Arthur by Giles KristianMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
‘Artorius!’,‘For Arthur!’,‘For Arthur!’ that's what I has shouting at home after reading this book!
I don't know what to write, this book hurt me, broke my heart and it made me cry but, at the end, I loved each page of it.
In his amazing and beautiful lyrical prose, Kristian created for us a kind of an Arthurian version of "Old Man Logan" and that's all I can say, I don't want to spoil anything about what happens in this story, you need just to know that it's following King Arthur after the ending events of Camelot. Where did he go? What became of him? Was he still alive? Who was he now?...etc. All the answers are in this well crafted story.
I usually hate when there is the past and present sections of a character's story but in this book, I enjoyed following both parts. Also, the author inserted the tragic story of Tristan and Isolde but he used it for the main character as a kind of reflection on his own past mistakes.
All in all, it was just brilliant. I know that the author might not be thinking at all about writing another book in The Arthurian Tales and it saddened me greatly to hear that but I'm still hoping for a Merlin book.(Pretty Please)
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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