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Once & Future
by Cory McCarthy, A.R. Capetta
I loved this book. To me, this was such a perfect YA story. Honestly, there's so much to unpack.
I'm always a bit wary of YA because sometimes they feel so young. I was not disappointed in this story. While everyone was a teen, on the cusp, or just past being teen, everything was very raw and real. It did not sugarcoat the real issues we all go through at a young adult age. Sex, love, loss, etc. All are handled in a very real way that had me really feeling for all of these characters.
I enjoyed all the characters a great deal and cared what happened to each of them individually.
I am not an expert on Arthurian lore, so I can't comment on how loosely things may have been handled for this retelling, but I do have some knowledge and loved how that was handled.
The representation hit so many facets of the spectrum and handled each beautifully in my opinion.
My only issue I had was that the time jumps left me feeling a little pulled out of the moment. They happened much more often near the end of the story and it was just a little jarring.
I'm always a bit wary of YA because sometimes they feel so young. I was not disappointed in this story. While everyone was a teen, on the cusp, or just past being teen, everything was very raw and real. It did not sugarcoat the real issues we all go through at a young adult age. Sex, love, loss, etc. All are handled in a very real way that had me really feeling for all of these characters.
I enjoyed all the characters a great deal and cared what happened to each of them individually.
I am not an expert on Arthurian lore, so I can't comment on how loosely things may have been handled for this retelling, but I do have some knowledge and loved how that was handled.
The representation hit so many facets of the spectrum and handled each beautifully in my opinion.
My only issue I had was that the time jumps left me feeling a little pulled out of the moment. They happened much more often near the end of the story and it was just a little jarring.