And after the cliffhanger of the first book, I was expecting something more action packed, giving more answers about the identity of Guinevere so I was truly excited to dive into this adventure. I knew deep in my guts the second installment of the series will be so much better just like I knew I shouldn’t drive to another state for six hours for finding a theater to watch “ Tenet” or I shouldn’t try flying kick move I watched at Cobra Kai.Īnyways lessons are already learned. Is her deception at an end? And who is she really deceiving–Camelot, or herself? Not in the form of the Dark Queen or an invading army, but in the form of the real Guinevere’s younger sister. 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. The more she tries to claim herself as queen, the more she wonders if Mordred was right: she doesn’t belong. She has no sense of who she truly was before she was Guinevere. The closer she gets to 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. Guinevere might have accepted her role, but she still cannot find a place for herself in all of it.

Yet every night, dreams of darkness and unknowable power plague her.

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.ĮVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE IN CAMELOT: King Arthur is expanding his kingdom’s influence with Queen Guinevere at his side.

The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten White