Book Review: Squire Hayseed

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Genre: Young Adult, Coming of Age, historical fiction, historical fantasy
Length: 597 pages
Publish Date: May 14, 2019

Synopsis (Goodreads):

Not a hero. Not a chosen one. Hayley is only a survivor.

At fourteen she finds herself with a choice — hang for being caught stealing or become a squire. She knows nothing about the world of knights, chivalry, swords, and horses, but she knows a lot about death. In this coming-of-age tale, Hayley discovers there’s more to not only the Order of Knights, but the world around her and the strength that lurks inside her heart.

Plot (4 Stars): What a fun story! I love that it’s not about a chosen one, a prophecy, or anything like that. It’s just a fourteen year old girl who had a hard life. She’s been given an opportunity, she’s not sure if it’s good or bad, and tentatively takes it.

Characters (3 Stars): The characters were great! They were very believable, they all had strong attitudes – some good and some bad – with lots of personality.

Writing (3 Stars): The writing was very well done as well. I had no problems with it. I continued reading it. I had a bit of trouble with the length of the book. I felt that there was a bit of unneeded information in there. The writing wasn’t bad in any way and it didn’t take away from the book. It was just that the book was so long.

Mom’s Note: Yeap, this young adult story needs a mom’s note, too. In case you’re new to my blog, this is a family site, I even have teens review on my site, so I like to include information if there’s anything that a parent may be concerned about their teen reading. Since this is a young adult novel that is geared to teens, I felt this was definitely needed.
This story has a TON of curse words – pretty much every page – including f**k. There is also sexual content where touching breasts is described and other stuff such as that. It also deals with rape. It’s tastefully done, but it deals with it. Hayley also starts her period for the first time in this book. It’s real, but I know some parents like to know these things.
I recommend a parent read this book before allowing their teen to read it. There are a lot of adult things and words happening in here that should be decided on by the parent for the child. Some are mature enough to read this and some are not.

Overall: I enjoyed this book. Overall, I give it 3 stars.

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I received this book in exchange for an honest review.