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Cursed
by Thomas Wheeler
I loved this book.
It started off dark and bloody, and while there were brief moments of light and hope, it ended that way too. Nimue watches her Druid village be slaughtered, and is told by her dying mother that she must take the Sword of Power to Merlin. With or without him, Nimue vows to seek protection (and maybe a little revenge) for the remainder of fey kind. Not an easy feat when the king is ambivalent to their fate and the Red Paladins are set on cleansing the earth of their existence. She does ally herself with Arthur the mercenary, but this isn’t his story, and he’s a fickle, disappearing friend at best. His sister Morgan, however, believes in Nimue from the very beginning, and encourages her to be the champion her people need.
This book is filled with brutal action, double-dealing and betrayal, and a flawed but passionate female lead.
The artwork on the other hand was a complete miss for me. The story was compelling on its own, and the illustrations didn’t add anything to my understanding of the scenes.
It started off dark and bloody, and while there were brief moments of light and hope, it ended that way too. Nimue watches her Druid village be slaughtered, and is told by her dying mother that she must take the Sword of Power to Merlin. With or without him, Nimue vows to seek protection (and maybe a little revenge) for the remainder of fey kind. Not an easy feat when the king is ambivalent to their fate and the Red Paladins are set on cleansing the earth of their existence. She does ally herself with Arthur the mercenary, but this isn’t his story, and he’s a fickle, disappearing friend at best. His sister Morgan, however, believes in Nimue from the very beginning, and encourages her to be the champion her people need.
This book is filled with brutal action, double-dealing and betrayal, and a flawed but passionate female lead.
The artwork on the other hand was a complete miss for me. The story was compelling on its own, and the illustrations didn’t add anything to my understanding of the scenes.