Arthurian Legend, Time Travel Romance

Gwen traveled back to King Arthur’s time, and in the previous book, he was sending her back, as she wished, to her own time. Gwen could not abandon the man she loved, and she found herself leaving the conveniences of the 21st century and going back to the fifth. There, adventure and endless peril awaited. Gwen would witness battles, and she would meet her destiny as queen. How well did she do? Did she become the queen she was destined to be? Surely, life in 21st century England did not prepare her for King Arthur’s time, where brutal war and death was an everyday occurrence. This story will keep you turning the pages. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to those who like stories that combine historical romance with fantasy. This is the second book in a series that should be read in order.

This novel has the same problems as the first novel. None of the characters are developed, especially Gwen. Gwen is a very weak character and is very rarely decisive. She is very wishy-washy. Arthur also has no growth. Their romance is flat and based on attraction with no good qualities. Still, the writing is very beautiful. I recommend this fans of Kiersten White!

I love everything related to King Arthur and the arthurian sagas so I was very happy to read this book as it's an unusual and interesting take on Arthur and Genevieve.
Good character and world building development, interesting and compelling plot.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Step into book two of this wonderful series and find yourself in fifth century Britain with Arthur and Guinevere.

Imagine reading about the Legend of King Arthur, and knowing a lot of the history, but then ending back in that time... Try to determine what of the legend is true and what is not. That is what Guinevere faces as she tries to support the man she loves when going into battle.

The beloved Excalibur comes into the picture and there is no telling where all this will lead!
Another enthralling step back in history, just as mesmerizing as the first in this series!!

The Bear's Heart by Fil Reid finds Gwen at the portal back to her own time when she realizes she can't leaver Arthur: she loves him. She runs to find him and is greeted with open arms. They settle into their loves together and she settles into the Dark Ages, with its brutality as well as its need for brutality. She finds herself pregnant and waffles for several days about ending the pregnancy but between the danger involved and the growing love for her child, she chooses to continue with the pregnancy. It is then she gets kidnapped by evil Melwas and spends three days into terror of being raped by him, until Arthur's army arrives to retrieve her. Not too long after this, Arthur's mother summons them to Tintangel. Arthur doesn't want to go but Cei convinces him so off they go, seeing both wonders and horrors on their trip. It is so easy for Gwen to forget where she is and how things work.

At first, I wasn't sure about this book. I was worried I had placed to high an expectation on it as I loved the first one, but as I read on I became engrossed. I love the legend of Arthur and his Round Table Knights and am prepared to believe this as one possibility of the reality. Gwen continues to try to match her reality to the legend and in some cases that makes everything worse. She loves Arthur more and more and Reid has written that emotion so it is palpable to the reader. So often her words convey heartbreak. Gwen and Arthur are happy much of the time and normal relationships develop for Gwen, but in the background, tragedy lurks. She never knows and the reader feels that to their bones. What a good story.

I was invited to read a free e-ARC of The Bear's Heart by Dragonblade, through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #netgalley #dragonblade #filreid #thebearsheart

Gwen factually fell from the twenty first century into the Dark Ages and the world of King Arthur. Leaving behind her job, boyfriend, and her twin brother. All she wanted to do was spread the ashes of her father, a well-known Arthur Historian, on the top of Glastonbury Tor in Somerset England. We journey back with her as she adjusts to the dark ages and becomes King Arthur’s queen Guinevere. For real or as real as it can be this is an interesting quest. The time is mystifying in recorded history, and she finds that her worst fear is that things really might be as they seem. I love history and this truly pulls you into the day-to-day survival of the people she meets. Is what we know of recorded history and the legends told to us the same? I found this hard to put down wondering what could and would happen next to the people that she meets. Would she ever get home, or would she stay with Arthur? I am ready for the next adventure.