The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

The Guinevere Deception (Camelot Rising Trilogy, #1)

by Kiersten White

"Fascinating. . . . Kiersten White has taken the best parts of the Arthurian legend and made them all her own."--Renée Ahdieh, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn series.

A new fantasy series set in the world of Camelot that bestselling author Christina Lauren calls "brilliant," reimagining the Arthurian legend . . . where nothing is 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...Read more

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This was soooooo cool!
I don't know much about the Arthurian legend except for the Disney movie The Sword in the Stone and Lord Tennyson's poem The Lady of Shalott. The Guinevere Deception really inspired me to learn more about that! I love nothing more than novels that inspire me to learn something new!
Anyways, what made this novel so intriguing?
First of all, as far as I can tell, the novel draws from legend but gives it a twist to create something new. It's difficult to pull off the balance between making it too similar and not similar enough. However, here this was expertly done!
The story is exciting and captivating. I could hardly put this book down and found myself reading deep into the night. We get many surprising twists and there wasn't a boring moment.
I am rooting for all of the characters but especially for Guinevere. She already is one of my all-time favorite characters but even though we know little of her. There is so much more to her story and I am beyond excited to explore that in the next novel.

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