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November 2019 First Book in a Series BOTM - The Guinevere Deception, by Kiersten White
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For the first two chapters I wondered if I’d be able to get into this but by chapter four I’m starting to enjoy it and want to read more. (view spoiler).
Hopefully I can get to this next week!
I am 113 pages into this book and I am really interested so far it is different than any other kind of Arthurian Legend type books that I have read and I am really enjoying it. I am really liking the characters especially Guinevere,Arthur and Mordred they are interesting and well written characters. I like this version of Guinevere she is not really Guinevere at all she is a changeling that was sent by Merlin to protect Arthur. I find her to be very interesting she is very different if you pay enough attention you can tell she does not know things most humans would know and has a fear of water that is so strong that she has to be carried across it. I really like Arthur he is a good king who wants the best for his people and would even do things and pretend to hate someone for the good of his people. He is also a genuinely good person who is easy to root for. I like Mordred because he is different from many of the other characters you can really tell there is something different about him. I am really liking the plot so far with Guinevere going to marry Arthur in a role that is not her own to protect him. So overall I am really enjoying this book.
I am 212 pages into this book it is interesting so far I really like how different it is to other Arthurian fiction. I still love the characters they are well written. Guinevere is still interesting in her determination to protect Arthur no matter the cost and she is very endearing in the way she knows very little about humans it is really starting to show. I like the other characters as well they are all well written I also like the twist on certain old medieval tales they make for a very interesting change. I am really liking the plot as we unravel certain things that were unknown before it makes for a very interesting story. So overall I am really enjoying this book.
I am 312 pages into this book and I am down to the last bits of it and I really love the story so far. I am really loving the characters especially Guinevere,Lancelot and Mordred. I really love just how strong yet not strong Guinevere she is not that typical strong female character she has other strengths and is so well written. I really like Lancelot(view spoiler)this character is strong in so many ways I find them to be a much better character than Arthur. I really like Mordred since he seems to like Guinevere for herself and no other reason I find him very interesting to read about. I am really loving the plot even at points if it seems Guinevere has lost her purpose though she does find it again. I really how the story is progressing it is so well written. So overall I am really loving this book not much to go.
1 have finished this book and I loved it from start to finish it was so very well written there was never a dull moment. I really like just how much thought was put in all of the Arthurian characters they are different than the myths but are also very recognizable in the form they were in. I really loved how Guinevere and Lancelot were written and I liked that the forbidden romance went to another character rather than Lancelot that would seem cliche I am glad it was different. I really loved the plot it was so very well structured and moved in both expected and unexpected ways. I really loved this book I am looking forward to the sequel.
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There was nothing in the world as magical and terrifying as a girl.
Princess Guinevere has come to Camelot to wed a stranger: the charismatic King Arthur. With magic clawing at the kingdom's borders, the great wizard Merlin conjured a solution--send in Guinevere to be Arthur's wife . . . and his protector from those who want to see the young king's idyllic city fail. The catch? Guinevere's real name--and her true identity--is a secret. She is a changeling, a girl who has given up everything to protect Camelot.
To keep Arthur safe, Guinevere must navigate a court in which the old--including Arthur's own family--demand things continue as they have been, and the new--those drawn by the dream of Camelot--fight for a better way to live. And always, in the green hearts of forests and the black depths of lakes, magic lies in wait to reclaim the land. Arthur's knights believe they are strong enough to face any threat, but Guinevere knows it will take more than swords to keep Camelot free.
Deadly jousts, duplicitous knights, and forbidden romances are nothing compared to the greatest threat of all: the girl with the long black hair, riding on horseback through the dark woods toward Arthur. Because when your whole existence is a lie, how can you trust even yourself?
*THE FIRST BOOK IN THE CAMELOT RISING TRILOGY*