I, Morgana

author: Felicity Pulman
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.10
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2015/08/08
date added: 2015/08/08
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'I, Morgana' by Felicity Pulman is advertised as a new take on an old legend. As a fan of Arthuriana, I enjoyed it, but there are better stories out there about this character.

Morgana is promised a kingdom by her father. She learns all kinds of interesting magic from her teacher Merlin who sees her as more talented at it than her half-brother Arthur. When her father dies, and Arthur gets what was promised to her, Morgana wants to get it back and get even with her brother. She sets in motion a series of rash things that eventually she may come to regret. A son named Mordred by her brother. A daughter by Lancelot. A potion meant to cause a fatal blow to her brother's marriage. All these machinations take their toll, and the price Morgana pays may be more than she wants to. Along the way she has strange visions of the future, which may serve as a warning to our own times.

King Arthur, the knights and some of the quests are woven in, but I had a hard time feeling sympathetic for Morgana. Maybe that wasn't the point, but it left me feeling a bit flat when it was all done. There is a huge body of fiction on this topic, but maybe not as much on Morgana, so I was looking forward to something more interesting than what I read. That's unfortunate.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Momentum Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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