much out of life. I, myself, am a big girl
and I was happy to see this representation as I thought it was accurate and I
could recognize myself in Sawyer.
Cole also lacks
self-worth due to his past and thinks he has to pretend to be someone else to
be accepted and respected. His relationship with Sawyer will challenge all his believes and make him see his worth and finally believe he deserves love.
This book is all about friendship, self-descovery, love and acceptance.
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