Knights, monks, damsels, and not damsels in distress, but a damsel in charge all form the basis of a fast-paced story in The Princess Knight. Aiken has added gems of humor throughout the story if the first part is any indication. As a war monk, Gemma is saucy and in control of her own life. Readers quickly learn she is returning from a battle where she and her platoon “cut down an entire band of thieves that had been attaching undefended villages.” Gemma not only is the leader, but she brought all her knights home alive. What will come next ?