Free Knight Errant (Knight Errant, #1) Translated By K.D. Sarge Kindle

m/m scifi romance about ayear old being raised on a spaceship by his sister and her crew.
He's been trying to be who she wants him to be, but is quietly miserable, And then he meets a guy who completely aggravates him, . . After falling in love with sitelinkLouder Than Sirens, Louder Than Bells by K, D. Sarge, I didn't think twice before diving into her scifi story with a family feel it sounded like something right up my alley.
But the actual book was far from this Firefly/Vorkosigan crossover I'd pictured in my head,

For a while I couldn't understand what exactly was bothering me so much about it, and then it's dawned on me: it didn't feel like I was reading a novel, it felt a whole lot like watching anime! The excessiveness, the overall comedic bloodthirstiness, the archetypal characters, each with a few quirks/traits ramped up to eleven, the key scenes and jokes everything felt as if taken straight from some shounen series, only with implied gay sex.
Not to mention mangastyle cover, a teenaged main character who comes across as way more adult no kidding, I thought he was at least, when he isn't actually even sixteen yet at the beginning with a Japanese name and an obligatory troubled childhood.


Unfortunately for me, what felt great and cool inD animation just didn't translate that well into a book form.
I thought it really lacked depth and I struggled to finish this book for almost a month.

Still, this was written before Louder Than Sirens, so as soon as K, D. Sarge writes something not from this universe, I'm gonna grab that book the moment it'll hit eshelves.
This was a fun story high on romance very nonexplicit, action and adventure, a kind of romantic comedy sci fi.
Tough marine Eve Marcori has semi adopted Kintaro he has no family amp Eve was friends with his mother amp rescued him.
She considers him her little brother amp Taro doesn't want to disappoint her, but at heart he doesn't want the life she's planned for him including college.
He's too restless, gets into bar fights, gambles amp is a pickpocket, He's also hiding the fact that he's gay from her, Taro, due to his life experience, appears older than his age, which at the beginning is only a few days away from turning.


Taro is assigned to pick up and look after a new 'baggage,' Rafe, Rafe is another one of Eve's rescue from the sex industryhe's called a joy boy amp her former lover for a brief time.
Rafe turns out to be a playboy, a womanizer amp an incorrigible flirt who Taro finds attractive but annoying amp thinks is totally useless.
He plots amp schemes to get rid of him, The convergence of Kintaro's plot amp Rafe's womanizing ways catching up with him results in them getting kidnapped amp being forced to work together amp for them to see each other differently.
It also causes Taro to evaluate what amp who he wants for his future,

Rafe is not exactly a typical romantic hero, He is in some ways as useless as described, flirts way too much and when he does try to help usually ends up almost getting himself or Kintaro killed.
But he is a very caring person as well, Kintaro is the opposite in terms of competency, He's a trained fighter, a survivor and a gambler who decides to make his biggest bet yet on something he finds himself thinking he cannot afford to lose, Rafe.


The story has a complete but slightly HFN ending, There is a another story from Rafe's point of view, that I will be checking out, That one takes placeyears later,

Recommended for those looking for a nice romantic space adventure, This story was interesting and pulling, The plot was comical and funny on many encounters, Writing style was easy and packed with action, I liked that. Overall, I enjoyed this story, This is a wonderful sciencefiction romance, with humor, tenderness, exciting plot and wonderful characters, The SF element is fairly light, no serious tech interest needed, It took me a little while to get into this book, because

there is very little background exposition.
Everything filters through the MC's POV, so at first there were quite a few characters introduced, and their relationships to the MC were not always clear.
But after the first couple of chapters I was seriously hooked, and whipped through the rest of the book.
I bought the sequel sitelinkHis Faithful Squire as soon as I got back into Internet range.


This series could be read by older YA, The MC is sixteen at the beginning of it, albeit a very old sixteen, having been on his own most of the years betweenand.
Toward the end, the two guys have full on sex, a lot, but it is very, very much off page.
I think a couple of kisses make it into words, As an adult reader, I wish I'd had a little more detail on what happened when, especially the first time, but for YA this would be entirely comfortable.


I love Taro so much he's intelligent, hyper, violent, mouthy, honorable, confused and impulsive, The progression of the story was great fun, and the side characters were interesting in their own right.
Definitely will be a reread, This story was fun and fast paced lots of action and great dialogue, Taro is a young man who has not admitted he's gay to those around him, but falls for one person who no one else thinks he should be with.
These guys have a lot of obstacles to overcome, but they work hard to find a way.
Very sweet and not explicit, but the chemistry is there all the same, I'm definitely reading the next book in the series, FIRST REREADJanuary
Another series I'm rereading so I can finally finish it, I love that I still loved this story, I've returned to some others after a few years and been disappointed, so maybe that's why I waited so long to reread this one.


I still agree with my original reason that I love this story so much because Taro and Rafe and their relationship are a perfectly beautiful embodiment of seeing the best in someone and being willing to do whatever it takes to help them see it too.


I'll even go further and say that stories like this are exactly why I love reading romance.
The wonderfully joyful, hopeful fantasy of people finding their perfect person is delightfully escapist, And this is among the most joyful and hopeful I've come across yet, Beautiful.

Some Favorite Quotes:
College, Thousands of idiots in one place, and me not supposed to hit any of them,

Denying denial would just sound like denial,

"Rafe," I warned, "let go of me, "
"No. You're skittish as hell and too fast to chase, "

then I found out he was attainable and suddenly I couldn't keep my eyes off the pretty.


He wrapped around me, not doing anything but being warm,

But Rafe had lived his own sort of hell, Unlike Donteand Selene, and probably meit didn't show, though, Because he'd turned it around, made horror intowell, honor, Made it part of him, changed and purified it, And then shared it.

"Never bet what you can't stand to lose, "

Then then Rafe happened. Everything I'd never dreamed of, and suddenly what I had was nowhere near enough,

"Oh," he snorted, "yeah, There we go. You can fly, kick the ass of anyone but Cori, live off the land on a poisonous planet, and fix a spaceship.
I can make a room pretty, "

I'd just watch for places Rafe wanted to go, and lead him there,

ORIGINAL REVIEWNovember
After reading Ms, Sarge's sitelinkLouder Than Sirens, Louder Than Bells, I immediately went out and bought all of her other books I could find.
I was so confident I would love this that I've been saving it for a time when I needed it.


Even anticipating loving it, I was still surprised at just how much I ended up totally adoring it.
This, for me, was another of those rare books that I end up trying to read more slowly so that I can spend as much time as possible in the world and with the characters before it ends.


It sounds like hyperbole, but there's not a thing I didn't love about this, The worldbuilding was fantastic. The characters were believable and sympathetic and SO MUCH FUN! There was lots of great action and fun exploring of new planets and exciting fights and even what little bits of the sweet mushy stuff that Taro didn't edit out.


I thought the writing style fit the YA character fantastically well, Taro's incomplete thoughts and ease of being sidetracked absolutely fit him, and made me feel like I knew him better and better each time.


Of course, being me, my favorite part is the relationship between Taro and Rafe, I ADORE the two of them together! I love how they both manage to see and to bring out the best in the other.
Even when nobody else can see it, And how they both kept trying to do things to make the other happy, Beautiful!

But very most beautiful of all is how Taro starts to make Rafe finally believe he's worth something.
Rafe's explanation to Eve of why he was willing to try has to rank up there as one of my favorite quotes I've found recently:

"He had a goddamned royal flush, and he wouldn't risk me.
Hakesh told him he could just walk away, and he fought seven men for me, He thinks I'm worth it, "

What I love about this story, and the one that first introduced me to Ms.
Sarge, are that she's able to distill love down to its simplest form here, it's seeing the best in someone and being willing to do whatever it takes to help them see in themselves what you see, and create characters who so perfectly demonstrate it that you want to stay in that world and in those moments forever.
It's incredible!.stars
Im not sure what I was expecting when I started reading this book, but it delivered more than I expected! A mish mash of characters make up a tenuous family with a female figurehead that can totally kick a.
Taro has a healthy respect for his “sister” and more than a little fear, He hates the guy Rafe who shows up on their ship and seems to have had a bit of a cozy relationship with her, until Rafes charm begins to turn Taros opinion around.
After that happens, all he has to worry about is not letting his sister find out

Excellent world building and vivid characters will make this one stand out.
The romance is present, but theres nothing explicit on page, Loved it and looking forward to a sequel!!
YA space opera gay coming of age tale.
Taro is a young tough teen, who narrates with snark and smarts, Rafe is a bi courtesan who gets into trouble by being all about the good times and knowing little but charm and seduction.
Lots of warrior amazon strong female characters, Adorable, charming, fun.

The world building and secondary character building is pretty minimal and sometimes confusing, but the heart of the story is solid.
Knight Errant is a love story that follows the adventures of Kintaro Hibiki, Kintaro Taro wants to meet the expectations of his adopted sister and go to college, Taro doesn't want the life his sister has mapped out for him, He prefers living life on the edge, While trying to figure out how to stomach the boredom of college Taro meets Rafe, a male pleasure giver.
Taro tries to ignore his attraction to Rafe, After being kidnapped by the husband of one Rafe's clients, they find themselves stuck on a deserted planet.
While trying to survive together planet, Taro gives up trying to fight his attraction and gives in.


Throughout the rest of the book Taro and Rafe end up in some interesting situations.
Though there seems to be a lot of scrapes and dangerous situations each situation builds the bond between the two lovers.
The story is so well written that I easily forgot that the book followed a gay couple.
The gender of the Taro and Rafe took a sideline to the budding romance between the too characters.
Knight Errant was easily one of the best books I've read in a while, It's a must read for any looking for a true romance novel,
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