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The Excalibur Curse by Kiersten White

6 reviews

nimeneth's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I wound up liking the way this wrapped up the series, even if there were a few points I wish to read more about, specifically the Guinevere and Lancelot aspect. It does lead the mind to some of the older Arthur legends about that relationship, but there's just so much room to play around with it since they're just kids in the series.

I appreciate that Guinevere got her happy ending and all was forgiven with Lancelot as well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and War

typedtruths's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Animal death, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Self harm, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Classism

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Death, War, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm

starccato's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

beforeviolets's review

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Delacorte Press for providing me an eARC in exchange for an honest review!

What an epic conclusion to a magical and adventurous story! So many twists and turns and reveals tied in among nuanced discussion of right and wrong and good and evil. Every single character in this world is written so well and has such a complex history and personality and moral code. They're fully realized beings and are truly what drives the emotional connection between the audience and the story. Kiersten White, more than anything else, knows how to write a good character.

And I felt like this book left me with so many fantastic messages about strength and growth and love. I'm always a huge fan of the trope that the strongest weapon that can be wielded is the complexity of humanity.

However, I'm going to need a novella RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. NOW.

i can not believe i read three whole books waiting for Guinevere and Lancelot to get together just for it to have an open ending like that. i need to see them fall in love and STAT. the author spent so many scenes in this book leading up to a relationship between the two of them (or at LEAST a conversation about their feelings for each other) that I was WILDLY disappointed to not see it come to fruition.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcohol and Animal death

Minor: Vomit

heytherekaity's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

I have the answers and OH MY GOD they are

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Self harm, and Blood

Minor: Animal death and Domestic abuse