Kingdom of Summer

3.5 stars

In Kingdom of Summer, Gillian Bradshaw???s second novel in her DOWN THE LONG WIND trilogy, Gwalchmai (the Welsh version of Sir Gawain) is traveling Britain in search of Elidan, a noblewoman he fell in love with off screen. He wronged her eight years previously and hasn???t seen her since. (We didn???t see any of this happen in the previous novel, Hawk of May, but he tells us the story near the beginning of Kingdom of Summer.)

During his travels, Gwalchmai stays with the family of the farmer who helped him in the last book. Rhys, one of the farmer???s sons, is fascinated by King Arthur and his band of warriors, so he asks Gwalchmai if he can be his servant. Gwalchmai accepts him and takes Rhys to Camelot before they set out again to be King Arthur???s ambassador to King Maelgwn, who Arthur distrusts.

When they get to Maelgwn???s court they ... Read More: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/kingdom-of-summer/