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Wow. I loved this first book in this trilogy. White's take on the Arthurian tale is a wonderful re-imagining of the tale. Guinevere in this story is unlike the legend. White has taken advantage of the legend and made this her own. The character's are likable and realistic in the story. I really enjoyed the chemistry of Guinevere, Arthur, and Mordred. I think that it is an interesting triangle of emotional dependence. Reader's will not want to put this down! I cannot wait for #2. A wonderful and imaginative read that is so much fun!
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Thank you so much to NetGalley and Random House for the opportunity to read and review The Guinevere Deception.

Hii bookworms!! I am super hyped to write out this review. I would like to thank the publishers: ⁣
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@penguinrandomhouse / @penguinteen and @authorkierstenwhite for the chance to review an early advanced copy of this book! ⁣
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THE GUINEVERE DECEPTION BY @authorkierstenwhite ⁣
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𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: 4/5 STARS ⁣
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𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦: Arthur, Guinevere, Modred (who honestly tore my heart apart!) and Bragien ⁣
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𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦: The Dark Queen. ⁣
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𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦: I am a huge fan of the King Arthur stories; I loved the Micheal Murpogo version of it, the old folklore version of Excalibur, even Avalon High by Meg Cabot. Anything King Arthur related was an instant love of mine. This story does a phenomenal job of retelling Guinevere’s story from a completely different perspective. It’s not necessarily the conventional retelling, it has all the components of Camelot, the characters, the betrayals, angst, power-struggles but this gives a greater, in-depth adventure of a Guinevere who isn’t quite Guinevere the way we know her.
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The magic system is what really captured me. I don’t want to reveal any spoilers so don’t read after this!⁣
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𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓 🚨:⁣
The knot magic was so cool. The fire and water magic resembled other forms of magic that I’d read before, but I loved how wholly a person was in connection to their magic. It was a wonderful magic system. ⁣
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𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦: There isn’t anything to dislike in terms of plot or characters; the writing it engaging (though the number of exclamation marks was simultaneously endearing and repetitive) and altogether I think it’s going to be a very popular read! ⁣
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𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦: Maybe I am a sucker for love, but Arthur and Guinevere will always be my favourite couple. ⁣
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𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥: readers looking for a completely unique retelling or King Arthur—or more appropriately Queen Guinevere. ⁣
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Thanks to Netgalley and to the publisher for sending me an e-galley of this book!

The Guinevere Deception leads the reader through a labyrinth of well placed twists and turns until they don't know which way is up and who to trust. I felt connected to all the characters, feeling Guinevere's anxiety (or whoever she was), I had begun to adore King Arthur and enjoyed the company of his knights and felt at home walking along the characters on the streets of Camelot.

The writing was addictive. As soon as I thought I knew where the story was going, something had changed or was revealed that kept me turning the page, as many good stories do. Every twist was well placed and never forced, natural and easy but still effective.

Based on how it ended I'll be looking for the eagerly waiting the next book.

This book was received as an ARC from Random House Children's - Delacorte Press in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

I absolutely love King Arthur and the legend it has become and it is refreshing to read a new twist on not only the tales but for the characters and in this case Guinevere. In the legends, Arthur and Merlin tend to be the main focus and all we know about Guinevere is that she is Arthur's lover but we never hear how she came to be and how she got involved with King Arthur in the first place...until now. Kiersten White eliminated the boring parts of the stories and combined the best action parts in this novel making it so exciting to read and I could not stop. Our teen book club will also be excited for this and I can't wait to share it with them.

We will consider adding this title to our YFiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.