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.