Guinevere is on the way to her wedding. She’s never met her groom to be, but knows he is 18 years old, 2 years older than her; and ruler of the knights that guide and protect her on her journey to marriage. This man is none other than King Arthur of Camelot – the boy who became king after pulling the famous sword Excalibur from the stone when none other could.

Guinevere isn’t who she says she is – she is actually Merlin’s daughter, sent to protect King Arthur from a hidden foe. The wedding is grand and she learns much about her new husband, but is constantly wary of all those about him. She makes new friends but is always careful to keep her magic to herself, casting it where she can to protect the king.

The more she gets to know Arthur, the closer she feels to him, but there is another who is close to her husband. He seems to really see her, much more than the busy king. Just when Guinevere believes she has worked out where the threat to Arthur is to come from, she realises her mistake.

Hers is not the only deception in Camelot, with one after another revealing itself, each more dangerous than the next. Her magic isn’t the only one present. Something deep and dark and malevolent is watching her, waiting for its moment. Who can she trust? Which way will she turn? To Camelot and all it stands for, or to her own roots of magic, freedom and truth?

This retelling of this classic includes a female Lancelot, good and evil magic, nature against man and layers of deceptions and lies. We get to know Guinevere (who is not Guinevere), the Queen (who is not really the Queen), well.

Guinevere has been thrown into something much bigger than she can control and her struggles dealing with it all make her a likeable character, even if as she learns herself; gullible to other’s plans for her.

This series is to be a trilogy and I’m sure she will become stronger and more assertive as she learns and develops her own power and future.

Author – Kiersten White

Age – 12+

(Fantasy, Magic, Dragons, Knights, Camelot, Honour, Loyalty, Love, Romance, Maids, Tournament, Fight, Nature, Witch, Merlin, Forest, Castle, Wedding, Classic)