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The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten White

5 reviews

martin27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

In some ways a lot stronger than the first book and in some ways weaker, this was a good second book that keeps what I liked about the characters and builds upon it. I especially love Lancelot’s character. Sir Gawain isn’t a major character but I love this version of him (I am slightly biased though; he’s been my favorite member of the Round Table for a while). The plot line with Guinevere’s sister was probably the weakest point of the book, and while the ending cliffhanger isn’t a huge surprise it wasn’t my favorite. As much as I love Guinevere, I hate how she consistently undermines Lancelot. The backstory elements are extremely interesting and are presented as little mini-stories with titles, which I thought was very fun.

I’m hoping that the third book provides a satisfying conclusion for all of the different relationships Guinevere has. The interactions between the characters is definitely the highlight of the series.

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not_another_ana's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

How could she be a person when so much of who she was... was not? Not spoken. Not remembered. Not true.

Everything seems to have settled in Camelot after Mordred's betrayal and the Dark Queen rising once more. Guinevere is still conflicted about her place in court and in life in general, since it seems that existence might be a lie, a trick of magic. Things get even worse when the real Guinevere's little sister shows up, putting everything in danger.

This was ass. First one was okayish for me, but when I realized that this was a trilogy I immediately was concerned for book 2 and that's because the author has no idea what pacing is nor does she seem to have an editor who cares about it. This was all over the place, jumping from plot point to plot point with no end goal in sight but, worse of all, it was so fucking boring. Nothing happens in this book. The mysterious big bad Dark Queen? Mentioned maybe once in passing. Mordred's betrayal? Not really discussed that much. Merlin's disappearance and the Lady of the Lake's tie to Guinevere? Nope! And the big confrontation with actual Guinevere's sister who might be the undoing of her deception? MEANINGLESS. Instead they avoid that by leaving on a random side quest unrelated to the main plot that takes ages.

And the romance? At this point I don't care who ends up together because the author does the most to either keep Guinevere away from love interests (Arthur and Mordred) or for her to be completely oblivious to their affections (Lancelot). Is this even going to be queer in some way or did Kiersten White gender swap Lancelot for a laugh and representation points? Arthur comes across as dismissive, untrustworthy and even a tyrant. His reasons for denying Guinevere intimacy and communication had me rolling my eyes, plus he never gets any chance to grow or endear himself to the reader because the plot keeps sending him away. Lancelot is pathetically pining for a woman who has her head in the clouds and shows her no care

except for that moment at the end when Guinevere randomly says I love you??? Which came out of nowhere and made zero sense, what are you even talking about???

. Her personality is also missing as she exists only to be around Guinevere. Mordred, the only sane man in this, is the only one able to mantain some sort of romantic tension with the main character despite interacting less with her than the two others combined and yet the plot keeps trying to tell us he's not a viable love interest. I'm so confused.

And can we talk about the plot.

How are you going to build this whole book around the sister showing up and potentially blowing up the status quo only to barely feature her until the end and have it mean nothing. At no point did I believe that she was working with the Dark Queen nor that any of her actions mattered. That could have been very interesting to read about but no, let's go on a wild side quest to rescue this woman we have never met, only for it to go terribly wrong and then THEY DIDN'T EVEN CHANGE ISOLDE'S NAME OR TRIED TO IDK COLOR HER HAIR??? Instead of reading about the Dark Queen's incursions into their territory or plans we had to sit there and ponder Dindrane's wedding or Guinevere's anxious rants. What was the point. We could have skipped this book entirely. Don't get me started on the ending, it's so dumb I won't even be commenting on it.

HOT MESS. Where was the editor, where was the writer, where was the storyline.

I will only be reading the third one cause I made it this far, but there's a high chance of DNFing it. Heed my words, read something else.

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mpbookreviews's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Book 2 here we go!!!! This is exactly what I need after being sick for a week and a bit. I was (and still am) in such a reading slump, but this reread has me pumped for the third and final book in this trilogy. It also has me wanting to read more Arthurian romance retellings but maybe new adult and adult rather than YA.

I forgot how much traveling was in this book, it is by no means the hobbit or lord of the rings level, but it was nice to see more of the world than just Camelot. The final books also looks to be leaning towards traveling around the world as well.
I still very much adore these characters. I love how they are in this book and with each page turn my adoration for them grew. I found them compelling, complex, and morally grey which made for some really interesting scenes. I think if this was written for adults we could really look further into those scenes, but I known that is not the focus of the book.

I am so excited to finally get to the third book of this series.

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heytherekaity's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

First Read:
AMAZING
WONDERFUL
FANTASTIC
I LOVED IT
♥️♥️♥️

Second Read:
READY FOR THE EXCALIBUR CURSE!!!

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