So beautifully written. The book is about a fantastical world, of which the story follows the sister of King Arthur. In a way she is the “symbol” of the forgotten women in history. The book truly keeps you hooked, the plot is intriguing and with twist. The mysteries and more. I highly recommend this book!!

This was a beautifully written novel about a fantastical world many have grown up knowing the tales of. The story itself followed the sister of King Arthur, who as written, is much forgotten to all. However, she spins a world all her own in this book and entrances the readers in who she is and what she stands for. She represents all of history's forgotten women and the paths that they have blazed for those to come. The plotline of this story is what originally intrigued me, and it did not disappoint. The more I read, the more I wanted to know about what was to come. I enjoyed the characters, I loved the dialect, and I loved the mysteries they all created. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for magic in unexpected places along with a well-known fantasy retelling.

Thank you Solaris and Netgalley for giving me an ARC of Queen of Nothing for my honest review.

I'm a big King Arthur fan. There are so many names and changed names that pay homage to the old stories in this book. I enjoyed the easter egg hunt in finding who was going to be connected where. Now, mind you, this story is Greek god level of interconnected. Everyone is related to everyone and there is a lot of people sleeping with a lot of people.

This was a fine read though. If you're looking for something that's not problematic like 'Mists of Avalon' then this would be a fun read. It sets up the Arthur story, and gives a reason for a few characters to exist.

Personally though... I could have thrown out half of the romances. This book's synopsis made me think I was getting a bit more swoony reading, instead, I found myself annoyed at Anna and the rest of the cast. Lanceloch to me had the worst case of character whiplash. I felt like the book wanted to pin women as the ground-down party and make every male character an asshole. It felt strange when Lanceloch lashed out when he seemed to be the best of everyone there. The other romances were surface level, there was a lot of talk about sex and desire without any growth of relationship. Lanceloch and Anna had the most growth and then stuff happened. If you're looking for a spicy read, this really isn't it. With how much sex is talked about, I almost wanted to see the scenes play out. That or remove how much sex there was in the book. I felt like sex was a theme but it wasn't fully explored. We get a lot about a woman's plight when she cannot make a choice for herself, but I don't think this book says anything new about that.

I felt like this book needed a sequel. One where Anna has to manage the consequences of what has happened, but at the same time, I don't know if it's needed. The book sets up the tragedies for the end of the Arthur mythos, and in a way I hate Anna for it. There's all this talk about taking back your choices and not letting prophecy define you, but Anna lets everyone else's prophecies play out. It felt like a hallow victory, and that there is a lot more story that needs to be told. Personally, Arthur's daughter sounds fascinating and I need to look to see what the other books in this world are about. Cause if they are about her, I'd give them a read.