Hilarious and endearing

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It's obvious from the blurb that this is not trying to be a 'historically accurate' retelling of King Arthur, but rather a more modern version, with all the humor that entails. Which is a lot.

I found the story hilarious. I also found it to have great messages around gender and sexuality. Namely, it has a determinedly feminist heroine who knows she can do anything her brother can and do it ten times better and is also bisexual (or possibly pansexual) and thinks looking down on people for their sexuality is ridiculous.

The best part, I think, was the friendship that developed between Arthur, Emry (Merlin), and Lance. In fact, if I could have had the three of them adventuring for the entire novel I would have been happy. There's a tease at the end of expanding their group to include Guinevere, Emmet, and Percival. I hope that continues in the second book.

Emry's magical talent is astounding, especially compared with her brother's, and I greatly enjoyed her penchant for cheekily showing it off.

I will definitely be picking up the next in the series as soon as it is available.

*Thanks to Bookishfirst and Penguin Teen for providing an advanced copy for review.