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A review by a_strix_named_strix
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
1.0
I have never read a more boring book. Honestly.
Guinevere was very melancholic. Okay. She also had no real inner life beyond endless cycles of "Arthur... not real queen... not Guinevere (despite the narration calling her Guinevere???)... evil stuff...".
Everyone here (besides maybe Mordred) were boring. You have her friends, Hot Not-Husband, and Evil Lady So Boring She Is Literally Just A Looming Threat.
There are THREE (3) times I can remember where any threats actually encroached on Camelot/Arthur, the rest of the time not-Guin angsted a lot with her friends. Great for her, not so great for me. I ended up skimming the last third (two thirds? Can't remember) just to get it over with.
See, this book is really a 330 page prologue to book 2. We see all the important players and why they're there, but it's pretty much filler otherwise. A good ending sequence doesn't justify 300 pages of prologue and meander.
Guinevere was very melancholic. Okay. She also had no real inner life beyond endless cycles of "Arthur... not real queen... not Guinevere (despite the narration calling her Guinevere???)... evil stuff...".
Everyone here (besides maybe Mordred) were boring. You have her friends, Hot Not-Husband, and Evil Lady So Boring She Is Literally Just A Looming Threat.
Spoiler
Magic is forbidden. Does Arthur have any conflict about having basically a magic bodyguard wife who he knows is impersonating a dead girl? Who knows! Why does Guinevere call herself Guinevere in her narration if she seems a bit uncomfortable with the whole thing, or at least views herself as NOT Guinevere?There are THREE (3) times I can remember where any threats actually encroached on Camelot/Arthur, the rest of the time not-Guin angsted a lot with her friends. Great for her, not so great for me. I ended up skimming the last third (two thirds? Can't remember) just to get it over with.
See, this book is really a 330 page prologue to book 2. We see all the important players and why they're there, but it's pretty much filler otherwise. A good ending sequence doesn't justify 300 pages of prologue and meander.