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After the end of The Guinevere Deception, where the fairy Dark Queen is brought back to corporeal form, Guinevere and Arthur are working hard to make sure that Camelot is safe from her and from her grandson — and Arthur’s nephew — Mordred. Despite some alarmingly fast growth of forest in some areas around the kingdom, things seem to be fairly stable. Guinevere is doing a good job as queen and she and Arthur are close. But she still feels empty and unsure because she doesn’t know who she truly is: Merlin took away so many memories and gave her some false ones, and she doesn’t have a true sense of self. She also is unhappy about her inability to control and use her magic at times; in protection of herself and those she’s closest to, a few times she ends up inadvertently killing. Even having to do so for the right reasons, it bothers her greatly.
One of her other big concerns? The arrival of Guinevere’s younger sister, Guinevach. Guinevere herself is an imposter, and she doesn’t know Guinevach. So why does Guinevach recognize her? And why is she visiting Camelot? With the threat of the Dark Queen looming, everything is unnerving, and it’s impossible to trust anyone but those who are closest to her, including her maid, Brangien, and her knight and friend, Lancelot.
I enjoyed this continuing adventure with Queen Guinevere and her associates. My only quibble is that it didn’t seem to be going anywhere in particular; it just felt like they were doing things and then doing other things and Guinevere was questioning herself and trying to learn more about herself. By the end, it mostly came together, though. I’ll look forward to the next (and, I assume, last) book in the series.
Rated: Mild. There may be one or two instances of mild language and several uses of a moderate word that is used to speak about an illegitimate person. There is some mild talk in a few spots about wedding-night activities and females joking mildly about male body parts. Violence happens occasionally, and the main character kills some people inadvertently using magic she doesn’t control well and in protecting other people and herself.
*I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
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