The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly

The Life and Medieval Times of Kit Sweetly is a cute book about a girl wanting to be a knight at a Medieval Times-esque restaurant and being told that only cis-male people can become knights. The book has a good message at heart, and is rather entertaining at parts.

HOWEVER – I was blown away at the descriptions of smoking in this book. It's projected as something cool to do around other people, and done socially. At one point, I think the main character even mentions craving a cigarette. Am I insane in thinking this is AWFUL? This book isn't years and years old. It came out LAST YEAR in 2020. We should not be hyping cigarette smoking up anymore, I don't care if it's in a fictional book. Honestly, the smoking sections of the book are not necessary plot-wise, and frequently tugged me right out of the fantasy of the book.

So, yeah, mostly-cute book about gender representation and feminism that was partially ruined for me by depictions of smoking.