Wednesday, February 5, 2020
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
THE
GUINEVERE DECEPTION by Kiersten White is a young adult novel about the characters
in the Arthurian legends. The beginning of the story was intriguing and I hoped
to find out how the deception came to be.
That kept me reading, despite a pretty slow middle and too much emphasis
on tying knots as a means of magic. The
end did get a bit more exciting and effort was clearly evident in including
diverse characters and in creating strong, brave female ones, but this title
did not “sing” for me. I would instead recommend
Graceling by Kristin Cashore or The Crystal Cave (and others) by Mary
Stewart. In fairness, I should note that the public library placed THE GUINEVERE DECEPTION in the
Junior High collection and Booklist
recommends it for grades 7 to 10 so perhaps middle schoolers would be more enamored
of this start to the Camelot Rising series, by a prolific and popular author.
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