I’m open to reading more books by White in the future, but ultimately this series just turned out to not be my cup of tea.The gripping conclusion to the acclaimed Arthurian fantasy trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White finds Guinevere questioning everything-friends and enemies, good and evil, and, most of all, herself. This mostly just made me really want to reread The Conqueror’s Saga. If you’re in love with this series, it could go either way. If you’re not in love with this series, I suspect this won’t redeem it for you. Overall, I would recommend this for people who liked the first two books in the series. To actually be the beacon of independence and female empowerment she supposedly is instead of the weak paper cut out she is in this book. I love Mordred, but honestly I would have been happier if Guinevere had given the finger to all the love interests and ran away to a cabin in the woods by herself. Who does Guinevere love? I know who I love. Something else that was a bit of a mess was the love triangle that was established in the first two books, but is was suddenly a love square. And the reveal of Guinevere’s past crippled basically all forward momentum that it had built up in the beginning. However, if I am going to be honest, the ending was a disservice to a vast majority of the characters. I can’t speak too much on the ending, because I don’t like spoilers, but let us just say that his ending was a disservice to him. About half way through this book, I was actually happy because I was hoping deep down in my heart that he was finally going to get a good redemption arc and everything he’s ever deserved. I’m just going to be upfront about this: I was here for Mordred. However, the ending really let me down as well as some of the actions of the characters. For me, it was still a messy book, but it was leagues better than the middle book slump. I didn’t hate it, but I definitely didn’t love it. I was sure that I was going to end up absolutely hating this book, but ultimately I didn’t. I kept my expectations pretty low going into this because I was let down so much by The Camelot Betrayal. She is determined to set things right, but what will be the cost? Her kingdom, her king, her love, or herself? However, when Guinevere makes an agonizing discovery about who she really is and how she came to be, she finds herself up against two impossible choices. To do this she has to join forces with Morgana and Mordred, but still try to keep herself out of the hands of the Dark Queen herself.

Guinevere has vowed to unravel the truth of her past with or without Merlin’s help. Lancelot is still trapped on the other side of the magical barrier and Arthur is away from his kingdom chasing false promises. Guinevere falls into the hands of the Dark Queen on her journey north. “It is my continual prayer that none of us get what we deserve in this life.”

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