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A review by totaldweeb
The Sword & the Sophomore by B.P. Sweany
2.0
The Sword and the Sophomore by B.P. Sweany is a YA- Arthurian retelling that follows Rosemary, THE popular girl at school, as she deals with a high school break-up, trying not to show up the boys sports teams with her unmatched strength and speed, and discovering she is THE prophesied child of Guinevere, bearer of Excalibur.
Pros:
- interesting take on Arthurian legend
- Audiobook was very well narrated, lovely to see a narrator commit to accents
Cons:
-Constant use of cringe slang that does nothing for the character or plot. (I swear I never wanna hear "gigglemug" ever again)
- MC is a 16 year old, tattooed, not-like-other-girls pick-me. I really struggled to care while listening cause I just found the MC insufferable.
- Key plot point of prophecy is the possible SA of MC. (I'm all for about talking about SA in a YA when not gratifying and is handled well, but making the be all and end all of a prophecy and the characters discussing it as such is just icky.)
- Characters are not fleshed out and seem to only provide a voice to tell MC where to go. I was so interested in hearing about Guinevere and Lancelot but they felt so flat.
I really wanted to enjoy this audiobook, as it ticks all the right boxes for what I normally love, but it just wasn't it I'm afraid.
Thank you Netgalley for providing my ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Pros:
- interesting take on Arthurian legend
- Audiobook was very well narrated, lovely to see a narrator commit to accents
Cons:
-Constant use of cringe slang that does nothing for the character or plot. (I swear I never wanna hear "gigglemug" ever again)
- MC is a 16 year old, tattooed, not-like-other-girls pick-me. I really struggled to care while listening cause I just found the MC insufferable.
- Key plot point of prophecy is the possible SA of MC. (I'm all for about talking about SA in a YA when not gratifying and is handled well, but making the be all and end all of a prophecy and the characters discussing it as such is just icky.)
- Characters are not fleshed out and seem to only provide a voice to tell MC where to go. I was so interested in hearing about Guinevere and Lancelot but they felt so flat.
I really wanted to enjoy this audiobook, as it ticks all the right boxes for what I normally love, but it just wasn't it I'm afraid.
Thank you Netgalley for providing my ARC in exchange for my honest review.