Why Honor: A Quest In Is Worth Yelling About

I spent a lot of time yelling about books on the internet. It's sort of a fact of life at this point. However, I don't yell about every book I come across — obviously, or else I'd never shut up. In fact, out of all the books I read, there's actually a very small percentage that I think are worth the time and energy it takes to shout their merits from the virtual merits. Kendra E. Ardnek's newest book, Honor: A Quest In — releasing in four days! — is one of those.

Why Honor: A Quest In Is Worth Yelling About

1. It starts after "I do." Technically this is also true of My Kingdom for a Quest, if I recall correctly, but Honor has much more of a focus on Robin and Eric . . . even though Eric spends a lot of the book off-screen. Anyway, even if Robin and Eric aren't in the same place much, the fact that their story continues after they're married is pretty unusual. However, as someone who's getting a little tired of reading the same old love stories, I really enjoyed the fact that Honor focused on a part of life that most YA books kind of ignore.
2. Marianne is adorable. Oh, yes. Robin and Eric have a child, a little girl, and she's just the cutest. What's better is that she's actually a proper character instead of a generic child like a lot of authors would write. (I attribute this to the fact that Kendra comes from a large enough family that she actually knows what children that age are like . . . or something.)
3. It's delightfully heartrending without being angsty. By this point, I'm kind of over unnecessary angst, so it's a good thing that Honor doesn't have any. The characters experience their fair share of pain and deal with an abundance of problems, but they deal with their problems in a reasonable, mature way. They get upset, but they don't dwell in that sorrow and frustration. And compared to the last book I read, that's a beautiful relief.
4. It involves one of my favorite Bookania battles yet. That fight happens pretty early on in the series and involves a very angry Robin proving why she's so awesome. You'll know it when you see it. I love all of it.
5. It gives me hope for adventure. Here is the list of people who don't seem to get invited on adventures nowdays: anyone married. Anyone over the age of high school. Anyone with a reasonably stable home life. But Robin and the rest of the Bookania cast fit two of those categories, and they manage to keep having adventures — so maybe there's hope for me as well.

Are you excited for Honor: A Quest In? Please tell me in the comments! And if you haven't ordered Honor yet, go do so now (unless you plan to buy the paperback).
Thanks for reading!
-Sarah (Leilani Sunblade)