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kobvindex_ZLB34535833
ISBN:
9780525581734
Series Statement:
Camelot Rising Trilogy
Content:
" The second book in a new fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, exploring the nature of self, the inevitable cost of progress, and, of course, magic and romance and betrayal so epic Queen Guinevere remains the most famous queen who never lived. EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE IN CAMELOT: King Arthur is expanding his kingdom's influence with Queen Guinevere at his side. Yet every night, dreams of darkness and unknowable power plague her. Guinevere might have accepted her role, but she still cannot find a place for herself in all of it. The closer she gets to the people around her Brangien, pining for her lost love Isolde,Lancelot, fighting to prove her worth as Queen's knight,and Arthur, everything to everyone and thus never quite enough for Guinevere the more she realizes how empty she is. She has no sense of who she truly was before she was Guinevere. The more she tries to claim herself as queen, the more she wonders if Mordred was right: she doesn't belong. She never will. When a rescue goes awry and results in the death of something precious, a devastated Guinevere returns to Camelot to find the greatest threat yet has arrived. Not in the form of the Dark Queen or an invading army, but in the form of the real Guinevere's younger sister. Is her deception at an end? And who is she really deceiving Camelot, or herself?"
Content:
Biographisches: "KIERSTEN WHITE is the New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken, Now I Rise, the Paranormalcy trilogy, the dark thrillers Mind Games and Perfect Lies, The Chaos of Stars, Illusions of Fate, and In the Shadows with Jim Di Bartolo. Her books have won several awards, including the Utah Book Award, the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award, and the Whitney Award, and have been named an ALA-YALSA Teen Top Ten Best Book, a Florida Teens Read Selection, and a Texas Lone Star Reading List Selection, among other accolades. She lives with her family near the ocean in San Diego, which, in spite of its perfection, spurs her to dream of faraway places and even further away times. kierstenwhite.com @kierstenwhite on Twitter" Rezension(2): " School Library Journal :Another dazzling fantasy tale by White, filled with exhilarating adventures, intrigue, and strong female characters ,a powerful addition to any teen literary collection." Rezension(3): " Hypable :Spellbinding,... Unique and refreshing" Rezension(4): " Booklist :A fresh take on Camelot . this should be another hit." Rezension(5): " Kirkus Reviews :An acclaimed master of the female-centric retelling turns her hand to Arthuriana More diverse than many Camelot representations, this is a retelling designed for a modern audience more interested in people than battles and more intrigued by identity and affection than honor and questing. A promising series opener." Rezension(6): " Publishers Weekly :With immersive prose, White captures the spirit of Arthurian legend while adding diversity and a bit of powerful feminist flair in this appealing series opener Leaves much to be explored in future installments." Rezension(7): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: September 15, 2020 More female-centric meandering through Arthuriana. The sequel to 2019's The Guinevere Deception continues to retell in close third-person the story of Guinevere, a magical blank slate with almost no memories of her past and little understanding of herself other than an unshakeable conviction in Arthur, as she tries to fight like a queen rather than a witch. The plot holds few surprises, being more a study of Guinevere's internal landscape peppered with bursts of action slowed by Guinevere's constant self-doubt. Cipher Guinevere wants to understand herself, but her lack of memory means she has little depth to draw from,she has limited identity beyond the questions she ponders and asks of her world. Happily, those questions revolve around power and nature as well as recurring themes of who and how to be, providing rich intellectual fodder for readers who want a think-y book with few conclusions (although the ending implies they are coming in Volume 3). In this version of Arthur's legend, magic is chaos and female while Camelot is order and male,the exception to this dichotomy is Merlin, who is never seen directly but whose hand and lack of care drive Arthur's story and give Guinevere a model of power against which to fight. Guinevere is White,secondary characters are diverse, from those with implied Asian and African parentage to a female Lancelot and a lesbian Isolde, although only Lancelot's identity is interrogated within the context of Guinevere's questions. Thoughtful and introspective. (Fantasy. 12-18) COPYRIGHT(2020) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. "
Language:
English
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Author information:
White, Kiersten
