Review: High-quality case with just a few compromises
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
This is a good case for looking professional.  It's slim, practical, and classy.  It fits the 8.9" HDX perfectly and securely, and it gives you unfettered access to all the buttons and ports.  It looks and feels like leather, though it doesn't say anywhere that it's leather, so it's probably not.  But if it's not, it's a very good imitation.  It resists scuffs and scratches very well, it is stitched like leather, and I could swear it smells faintly of leather.  In any case, it is top-flight construction and materials.My only complaints would be that it doesn't have a clip for a stylus (sacrificed in the interest of size, I know), I wish the ends were just a tiny bit longer to offer more protection to my Kindle (ditto), and it's more difficult to open with one hand than a previous case I had.  I kind of wish this one had a magnetic clasp instead of the case having a built-in place on the closing cover to snap over the Kindle.  The little snap-over things also kind of poke out, and that prevents the Kindle from lying flat if you ever need it to (if you have the case opened and folded back under the Kindle).  And I miss having the auto-sleep function when closing the cover (my old cover had this feature).Still, this is a good-looking, well-made case.  If the few small complaints I have don't bother you, you'll probably love this case.