Author: Kiersten White
Series: Camelot Rising #3
Genre: Fantasy/YA/Retelling
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: December 7th, 2021
Edition: Kindle Edition, 368 pages
Source: NetGalley
Synopsis:
While journeying north toward the Dark Queen, Guinevere falls into the hands of her enemies. Behind her are Lancelot, trapped on the other side of the magical barrier they created to protect Camelot, and Arthur, who has been led away from his kingdom, chasing after false promises. But the greatest danger isn’t what lies ahead of Guinevere—it’s what’s been buried inside her.
Vowing to unravel the truth of her past with or without Merlin’s help, Guinevere joins forces with the sorceress Morgana and her son, Mordred—and faces the confusing, forbidden feelings she still harbors for him. When Guinevere makes an agonizing discovery about who she is and how she came to be, she finds herself with an impossible choice: fix a terrible crime, or help prevent war.
Guinevere is determined to set things right, whatever the cost. To defeat a rising evil. To remake a kingdom. To undo the mistakes of the past...even if it means destroying herself.
Guinevere has been a changeling, a witch, a queen—but what does it mean to be just a girl?
*****
This trilogy was a bit of a whirlwind for me. I really liked the first book, and I honestly don't remember many of the large events of the second book. So I kind of went into this book with only vague memories of book 2, I blame 2020 for that. But I was looking forward to completing this trilogy. I like retellings, and Arthurian Legend is easy to retell and make something new.
This book started very slow for me, it wasn't until nearly the halfway point that I started to really get invested in what was going on, then things ground to a halt. About halfway through things really slowed things back down for me. I almost stopped. But then things thankfully picked back up again, though it still felt like two books. The latter half of this book... I don't know there were aspects that I really liked and aspects that felt a little heavy-handed, for lack of a better word.
Something I noticed in this book, that I didn't notice in the previous books is that they don't use contractions when they talk. I assume it's the author's way to make them sound not modern but, it just makes the dialog feel stilted and choppy.
This series is the first books I've read by this author, and I'd be interested in reading other works by her.
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