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jnishi's review against another edition
4.0
denali_epub's review against another edition
5.0
It's been a long time since a book had my questioning everything. And I do mean everything. Whatever you think you know while you're reading, you're probably wrong. Kiersten White expertly wove in tricks and clues, heroes and villains and the very gray in between's to create a web of a story that caught me unawares and pulled me into a tight cocoon of spider silk. I could not escape this book. While it certainly branches away from the basic Arthurian Literature I've come to know, I loved this new take on Camelot. There was so much life to what I was reading; so many questions that I still yearn for answers to.
As someone utterly obsessed with King Arthur, I loved Kiersten's taken on his youth. She created a boy trapped inside the burdens of a king, awash in secret longing and tugging on my heartstrings. As if I didn't already love him enough already... The newfound portrayals she executed for Guinevere, Lancelot, and Mordred were excellently rendered, leaving me on my toes to figure out who truly belongs in Camelot and what secrets they might be hiding. While I certainly missed Gawain and some of the legendary quests that came along with him, I still loved this story. I loved the fresh face given to an ancient story, how what I already knew became twisted in my hands into something entirely new to examine.
I'm eagerly awaiting the sequel with shaking hands. My heart is still in my throat, my soul longing towards the answers I know Guinevere herself still seeks.
snoopydoo77's review against another edition
2.0
I received a free copy from the publisher via Netgalley and chose to leave a voluntary review. Thank you!*
DNFed at 50%
I was super excited when I received this book from Netgalley, sadly this book was not for me. I normally really like her books and her retellings but this was just fell short for me.
It just didn’t hold my interest at all and I finally DNFed it at around 50%.
For one it just felt like the story or Guinevere, who by the way bot really Guinevere (not a spoiler it states it right in the beginning) ll over the place, we bounce around a lot in the story. It also was a bit on the slow site and it felt like never ending.
I also had a hard time connecting with the characters, Arthur who was not there a lot but mentioned and talked about I liked but again it was hard for me to connect to him if he is hardly there.
Guinevere seemed lost herself and all over the place with no real direction so I had a even harder time to connect to her.
Of course there were another people but most just were meh….. I had some thoughts about what is about to come and will be a plot twist so I asked a friend who read it all how it ends and such. But I was not surprised and basically everything I thought would happen did happen.
Overall, meh book for me. I really wanted to like this book but I just couldn’t get into it this time around. I’m sure there will be plenty of people who will love it.
I rate it 2 ★
maryrayneee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
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yodamom's review against another edition
3.0
Guinevere who isn’t Guinevere is sent to save the King. She must protect him from what ? she doesn’t know, how would she do this saving ? She doesn’t know. She doesn’t know a lot. Merlin her father but not her father sent her to marry King Arthur with instructions to protect him. Guinevere spends a lot of time wandering around making friends, watching for danger, longing for clarification on her duty in Camelot. She must focus on everything because she doesn’t have a clue what she is supposed to do there. Sure protect Arthur, but how ? She must find the danger without anyone knowing she’s magical, except she’s not very good at being sneaky. I felt sorry for her, she was expected to do this great thing with not a clue of what or how.
Arthur, he’s an odd duck. Rarely there, and when he’s around he’s not very interesting. He’s young, overburdened, and distant. He knows why she is there, and yet he rarely talks to her, leaves for days with no notice and just disappears. I really can’t say much about the character I didn’t get to know him to have much feelings except indifference. he just wasn’t there enough.
The last 25% had some awesome twists, finally Guinevere had a direction. She of the characters started to show their true colors. I never saw that twist coming.
The story was good, I enjoyed it but tired of the wandering girl bit. There was so much unsaid about these characters I never really got to know them. I’m not sure if I’ll continue the series.
shes_book_obsessed's review against another edition
4.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I really liked this book even though I haven’t read the original story of Camelot.
alexreadsboooks's review against another edition
- 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
lahroberts111's review against another edition
3.0