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Tales of Guinevere #2
The Raven Warrior
With the knowing eye and fiery voice of an accomplished storyteller, Alice Borchardt takes us back to the amazing world of a re-envisioned Camelot in the continuing Tales of Guinevere. Remarkably strong, magically talented, a match for friend and foe alike, Guinevere has come into womanhood—and faces a new relationship with Lancelot that will lead to the sharp-edged triangle of legend. . . .
Born of the Highlands, along Pictish shores washed by the icy North Sea, Guinevere, Queen of the Dragon People, has become a woman. She has taken the power offered to her by the Dragon Throne. Now there is no turning back. In order to protect her beloved homeland from the obscene greed of the Saxon raiders, Guinevere knows she must launch an attack. The sub-chiefs refuse to fall in line with her plans (because what does this young thing, barely a woman, know of warfare?) and give her an army of the useless, the outcast, the weakest of their young boys and girls. But the war party must proceed. If it fails, the command of both land and sea will fall to the enemy.
Facing her first battle against the pirates on foreign shores, and backed only by a meager band of ill-equipped fighters, Guinevere calls upon the spirits of the dead to aid her in the attack. Diving into the dark, morbid depths, Guinevere suddenly understands more of hate, love, anger, and revenge than she has ever wanted to. But the power the dead provide comes at a severe price. If she makes it through the raid, she will be a changed woman, in more ways than she can possibly imagine.
Further south, Black Leg, her childhood companion, sets out on his own. It is a quest to become a man—a man, he hopes, who will be worthy of the newly crowned Guinevere. A shapeshifter and the son of Guinevere’s adoptive man-wolf father, Black Leg (soon to be Lancelot) feels he has much to learn—and even more to prove. He discovers both his inner strength and an unmitigated passion when he meets the Lady of the Lake. But the trials of his journey— both mental and physical—turn out to be more perilous with each step. And when Lancelot and Guinevere are finally reunited, the consequences of both their ordeals will unleash a torrent of anguish and desire.
With familiar names brilliantly repositioned for a new generation of Arthurian fans—evil Merlin, conniving Igrane, complex Lancelot, tainted Arthur, and of course, warrior Guinevere—Alice Borchardt’s creation stands as a testament to the power of imagination.
From the Hardcover edition.
Born of the Highlands, along Pictish shores washed by the icy North Sea, Guinevere, Queen of the Dragon People, has become a woman. She has taken the power offered to her by the Dragon Throne. Now there is no turning back. In order to protect her beloved homeland from the obscene greed of the Saxon raiders, Guinevere knows she must launch an attack. The sub-chiefs refuse to fall in line with her plans (because what does this young thing, barely a woman, know of warfare?) and give her an army of the useless, the outcast, the weakest of their young boys and girls. But the war party must proceed. If it fails, the command of both land and sea will fall to the enemy.
Facing her first battle against the pirates on foreign shores, and backed only by a meager band of ill-equipped fighters, Guinevere calls upon the spirits of the dead to aid her in the attack. Diving into the dark, morbid depths, Guinevere suddenly understands more of hate, love, anger, and revenge than she has ever wanted to. But the power the dead provide comes at a severe price. If she makes it through the raid, she will be a changed woman, in more ways than she can possibly imagine.
Further south, Black Leg, her childhood companion, sets out on his own. It is a quest to become a man—a man, he hopes, who will be worthy of the newly crowned Guinevere. A shapeshifter and the son of Guinevere’s adoptive man-wolf father, Black Leg (soon to be Lancelot) feels he has much to learn—and even more to prove. He discovers both his inner strength and an unmitigated passion when he meets the Lady of the Lake. But the trials of his journey— both mental and physical—turn out to be more perilous with each step. And when Lancelot and Guinevere are finally reunited, the consequences of both their ordeals will unleash a torrent of anguish and desire.
With familiar names brilliantly repositioned for a new generation of Arthurian fans—evil Merlin, conniving Igrane, complex Lancelot, tainted Arthur, and of course, warrior Guinevere—Alice Borchardt’s creation stands as a testament to the power of imagination.
From the Hardcover edition.
560 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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About the author
Alice Borchardt
14 books274 followersAlice O'Brien was born on 6 October 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was one of five sister of Katherine "Kay" Allen and Howard O'Brien. The O'Brien family moved to Richardson, Texas, when Alice was a teenager. She began her nursing career in Houston, where she met and married her husband, Clifford Borchardt. After a 30-year career as a licensed vocational nurse, Borchardt faced staff reductions at the hospital where she worked. Alice's sister, the writer Anne Rice, encouraged her, helped her find an agent, and wrote introductions to several of her books. She wrote seven books. She passed away on 24 July 2007 in Houston, Texas.
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May 15, 2021
Leer 'El guerrero cuervo' ha sido un fracaso para mí. Hay demasiadas descripciones, demasiado monólogo interior y demasiado mundo onírico, por lo que se puede hacer pesado. Además, hay muchas cosas que no he llegado a comprender.
Ha sido un libro que yo no he disfrutado pero también hay que decir que la trama está bien y que tal vez leyendo los tres libros que componen 'La leyenda de Guinevere' se puedan llegar a apreciar mucho más.
Ha sido un libro que yo no he disfrutado pero también hay que decir que la trama está bien y que tal vez leyendo los tres libros que componen 'La leyenda de Guinevere' se puedan llegar a apreciar mucho más.
August 1, 2013
This book is the second in what was meant to be a trilogy on the Arthurian legends involving the back stories of Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot. The book alternates between the pov of all 3, as they are rarely together in the book but separately go through various trials. Even though the legends and I suppose this book take place in our world long ago, the book is deeply fantastical and involves lots of magic, alternate realities and worlds, magical creatures, etc. The trilogy hasn't been finished as the author unfortunately passed away. The first book was Dragon Queen.
I liked this book, a lot. I get what other people are saying, that there are disjointed sections of the book, and there are. But it didn't really bother me. Sometimes a character ends up somewhere without a real explanation as to why or how they got there, but I was able to figure out what had happened. I feel that the author might have been intending further edits to this book,and perhaps didn't have time to do that as she got sick?. I thought this open ended-ness in fact added to the whole dreamscape feeling of the book. It gets very metaphysical at times, deeply fantastic, but I enjoyed that. I also loved Guinevere's trip to the " City of Fire" as Merlin called it. It was so vivid, sort of like a fever dream. For me, that whole alternate world was the highlight of the book. That world in itself would make an awesome movie, what with the Tree of Life, The nightgangs, The mariglobes and the travelling women, the flying cape thing, the fighting families, etc. Much more original than the recycled stuff Hollywood has been putting out.
As to the other things people didn't like, the Lady of the Lake's direct banter with Lancelot I found sort of amusing, not offensive anyway. I guess after thousands of years of life one becomes a straight shooter. Tuau I also found humorous. I guess you have to know cats to get him. And finally...so many people commented on the sex. I thought most of it was implied, and not described in detail. It didn't bother me. My feeling is these characters were much more elemental than modern people in many ways, and the sex is just part of that.
I am really sad not to get to read book 3. I wish someone would finish this for Alice Borchardt. I thought the re-imagining of the Arthur-Guinevere-Lancelot triangle was so interesting, and I want to see how it ends. One thing I noticed in these books is that in most of Arthur's story he is alone, while Guinevere is always surrounded by supporters. Even though I had a soft spot for Lancelot,and his compassion for others, I really felt fascinated by Arthur's struggle and at the same time sad for him because his strength in some ways keeps him separate. It was an interesting twist to the Arthurian legend.
I liked this book, a lot. I get what other people are saying, that there are disjointed sections of the book, and there are. But it didn't really bother me. Sometimes a character ends up somewhere without a real explanation as to why or how they got there, but I was able to figure out what had happened. I feel that the author might have been intending further edits to this book,and perhaps didn't have time to do that as she got sick?. I thought this open ended-ness in fact added to the whole dreamscape feeling of the book. It gets very metaphysical at times, deeply fantastic, but I enjoyed that. I also loved Guinevere's trip to the " City of Fire" as Merlin called it. It was so vivid, sort of like a fever dream. For me, that whole alternate world was the highlight of the book. That world in itself would make an awesome movie, what with the Tree of Life, The nightgangs, The mariglobes and the travelling women, the flying cape thing, the fighting families, etc. Much more original than the recycled stuff Hollywood has been putting out.
As to the other things people didn't like, the Lady of the Lake's direct banter with Lancelot I found sort of amusing, not offensive anyway. I guess after thousands of years of life one becomes a straight shooter. Tuau I also found humorous. I guess you have to know cats to get him. And finally...so many people commented on the sex. I thought most of it was implied, and not described in detail. It didn't bother me. My feeling is these characters were much more elemental than modern people in many ways, and the sex is just part of that.
I am really sad not to get to read book 3. I wish someone would finish this for Alice Borchardt. I thought the re-imagining of the Arthur-Guinevere-Lancelot triangle was so interesting, and I want to see how it ends. One thing I noticed in these books is that in most of Arthur's story he is alone, while Guinevere is always surrounded by supporters. Even though I had a soft spot for Lancelot,and his compassion for others, I really felt fascinated by Arthur's struggle and at the same time sad for him because his strength in some ways keeps him separate. It was an interesting twist to the Arthurian legend.
July 17, 2019
The ending was a bit anticlimactic but otherwise it was a great follow up to The Dragon Queen story starting immediately where it left off.
March 21, 2020
Heerlijk❤ ondanks dat dit een serie is van mijn man😇
August 31, 2007
I really enjoyed this book it was the second in the Guinevere series, I was only disappointed that the book ended and since Alice Borchardt passed away in July there will most likely not be a sequel. This series is a great twist in Authurian Legend. It has been a lot of fun hearing the story from a different point of view. The world Alice Borchardt has woven is fantastic and complicated. The book was really amazing!
October 27, 2023
Black Leg, Guinevere's childhood companion, sets out on his own. It is a quest to become a man—a man, he hopes, who will be worthy of the newly crowned Guinevere. A shapeshifter and the son of Guinevere's adoptive man-wolf father, Black Leg (soon to be Lancelot) feels he has much to learn—and even more to prove. He discovers both his inner strength and an unmitigated passion when he meets the Lady of the Lake. But the trials of his journey— both mental and physical—turn out to be more perilous with each step. And when Lancelot and Guinevere are finally reunited, the consequences of both their ordeals will unleash a torrent of anguish and desire.
Not as good as the previous is this series, but not bad for the 2nd in a series.
Not as good as the previous is this series, but not bad for the 2nd in a series.
November 30, 2025
This book is an amazing adventure. It #2 of a trilogy. I didn’t read the first…but was able to slide into this book without issue. The storytelling is magnificent…I only abstained from 5 stars because the chapters are looooooooooong. I like chapter breaks.
August 6, 2022
A very different take on Arthurian legend .
July 30, 2021
Okay, so this one was actually better than the first. (And I manage to actually finish it) Still has issues, though. I find that Alice Borchardt's writing (at least in this series) tends to be disjointed and unclear? Like there's no clear transition between people going to locations, or things happening, and sometimes she tends to go on tangents that aren't immediately related to the situation at hand? Like Guinevere was going to fight this creature made of armor and then the lights go out and there's a revolt and someone hurling poison discs around and do we know what happened to the armor man??? Your guess is as good as mine.
I have no idea where all this stuff came from about Bade the Dread King, or what the hell happened with Merlin, that was never addressed or introduced properly. And yes, I did manage to go back and skim through the last 20% of the first book and found nothing about any of that, so either I read over something in this one or it was never properly dealt with.
Still not a fan of Borchardt's need to describe, uh, certain aspects of people's bodies. Like, no, ma'am, I don't need to know what their chest looks like, I don't need to know what anything below the belt looks like, please stop. Is this just like...an occupational hazard with adult fiction? Does this happen on the regular??? Like???????
Also her tendency to list things was driving me up the damn wall. I don't know, it just felt clunky? Clunky enough that whatever sentence it was could have been restructured, the list shortened, or the list cut entirely. And for what it's worth, it wasn't a small list of three things, it was like, four or five or more.
Those are just some writing things that bugged me. The story was fine, I guess. I have no idea why anyone was doing anything or what the point of any of it was. It was engaging enough, but the book as a whole had Filler Book vibes to it, Second Book Syndrome, I think. Uther's storyline could have been cut out entirely and honestly nothing would have changed. I think the third one (as I understand there was suppose to be before Borchardt's passing) would have tied everything together. Not sure I would have read it, though.
I have no idea where all this stuff came from about Bade the Dread King, or what the hell happened with Merlin, that was never addressed or introduced properly. And yes, I did manage to go back and skim through the last 20% of the first book and found nothing about any of that, so either I read over something in this one or it was never properly dealt with.
Still not a fan of Borchardt's need to describe, uh, certain aspects of people's bodies. Like, no, ma'am, I don't need to know what their chest looks like, I don't need to know what anything below the belt looks like, please stop. Is this just like...an occupational hazard with adult fiction? Does this happen on the regular??? Like???????
Also her tendency to list things was driving me up the damn wall. I don't know, it just felt clunky? Clunky enough that whatever sentence it was could have been restructured, the list shortened, or the list cut entirely. And for what it's worth, it wasn't a small list of three things, it was like, four or five or more.
Those are just some writing things that bugged me. The story was fine, I guess. I have no idea why anyone was doing anything or what the point of any of it was. It was engaging enough, but the book as a whole had Filler Book vibes to it, Second Book Syndrome, I think. Uther's storyline could have been cut out entirely and honestly nothing would have changed. I think the third one (as I understand there was suppose to be before Borchardt's passing) would have tied everything together. Not sure I would have read it, though.
September 26, 2010
Near the beginning is the first sick sexual experienced, turned me off right away.
Then the skipping from one character to another got to be too much.
I'm not even going to bother to read the rest.
Then the skipping from one character to another got to be too much.
I'm not even going to bother to read the rest.
May 31, 2020
Great story- 5star. Reading easiness- 2star. I have no idea about the Arthurian legend tales and I enjoyed it. I completely understand about the difficulty in reading it. I thought it was the age of the book and my lack of non teen books read. Personally if you haven't read this yet I would read each chapter to do with one person. I would have enjoyed it a lot more. I couldn't follow what was going on. I would constantly have to re read pages to know I had swapped characters and storylines. Which is a big shame but I thought they were both great stories. Just read like a tv soap swapping scenes and characters which ruined it but can be solved.
June 3, 2020
Made it about 1/2 to 2/3 through and just couldn't go on. I really enjoyed The Dragon Queen, but this one seemed as if it were penned by a different author right from the start. One (small) thing that really bugged me was the modern colloquialisms certain characters used. Then the story meandered all over the place. Knowing that the author never got to write the 3rd book of the trilogy (sadly, she died before writing it) - I decided to cut my losses and bail.
August 17, 2024
Had the author ever gotten the chance finish this series, I think it would have been a solid trilogy.
Sadly, she passed away in 2007, leaving the second book on a perpetual cliffhanger. Not to mention that many characters from the first book, like Kyra and Dugald, are only mentioned despite their significance to Guinevere as a character.
I would like to think they all teamed up in the fabled third book to fight Bade.
Sadly, she passed away in 2007, leaving the second book on a perpetual cliffhanger. Not to mention that many characters from the first book, like Kyra and Dugald, are only mentioned despite their significance to Guinevere as a character.
I would like to think they all teamed up in the fabled third book to fight Bade.
October 29, 2021
The only saving grace was that the characters were interesting. I don't know how anything happened-descriptions and events were either vague or skipped over completely, and yet the book still managed to be this long. There were too many sex scenes and they were awful and gross. I didn't want to finish this, but something made me see it through.
March 8, 2018
I was really sad that she couldn't finish this trilogy :c Hope she's alright, wherever she is right now. All my love.
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May 3, 2022Too much sex, the dialogue sounded wrong and there was too much happening for me to get into it. Not badly written at all, but it just didn't work for me.
July 26, 2023
This is definitely one of the most unique takes on the story of Author, Gueneverre and Lancelot that I have read in a long time. Very interesting indeed.
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July 24, 2025Although I am a fan of Arthurian novels and Borchardt's other books are my guilty pleasure, this book left me cold. Too complicated to be entertaining.
September 26, 2015
Como si estuviera de nuevo en el colegio, voy a escribir lo que me ha gustado y lo que no.
Me gusta el giro que se le ha dado a la ambientación: tras la caída de Roma, los sajones traídos por Vortigen se rebelan contra él y crean su propio reino (esto es histórico), ayudados por Merlín, un mago obsesionado por el poder (esto es una variación de las leyendas). Guinevere, hija de una reina de los pueblos del norte está destinada a casarse con Arturo, el rey educado por el malvado Merlín, y deberá hacer frente a diversos intentos de asesinato usando para ello la magia con la que ha nacido y los dones que le ha regalado su padre, una deidad algo oscura adorada por su pueblo. También me gusta la psiquis de los personajes licántropos: no son hombres que tienen la capacidad de convertirse en lobos, ni tampoco lo contrario; son hombres Y lobos, con las virtudes y defectos de cada una de las partes.
No me gustan las constantes alusiones al mundo de los romanos, los francos y los sajones, porque destruyen en cierta forma el mundo de fantasía creado: si es una ambientación histórica, puedo aceptar que existan Merlín, Arturo y los demás (aunque son cuentos muy posteriores), pero la magia es incompatible con un mundo real. No me gusta el uso de la primera persona: sólo los fragmentos de la historia en los que aparece Guinevere son narrados así, y en el primer volumen podría aceptarlos debido al mayor peso de ese personaje, pero en el segundo volumen, cuando el número de puntos de vista se multiplica, queda bastante feo que uno de cada cuatro o cinco fragmentos sea en primera persona; además, no tiene ningún uso especial (suele utilizarse para expresar más fácilmente los sentimientos del personaje, pero cuando la autora usa la tercera persona no hay diferencias en ese sentido). No me gusta la cantidad de monólogos internos de los personajes. No me gusta la escasez de diálogos. No me gustan las descripciones prolijas que no significan nada, y que se repiten de un lado a otro del texto, hasta hacer que todo el mundo parezca igual. No me gusta la enorme segmentación textual, sobre todo en el segundo volumen: las oraciones aparecen recortadas (es un recurso para generar sorpresa, pero su abuso no ayuda), los párrafos se dividen de forma errática, y el texto se compone de fragmentos que siguen a los diferentes personajes, pero la división de capítulos no sirve absolutamente para nada. No me gusta el poco movimiento de los personajes: no hay una acción a lo largo de los libros, sino únicamente trozos de texto que narran escenas sueltas, con una ligazón débil y a veces extraña. No me gusta (y esta es principal) la enormísima cantidad de espacios y paisajes oníricos, visiones oníricas y viajes oníricos; incluso el mundo que parecería real contiene una cantidad de descripciones pseudo-oníricas que me hizo aborrecer su lectura, hasta el punto de que no me hubiera extrañado ver aparecer un oso panda asesino o un unicornio vomitando arco iris. En serio, hay ciertos «encuentros» de personajes secundarios que se las traen.
En fin, creo que gana el «no me gusta».
Me gusta el giro que se le ha dado a la ambientación: tras la caída de Roma, los sajones traídos por Vortigen se rebelan contra él y crean su propio reino (esto es histórico), ayudados por Merlín, un mago obsesionado por el poder (esto es una variación de las leyendas). Guinevere, hija de una reina de los pueblos del norte está destinada a casarse con Arturo, el rey educado por el malvado Merlín, y deberá hacer frente a diversos intentos de asesinato usando para ello la magia con la que ha nacido y los dones que le ha regalado su padre, una deidad algo oscura adorada por su pueblo. También me gusta la psiquis de los personajes licántropos: no son hombres que tienen la capacidad de convertirse en lobos, ni tampoco lo contrario; son hombres Y lobos, con las virtudes y defectos de cada una de las partes.
No me gustan las constantes alusiones al mundo de los romanos, los francos y los sajones, porque destruyen en cierta forma el mundo de fantasía creado: si es una ambientación histórica, puedo aceptar que existan Merlín, Arturo y los demás (aunque son cuentos muy posteriores), pero la magia es incompatible con un mundo real. No me gusta el uso de la primera persona: sólo los fragmentos de la historia en los que aparece Guinevere son narrados así, y en el primer volumen podría aceptarlos debido al mayor peso de ese personaje, pero en el segundo volumen, cuando el número de puntos de vista se multiplica, queda bastante feo que uno de cada cuatro o cinco fragmentos sea en primera persona; además, no tiene ningún uso especial (suele utilizarse para expresar más fácilmente los sentimientos del personaje, pero cuando la autora usa la tercera persona no hay diferencias en ese sentido). No me gusta la cantidad de monólogos internos de los personajes. No me gusta la escasez de diálogos. No me gustan las descripciones prolijas que no significan nada, y que se repiten de un lado a otro del texto, hasta hacer que todo el mundo parezca igual. No me gusta la enorme segmentación textual, sobre todo en el segundo volumen: las oraciones aparecen recortadas (es un recurso para generar sorpresa, pero su abuso no ayuda), los párrafos se dividen de forma errática, y el texto se compone de fragmentos que siguen a los diferentes personajes, pero la división de capítulos no sirve absolutamente para nada. No me gusta el poco movimiento de los personajes: no hay una acción a lo largo de los libros, sino únicamente trozos de texto que narran escenas sueltas, con una ligazón débil y a veces extraña. No me gusta (y esta es principal) la enormísima cantidad de espacios y paisajes oníricos, visiones oníricas y viajes oníricos; incluso el mundo que parecería real contiene una cantidad de descripciones pseudo-oníricas que me hizo aborrecer su lectura, hasta el punto de que no me hubiera extrañado ver aparecer un oso panda asesino o un unicornio vomitando arco iris. En serio, hay ciertos «encuentros» de personajes secundarios que se las traen.
En fin, creo que gana el «no me gusta».
December 28, 2007
It is very empowering to see Borchardt's portrayal of Guinevere as a tough and wild warrior queen and Arthur tainted by the acts of his mother. Borchardt creates a fascinating alternate to the noble king and hardly noteworthy queen. The battles are intense and varied so as not to repeat the same old, same old over and over again. The characters are often deep and definitely easier to relate to as humans than their legendary personas.
The real drawback of the story though is whenever the story switches view points, it leaves the previous one at a cliffhanger. Making this even worse is sometimes the cliffhanger is unresolved and when we next return to the character, hours or days have passed and how they survived the event is mostly glossed over. The detailed sexual relations are also something that may or may not take away from the story depending on your point-of-view. It is quite unusual in my experience to come across a steamy love scene in a fantasy novel but then again, Borchardt is the only Arthurian sub-genre writer that I've ever read so it may be more common there.
The real drawback of the story though is whenever the story switches view points, it leaves the previous one at a cliffhanger. Making this even worse is sometimes the cliffhanger is unresolved and when we next return to the character, hours or days have passed and how they survived the event is mostly glossed over. The detailed sexual relations are also something that may or may not take away from the story depending on your point-of-view. It is quite unusual in my experience to come across a steamy love scene in a fantasy novel but then again, Borchardt is the only Arthurian sub-genre writer that I've ever read so it may be more common there.
January 11, 2008
I'm torn about this book. I like the author, though she's take a slightly different turn stylistically in this novel from her last well-received series, the Silver Wolf. I also like Arthurian legends, and while I'm inclined to think of Guenevere as the silly bitch who ruined everything, I'm also open to different interpretations of the fable.
So I liked it. I think it is worth reading. I just can't really bring myself to give it more than four stars, though I'm torn between giving it a "3" and a "5".
Borchardt continues in her slightly self-indulgent tale-spinning, which gets old after a while, but with an entirely new twist on a very old story.
So I liked it. I think it is worth reading. I just can't really bring myself to give it more than four stars, though I'm torn between giving it a "3" and a "5".
Borchardt continues in her slightly self-indulgent tale-spinning, which gets old after a while, but with an entirely new twist on a very old story.
January 14, 2013
To be honest I had a hard time trying to finish this book. I loathe to leave any book unread in its entirety so I did get to the end eventually. The language, especially the dialogue was inconsistent and distracted me from the story. Also there were too many POVs which for me was in parts boring and inconsequential. And the way they were all written in 3rd person with the exception of Guinevere's POV - I didn't quite get that? I really wanted the main characters to have some interaction and contact throughout the book, as it was each POV was so isolated from the other that I could not connect with the characters or the book.
April 23, 2019
The story is the second in the series and apparently intended as a prequel or sorts to the Arthurian legends. Many of the same characters exist but their manner of existence has been altered. Magic abounds and every character wields it to some degree or another. It wasn't an easy read for me. There were several story lines running concurrently and I often felt lost about which story line I was reading at any given time since the author made me wait several paragraphs before identifying the narrator. Some passages were delightful others nearly put me to sleep but I slogged on until the very end where the various story lines finally began to come together.
November 15, 2011
The story continues. I liked this version with Guinavere as a warrior and Arthur & Lancelot also have special powers. Some of the language bothered me. I'm not easily offended, I just thought some of the language was misplaced. I read war books and expect the soldiers to swear etc, but when I read fantasy/fiction I expect eloquent language. That being said, I enjoyed the story line and there were some exciting new things to read about.
February 10, 2017
Sí, el primero me gustó y este me pareció soporifero donde los haya.
Lo peor, que la idea era buena y la autora la mató escribiendola. Al parecer esta tal Alice Borchardt es hermana de Anne Rice, quien le podía haber dado unas clases de cómo escribir un best-seller.
Supuestamente iban a ser 3, pero tantos años despues y no he encontrado ninguna referencia al tercero, ni en español ni en inglés, por lo que creo que se quedo en nada. Otra trilogía incompleta más. Una pena!
Lo peor, que la idea era buena y la autora la mató escribiendola. Al parecer esta tal Alice Borchardt es hermana de Anne Rice, quien le podía haber dado unas clases de cómo escribir un best-seller.
Supuestamente iban a ser 3, pero tantos años despues y no he encontrado ninguna referencia al tercero, ni en español ni en inglés, por lo que creo que se quedo en nada. Otra trilogía incompleta más. Una pena!
June 22, 2011
The much anticipated book two is just as good as the first. Arthur seems weaker and less desirable. I'm wondering why it has to be portrayed in this manner. I did like the twist on Lancelot. I remember this book with great fondness. I did wonder what happened to the third book. It never appeared. Why?
April 8, 2012
I'm going to be honest. I didn't finish this book. I wasn't really enjoying it so when I accidentally dropped it in the bath I took it as a sign. I liked The Silver Wolf and I had hoped for more of the same here. The settings are beautifully described but the tone and register of the dialogue is wildly inconsistent; which I found distracting in some parts and absurd in others.
November 13, 2013
this book continues onto the story started in the Dragon Warrior. it follows Guinevere, Arthur and Lancelot, with side stories about Arthurs mother and father. It is compelling and keeps you reading until the very end. I wish the end would have gone further(without giving away anything) and wrapped it all up.
August 3, 2013
Alice Borchardt is a favorite author of mine. This is the second book in the series, I regret I haven't read (or even known) there was a third. As the first book, this follows in character building, and taking a new twist on what some would call a tired tale.
July 23, 2016
Borchardt's take on the Arthurian story is quite original, possibly a little too much for my taste, and this volume in particular does jump about quite a bit, but my biggest issue with the Tales of Guinevere is that (sadly) we'll never find out how she (Borchardt) intended to finish the tale.
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