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Lancelot And The Wolf (2011)

by Sarah Luddington(Favorite Author)

3.31 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Mirador Publishing

series

The Knights of Camelot

review 1: I have often downloaded fantasy and quite enjoy the genre. Having a great passion for all things Arthurian - especially Launcelot - coupled with the fact this book was free, I decided to download.It's interesting to see the various reviews and their takes on the story. Some enjoyed it, other didn't. No reader will see a story in the same light as someone else, we are all different. I do, however, find it difficult when readers take a knife to something as is the case in some of the reviews here. Especially as some, like me, took advantage of a free download. You dislike it that much you don't review, that's the way I do things. OK some books disappoint, but they are bound to. It would be a wonderful world if we liked everything we read. I would also say that when you go... more into Amazon and read the synopsis for a book sometimes when you download you find it's not at all what you expected. Maybe that has happened here with some readers, who knows? Anyway, back to the review.This is the third version of the Arthurian legend I have read (Rosalind Miles and more recently Lavinia Collins are the other two) and it's totally different from these; much darker. I'd say it's a cross between Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones. Launcelot is a complex character, not the chivalrous knight the legend tells us of. He calls himself Arthur's Killing Machine and in this book that is exactly what he is. I think the book worked well being written from Launcelot's viewpoint. You get under his skin and see his human frailties; his devotion to his king, his bad choices, his battle over his sexuality - it's all there. I would not label this a gay novel, merely an interpretation of the legend for today's world. It's brutal and bloody in places, but nevertheless an interesting read.
review 2: Let's start with the physicalities, shall we? The writing is good and solid. The general plot is long and complex but also intriguing. The romance however really does muddle things quite easily though. I do see the trouble a man could have by loving another one in those times...Hell even loving a woman meant trouble. But I don't really see how adding Fey to the already convoluted situation is going to help and surprise, it hasn't so far... Lancelot did try hard to surpass his fear of consequences long enough to really love Arthur and that was pretty much the high point of the book for me. Nevertheless, I don't exactly see a HEA in their future and that's what will ultimately stop me from reading the next book. I would really be disappointed to learn they end up apart from each other and miserable so I'm simply not taking the chance. less

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