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An Ordinary Knight: A Fairy Cursed Fable Kindle Edition

by H. L. Burke (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 192 ratings
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Royal Kennel Guards don't rescue princesses. Especially when they don't even have a spark of magic to their names. But Sir Percy's depressingly ordinary life is about to change when he meets Princess Matty. Sheltered by overprotective parents in the wake of a christening gone wrong, Matty has spent her entire life locked in a tower. She will do anything to escape, and if that means dragging Percy along on a cross-country search for Prince Charming, so be it. But a myriad of dangers lie in wait for them. And Percy isn't qualified to break her curse. If they can't find a proper, magical prince to bestow true love's kiss, sweet Matty could spend the rest of her days as a frog--or worse.
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  1. Reading age
    10 - 18 years
  2. Print length
    129 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    November 9, 2015
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B016VLBL5E
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (November 9, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 9, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1603 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 129 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 192 ratings

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H. L. Burke

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Born in a small town in north central Oregon, H. L. Burke spent most of her childhood around trees and farm animals and was always accompanied by a book. Growing up with epic heroes from Middle Earth and Narnia keeping her company, she also became an incurable romantic.

An addictive personality, she jumped from one fandom to another, being at times completely obsessed with various books, movies, or television series (Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Star Trek all took their turns), but she has grown to be what she considers a well-rounded connoisseur of geek culture.

Married to her high school crush who is now a US Marine, she has moved multiple times in her adult life but believes that home is wherever her husband, two daughters, and pets are.

She is the author of a four part fantasy/romance series entitled "The Dragon and the Scholar," the Award Winning (2016 Realm Award for Young Adult Fiction) Nyssa Glass Steampunk series, and MG/Fantasy "Cora and the Nurse Dragon," among others .

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
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Cathrine Bonham
5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes Ordinary is the most special.
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2023
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An Ordinary Knight by H.L.Burke is not a fairytale retelling. This fairytale like story is a completely original tale that feels like an older story.

The princess Matilda has lived in a tower her whole life to protect her from fairies. They are out to get her.

Percy has lived his whole life as an ordinary guy because fairies want nothing to do with him.

When these two get together it turns into an adventure.

Narrator Rena Gail does an amazing job of differing her voice to make each character sound unique. one of my favorite narrators.
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Tina Morley
4.0 out of 5 stars A story that everyone can enjoy!
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2019
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An Ordinary Knight is a fabulous young adult novel for the young and old. There is a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor, plenty of adventure, memorable characters and a good dose of romance. I had a blast reading it!

Heidi bravely takes on the fantasy world by including the parts that we have seen on many occasions in the books we have read as kids and the ones we are now reading to our kids, but she puts it into a new perspective with a twist. For example, there are plenty of fairies and knights, but they are not your typical ones. This is certainly a story that everyone can enjoy.
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A.J.A
5.0 out of 5 stars Most excellent fairy tale twist!
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2019
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This is a wonderful little novel set in the world of fairy tales, where fairy curses and blessings are practically everyday occurrences, true love's first kiss really is the most powerful magical antidote, and being turned into a hopping toad is actually a genuine fear to be had. But what happens when magic doesn't happen the way it's supposed to?

Sir Percy is a knight who has neither blessings nor cursings in his life, end so largely slips by completely unnoticed as the most ordinary knight of the realm. Princess Matty is the opposite, having lived her entire life locked in a tower in fear of vengeful fairies after a christening gone wrong. The pair get thrown together unexpectedly after Matty decides that she's tired of waiting for her happily ever after prince to come to her and will instead fetch one herself. But is a prince what she needs? And can an ordinary knight ever be enough for one such as her?

I loved the characters in this book! The main two are so sweet and their affection builds so slowly and naturally that even the pair of them don't realize it until much later. I also loved the nods to so many different fairy tales (Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty are the obvious references, but there's also a strong dash of Puss in Boots there, as well as a few others), and the way that the story both used the typical fairy tale tropes and also twisted them. It reminded me a bit of Gail Carson Levine's fairy tales series!

Dragons and ogres and princes and fairies abound, but nothing ever works out quite the way the characters expect they would, and it was very enjoyable for me as a reader to follow along and see which way they would turn next.

For any fairy tale fan looking for a relaxed fun afternoon read, this is a book for you!
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Erin D
3.0 out of 5 stars Fairytale Adventure
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020
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Straightforward fairytale with a solid theme and a happy ending. I enjoyed the aspect of Percy being ordinary, with no magic blessing, and his journey to accepting that lack of magic was ok. There wasn’t much of a story arch for the Princess but I enjoyed her innocence and heart-warming character. Aside from a few awkwardly worded phrasings and lackluster combat scenes (I just didn’t enjoy the hand to hand fight and the sword fight seemed a bit simple too), this was a fun story. I loved cheering on the characters and was anxious to see how in the world the ending would work out for everyone involved. I’d recommend it for a young audience or those who love clean fairytales with no swearing or adult content.
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Denae C
5.0 out of 5 stars surprisingly ordinary
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2017
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Sir Percy is a magical zero, no blessing and no curse. Princess Matty has a hundred fairies mad at her, but none have managed to curse her yet. Together, they flee.

In trying to avoid fairies and find a way to protect Matty from curses, Percy and Matty encounter a cheating prince, an ogre, a spineless traveler, a dragon, an enchanted path, fairies, and bacon. Percy learns what the fairies really think of him, and he gets to spend time as a stone pillar. Both learn what true friendship is, and when to recognize love.

I liked that Matty had to save her first kiss just in case she was enchanted and needed rescued.

I liked Gork. The prejudice against Percy was a bit single-minded, but it was a short enough book to not bother me too much. I liked the length of story but missed some of the richer details usually present in novels. Some scenes were glossed over so fast that I never felt truly present.

Oh, I liked that Percy had thoughts, but they felt more like interruptions than inner dialogue. Each thought had its own paragraph.

This book was clean (a couple bad guys insinuated that Percy was taking advantage of the pretty princess, but Percy never did).
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AA Lee
4.0 out of 5 stars Being Fairy Blessed is Overrated
Reviewed in Canada on May 14, 2021
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Being fairy blessed is overrated. I enjoyed this cute story which retells Rapunzel's story as a background to Sir Percy's demonstration that just being an ordinary person may be just what is needed to overcome a curse - no extra blessings or curses required. I wonder if Percy's children will share his particular capability.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in Australia on March 11, 2018
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I really liked reading this story and watching the characters grow as they meet challenges. There wasn't much violence and it was sweet without being overly so.
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5.0 out of 5 stars refreshing and brilliant. Another great book from H
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 29, 2015
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Lovely fairy-tale, witty, refreshing and brilliant. Another great book from H. L. Burke
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Marlene
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Canada on January 6, 2017
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It was a fun adventure. I love unexpected heroes.
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Debbie Osborne
4.0 out of 5 stars I loved the premise that the involvement of fairies in your ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2017
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I loved the premise that the involvement of fairies in your life (for good or ill) is a status symbol, but that being ignored by them has its benefits too.

The true pleasure of reading this story was watching ordinary knight Percival grow in to himself and his abilities without interference. Mostly without help anyway.

Princess was also fun to see in action. She has some very typical princess traits which by themselves could make her irritating. However, she also has a wonderful practicality and sense of agency. These are blended together so it is believable that at the beginning she feels she does need a prince, but the way she goes about it is and learns from her mistakes is very natural.

A very easy and heart warming read.
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