Vaïola Reyes is frustrated. The shipment for the board game she painstakingly designed gets rejected, her best friend suggests she try to be more "likable," and the best football player at her school, Jack Orsino, is the most indifferent student council president she has ever encountered—something that makes her job as vice president even harder.
Vaï's favorite escape from the world is the online role-playing game Twelfth Knight. However, the online world isn't particularly kind to girls like her—girls who are exceptionally capable and don’t hesitate to prove it. So, Vaï chooses to craft the character of the knight Cesario so she can play safely.
But when a football injury brings Jack Orsino into the world of Twelfth Knight, Vaï is startled to discover that their online personas—Cesario and Duke Orsino—are unexpectedly compatible. And as the endless nights of virtual action turn into conversations about life and love, Vaï and Jack realize they have become more than just armored characters in an online game. Only, Vaï is hiding her true identity from Jack, and perhaps Jack feels more for her in real life…
THE PRESS WROTE
With the masterful execution of a slow-burning romance, intricate world-building, delightful banter, and genuinely enjoyable characters, Twelfth Knight literally stole my heart. Witty, hilarious, imaginative, and utterly enchanting, it is the Excalibur of nerdy, feminist young adult comedies.
Crystal Maldonado, author
Full of Shakespearean references and gaming culture, with nods to fantastical worlds and games like Game of Thrones and D&D, the wonderful narrative of Twelfth Knight is the stuff that romantic comedies are made of.
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How enjoyable this book was, how many times I found myself leaping up and squealing. Twelfth Knight is a firework of a novel that takes a beloved classic work of Shakespeare and creates a fresh, captivating story.
Faridah Abike-Iyimide, author
