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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Classic's Quick Questions interview.)

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The Wicked Day (Arthurian Saga #4)

January 3, 2017 by Classic 2 Comments

Holy moly this was bad. I lost any sense of interest in this book about 1/3 of the way through. I think that Stewart did the best she could. She wanted to keep the legend of Arthur and his Round Table on point as much as possible. However, the characterizations in this whole book were off for me. Arthur pretty much is not that smart. Mordred is just misunderstood. And Guinevere is not bright at all, and is only wanted by every man it seems […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Arthurian Saga #4, historical fiction, Marty Stewart, The Wicked Day

Classic's CBR9 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Arthurian Saga #4, historical fiction, Marty Stewart, The Wicked Day ·
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The Last Enchantment (Arthurian Saga #3)

January 3, 2017 by Classic Leave a Comment

I tried very hard to get into this book. It was so hard. I think that it ended up ending in a weird place and after going forward and reading “The Wicked Day” I really wish that Stewart had ended this book better to just stay away from continuing the Arthurian saga. There is really not much to say that I haven’t said in the other books. I like Merlin as a narrator, but everyone else is given very little development. The book starts to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Arthurian Saga #3, historical fiction, Mary Stewart, The Last Enchantment

Classic's CBR9 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Arthurian Saga #3, historical fiction, Mary Stewart, The Last Enchantment ·
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