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

Reviewed by leahrosereads on

4 of 5 stars

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I went into this pretty blind as I don't know much about Arthurian legends, so I can't speak to how true this is to those, but I really liked it.

I liked Guinevere as a character. I thought she was decently fleshed out, and I loved her friendship dynamics with Brangien. Those were some of my favorite parts. I also really liked her with Arthur, but I didn't feel like we got enough there.

I took a star off because this had the inklings of one of my least favorite tropes in YA, but it gets resolved by the end (hopefully!), so I guess I can forgive it a bit.

There's a lot to be answered still, lots of open threads, and I'll definitely be picking up the next book in this series to see if I'm right regarding some theories I have.

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