COSMOKNIGHTS 1 REVIEW

 

I loved this one!

Note: I actually read this back in June, but it was at the very end of June, and I decided to instead include it in my July reads. Either way, it's worth a read!

Cosmoknights by Hannah Templar follows a young woman named Pandora (or Pan as she is usually called) who lives on another planet named Viridian somewhere far off in the future. She is secretly friends with the princess of said planet, named Tara. Tara becomes tired of being raised in isolation and asks Pan to help her escape, which she does, but then the rest of the royal family and the planet get angry at Pan for helping Tara escape. 

So Pan ends up spending most of her time in her father's repair shop years after that incident. Around that the same time, there are these televised competitive games where different knights from different planets across the galaxy fight to compete for the hand of the princesses of certain planets. Two of the knights are frequent winners, and they're actually a lesbian couple named Cass and Bee. Pan first meets them when they swing by after the games and ask for medical help from Pan's mom, who is a doctor, and Cass was pretty beaten up after the most recent game. Pan then secretly escapes with them later on to go to another planet named Caslon for another battle game, and then the three of them go through the struggles of getting to know each other better and then think of plans on how to potentially bring an end these fighting games. One big thing Pan learns is that Cass and Bee actually secretly help the princesses escape after they win the games! She then wonders is her princess friend Tara is still out there and if she ever happened to know Cass and Bee. 

This book was so cool. It reminded me so much of one of my favorite anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena, but in a sci fi outer space setting! So if you want a story of a group of girls who are fighting the patriarchy with a dash of sapphic romance, check out Cosmoknights! I can't wait to read the rest of the series. 

Obviously, with all of my gushing, I gave it 5 stars.

What book this year became an instant favorite for you?