Where there’s love, there’s misery.Violet Noble loves a good challenge. That’s why her parents were so insistent on getting her and her twin brother, Sebastian, a scholarship to Shelfbrooke Academy. But when Sebastian bails on the plan, Violet is left alone in a strange land of rich kids and hot rugby players.When Violet discovers the academy’s online gossip forum, she finds the courage to … the courage to comment…under her brother’s profile. Before she knows it, she’s giving dating advice to the captain of the rugby team, Owen Duke, and flirting with his beautiful ex-girlfriend, Lily Thorn.
Now, Violet is falling for Owen, and Lily is falling for fake-Sebastian, and everyone is miserable. Can Violet clean up the mess she’s made…and somehow keep her new friends in the process?
Twelfth Knight is a modern retelling of the classic Shakespeare comedy. It’s the first book in the Shelfbrooke Academy series, a collection of retellings that promise to be a lot more fun than the originals!
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I love modern twists on classic tales. In this rendition of the story Viola’s brother decided not to accept their scholarship to boarding school, last minute. Unfortunately, there is a mix-up and Viola is left with her brother’s dorm and his knight watch account.
To the real world Viola seems innocuous and unassuming. Online, she can be brave under the guise of being her brother.
This was a fun and creative take on a unique classic. What would you do to change the culture around you, if you could lower the stakes by wearing persona of someone else?
Set in a private boarding school with a group of high school seniors. They all seemed very emotionally mature for seventeen! Story deals with relationships amongst friends, family and social media.
I found myself getting frustrated with Owen. I felt like shouting, “Figure it out, already!” I wanted to shake him. I wanted to fast forward through the book to get him to wake up and realize what was right in front of him. Great story. Great characters too. I really liked the modern spin on the classic novel.
A new author for me. It was recommended to me and I’m glad I picked it up on KU. Well worth the read.
Cute YA retelling reminding me of “She’s The Man”
Since this series is ALL about the retelling of classics, the story itself is nothing new. And while this adaptation *does* remind me of the above-mentioned movie version, Jessica Bucher’s writing keeps the story fresh, and I found myself rooting for Vi and Owen, but especially for Lily.
All in all, a fun start to this new multi-author series, and I want to read more about Shelfbrooke, but also more stories by Jessica Bucher.
I really did like it! (And by that…I mean that I basically read the whole entire thing in one sitting, lol. )
As far as content goes: there was some language (which tainted the book a little for me, but everyone has different preferences and viewpoints on that) and there was also mentions/hints of different topics that others might be uncomfortable with.
I most definitely swooned…and every time I would try to focus on my writing (which is what I was supposed to be doing in the first place), I just ended up reading another chapter (or three, but who’s counting? ).
I can’t say enough good things about this book.
Very cute! Very funny!
This is the first book I read by this author and I have to say, I am a fan!
This book was really cute and fun but also had real emotion in it. I felt like Violet, the main character, was really believable, likable, and funny. Really, all the characters were.
I think the storyline kept you engaged throughout and left you feeling satisfied.
Overall, I would recommend this book and I am definitely checking out other books by this author.
This is the first book I’ve read by Jessica Bucher and I really enjoyed it! Twelfth Knight is filled with humor, friendship, romance, family, sports and a little bit of drama. I know it’s a modern day retelling, but in all honesty, I haven’t read much by Shakespeare, haha. That didn’t change how I read this book and it was still just as enjoyable without that extra knowledge.
Violet and her twin Sebastian were supposed to head to Shelfbrooke Academy together, but he decided to stay behind. She’s never been away from her twin before, so that’s really hard for her. Adding some dorm mixups, her time there isn’t off to a good start! This does give us some laugh out loud moments and I connected with her from the start.
Owen is the popular rugby player and let’s just say Violet notices him from the start. The only problem is that Owen and Lily just broke up. I thought Owen was a very genuine character. Even though he was really caught up with Lily at times, I thought it was understandable as we learn more about him. I am also very happy that the author didn’t turn this into a love triangle. I liked seeing that even with the crushing going on, there was a friendship and Violet was welcomed from the start.
Lily is a special character in my eyes. She doesn’t have the greatest life at home and is struggling with who she is and what she wants. Her journey was my favorite. I loved seeing her find herself and stand up for who she is. That’s definitely not easy at high school, especially when you live with your classmates all the time.
I didn’t agree with Violet pretending to be Sebastian, but I can understand her reasoning in a way. She should’ve never lied like that, but I think Lily needed someone in her corner. That definitely doesn’t make it right, but in some ways it did work out. I do wish Sebastian would’ve come into the story a bit sooner though, because that aspect of the story did take a bit to develop in my opinion.
All in all, this is a cute contemporary and a great start to this series. It’s filled with fun friendships, some laugh out loud moments, cute romance, girl power and I can’t forget the fun references to things that I love like The Vampire Diaries and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I will definitely be waiting for the next book in this series and for what this author does next!