Gwenhwyfar : The White Spirit (A Novel of King Arthur) (Paperback)

from alwright1

I've actually never read an Arthurian legend, I've only picked it up in pop culture and summaries. I've also never read Mercedes Lackey, but I was looking for a tale of a woman warrior, and she obliged. I liked Gwen. I liked the rough hewn world she lived in. Thinking back on it, I wish that more...

from quondame

An Arthurian re-telling that keeps far away from Arthur until the final section and doesn't make meeting him pleasant. Mostly, this is a novel about a young woman becoming a warrior in her father's kingdom with mostly unfortunate interactions with the traditional characters of the legends. It wor...

from Linyarai

I love the twist of Arthur having three Queens, would have loved more on what the last did after the war.

from onthequest

I can't quite put my finger on it, but I found myself waiting for something to happen. There are lots of battle scenes, there is romance, there is conspiracy, but... something intangible is lacking. There is magic, but most of it only takes place in the background. She hints that the main charact...

from ericnguyen09

"I am Gwenhwyfar...Queen perhaps, war chief certainly. Not 'Lady.'" Every fantasy writer, says Mercedes Lackey in the Afterword, comes to the question of England. That is, the tale of King Arthur. From Sir Thomas Malory to T.H. White, to even Lackey's mentor Marion Zimmer Bradley, undoubtedly, th...