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sariahsharp 's review for:
Grave Goods
by Ariana Franklin
This was a great little mystery/historical fiction. The writing was fun and the characters were all likeable. I didn't know this was part of a series (although I had to wonder as they kept referring to things that seemed way to complicated for just a "oh this happened to this character once"), but it stood on it's own quite well. Adelia is comissioned by Henry II to investigate some found skeletons that are believed to be those of Arthur and Guinevere. Throw in some murders, feudal laws, Plantagenet progression, a Welsh bard, some innocent and some not-so-innocent men of the cloth... it was great. I thought some of the language was far too modern, but in reading the author's note at the end I understand why she wrote this way and I can forgive her of it. It actually added to the charm, honestly. And while many of the events in the novel (such as the huge earthquake, finding Excalibur, and the supposed Arthur and Guinevere skeletons) are real events, I liked that the author freely admits to changing around some of the timing issues to better fit her novel. It seems like it should all be fiction, but so much of it is not. That's what makes good historical fiction. I think I need to find the first two books of this series and then continue on.