My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Summary from GoodReads
From New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White comes a new fantasy series reimagining the Arthurian legend, set in the magical world of Camelot.
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?
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Reading this book felt a lot like taking a dive into the old and known movies about the Arthurian legend. I knew that this was different from the start as our story began with a wedding escort, where Guinevere (who isn't actually Guinevere) travels to Camelot.
What I want to point is that the story is slow; Kiersten gives quite the page into world-building and by the end of the book I felt like I was living in Camelot. There are the known characters of the myth here but the roles are a little different, yet not without the suspicion that someone is trying to destroy Arthur and his dreams of a better world.
By the end of the book where true action took place, I had my suspicions about Guinevere's true identity, but I don't know how that will help in the next book. On the other hand, I wouldn't count this as a love triangle; Arthur seems to be more in love with his dream rather than Guinevere and she may look timid but she hides great power.
Overall, this was a good book in this series, and I hope to see the next one with more action.
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