Cursed

*I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

DNF @ 25%

Having grown up with a mother who loves King Arthur and other similar stories and even has an The Lady of Shalott painting hung up, you can say that I've grown fond of the stories myself. I'm always game to try out a re-telling of King Arthur. When I saw this one available and noted it would also be on Netflix, I knew I wanted to read it before eventually watching it.

Unfortunately, I just couldn't stay interested. The story itself is intriguing–I want to know what will happen and the characters are well thought out. But... ??? There is something missing. It doesn't feel like a novel. Now, I'm not sure if this is because of my prior knowledge that this would be a TV show, but I can totally see this as a show. I see exactly how each scene is going to play out and for a TV show a lot of this works, but in written form it feels a bit scattered.

I also think the drawing hurt the story more than add to it, which is a shame.

I tried reading a little bit of this book every few days, but I was slogging through it and as someone who reads about a book a day, this book was taking forever. Obviously it just wasn't working for me. And yet, I see promise to it. We've got a cast of good characters all from different backgrounds. There is evil afoot and a clear mission. I can totally see why someone might enjoy this book, it just didn't hook me in.

Will I recommend this one to people? ...maybe if someone is looking for something gritty.
I will give the Netflix show a try though and see if that format works for me better.