Perhaps this is just another twist on the story, but knowing the legends I had a hard time not stubbing my toes over it. I was a little troubled that Lancelot has a gray streak in his hair (meaning he is old, I assume) and that Galahad is already a full-grown man, but Lancelot has not properly met Guinevere. Several of the characters only step in and out of scenes, which would not matter so much to someone who does not know them. Many of the noteworthy characters from the Round Table make an appearance throughout the story, though the story itself does not have a clear main character. I tried to keep my Arthurian knowledge in mind as I read the book. I chose this book because YA is the genre I'd like to write in some day, and I wanted to see what other YA writers were doing with the stories. I'm a college student in Arthurian Literature right now, and we had to read a modern version of the legends and write a book review for it.
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