Gwen and Art Are Not in Love

På English

Publicerades 6 november 2023 av St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-84721-8

It’s been hundreds of years since King Arthur’s reign. His descendant, Arthur, a future Lord and general gadabout, has been betrothed to Gwendoline, the quick-witted, short-tempered princess of England, since birth. The only thing they can agree on is that they despise each other.

They’re forced to spend the summer together at Camelot in the run-up to their nuptials, and within 24 hours, Gwen has discovered Arthur kissing a boy, and Arthur has gone digging for Gwen's childhood diary and found confessions about her crush on the kingdom's only lady knight, Bridget Leclair.

Realizing they might make better allies than enemies, Gwen and Art make a reluctant pact to cover for each other, and as things heat up at the annual royal tournament, Gwen is swept off her feet by her knight, and Arthur takes an interest in Gwen's royal brother. Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not …

It’s been hundreds of years since King Arthur’s reign. His descendant, Arthur, a future Lord and general gadabout, has been betrothed to Gwendoline, the quick-witted, short-tempered princess of England, since birth. The only thing they can agree on is that they despise each other.

They’re forced to spend the summer together at Camelot in the run-up to their nuptials, and within 24 hours, Gwen has discovered Arthur kissing a boy, and Arthur has gone digging for Gwen's childhood diary and found confessions about her crush on the kingdom's only lady knight, Bridget Leclair.

Realizing they might make better allies than enemies, Gwen and Art make a reluctant pact to cover for each other, and as things heat up at the annual royal tournament, Gwen is swept off her feet by her knight, and Arthur takes an interest in Gwen's royal brother. Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art Are Not in Love is chock full of sword-fighting, found family, and romantic shenanigans destined to make readers fall in love.

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Thought this would be a good holiday read, and for a while, it is. Fluffy, silly, going down almost ridiculously easy. Yes, it's extremely anachronistic (ostensibly set in, what, the 12th century and reading like 21st century high school students at a ren faire) but A Knight's Tale is a thing and it can be done. And for the first third or so, it mostly manages to balance the light tone and the snipy characters, promising that this could lead to some shenanigans.

Then two things happen: The two romances just... happen and the writer discovers that they need a plot, and the book just becomes a slog (though still a quick-read slog). With no depth to the characters, and absolutely zero worldbuilding beyond "they have, like, dresses and castles and swords and some people don't like the king", there's nothing to support the sudden plot and it all just …

Thought this would be a good holiday read, and for a while, it is. Fluffy, silly, going down almost ridiculously easy. Yes, it's extremely anachronistic (ostensibly set in, what, the 12th century and reading like 21st century high school students at a ren faire) but A Knight's Tale is a thing and it can be done. And for the first third or so, it mostly manages to balance the light tone and the snipy characters, promising that this could lead to some shenanigans.

Then two things happen: The two romances just... happen and the writer discovers that they need a plot, and the book just becomes a slog (though still a quick-read slog). With no depth to the characters, and absolutely zero worldbuilding beyond "they have, like, dresses and castles and swords and some people don't like the king", there's nothing to support the sudden plot and it all just sinks in the mud.

Fun idea, though. Hope there are better takes on it.