Although I did like this prequel more than I expected to, I still wasn’t “hooked.” I was bugged a bit by the use of nei and ja... Sometimes dialectal quirks can work, but for some reason this one didn’t. I was also a bit hesitant to swallow the “there is a boy you’re destined to be with” plot dev...
This is well written with very few grammar issues—“breathe” that should be “breath”, “soothe” that should be “sooth”. It reads easily, flows well and I like the idea of “episodic” books. My complaint about this retelling is personal: Arthur has been my hero since “The Sword In the Stone” and I...
Morning dew wore through my slippers, numbing my toes. Mother had not taken time to put on my leather overshoes when she dragged me from my bed, threw on my clothes, and rushed me to the meadow before dawn so Father would not notice our departure.Though I followed the line of her finger as she po...