Thanks to Netgalley and Random House for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Honestly, I went into this book with low expectations? Arthuriana AND the climate crisis AND feuding political groups in a Britain set 20 or so years in the future? It could end up really terrible or really lovely.

And the answer was that it was lovely. It was deftly written, with a careful eye to scope and not going too overzealous with it while still following a strong thematic through line and ideology. While there were some weaker moments, especially along personal qualms for how some characters were portrayed (but ymmv on that), I found the whole thing a fascinatingly rich story that I genuinely had an incredible time with!

This didn’t grab me. It’s very English in its references and not overly universal. That’s fine, but I don’t have the patience to research every reference to English history I don’t understand. It’s odd really wordy too. I like farce, but I can’t deal with wading through all the long winded writing.