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After Emry Merlin impersonated her twin brother as a wizard’s apprentice at the court of King Uther, now both siblings are there, and Emry can be herself. The king is watching her closely, saying he will send her back home at any time for any infraction — and for spending time with his son, Prince Arthur.
So she’s just working on her skills and avoiding Arthur, though each is longing for the other. But Arthur is engaged to Princess Guinevere, a pairing neither wants, so their parents can ally the kingdoms of Camelot and Cameliard.
At the same time, threats to the kingdom are brewing: rumors are swirling that a neighboring duke is preparing for war. And even as Emry defeated the ambitious sorceress Morgana Le Fay and sent her through a magical doorway to another world, that won’t be the end of Morgana’s scheming. And as a result of the encounter, Emry has new magical powers, but she can’t control them.
So plenty is going on for Emry and Arthur, though they’d rather just be able to be themselves and be together. Normal people. Destiny doesn’t have that in mind, so they are trying to figure out how best to be themselves while leaning in to their destinies.
I had a lot of fun with The Other Merlin, and just as much with The Future King. It’s a YA rom-com that just happens to use Camelot as its backdrop and the Arthurian legend as its inspiration. Don’t expect verisimilitude; expect light repartee, witty banter, and cute romance.
Rated: Moderate. Profanity includes around 10 instances of moderate profanity, five or six uses of mild language, and 30 instances of the name of Deity in vain. Sexual content includes regular talk about sex, with jokes and double entendres, etc.; visits to brothels; there are plenty of instances of various characters having sex, though the content is alluded to or mentions them being found in a state of undress, etc.; there’s kissing and a mostly closed-door sex scene between the main characters. Violence includes some injuries, deaths, and blood.
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