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Summary: I'd Rather watch GRASS GROW
Review: A grusome book who's plot moves as slow as a snail. This book is pretty massive in size, size not being much of a problem for me, unless the pages were filled with utter junk and horrid language text. There is no distinct or creative pattern, this book's prequel would have standed by itself well enough if it weren't for this meaningless and tediously trite second novel by the author.
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Summary: What a perverts book
Review: A peverted son falls in love with his adopted mother, uh, how unrealistic and how sickening. This is a bad written novel that dragged on and on. About 90% of this book is useless to the main plot and story, even the details were useless. I couldn't feel anything with this book, no love, no hate, no humiliation, where's the humanity of this novel???
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Summary: Deeply Disapointing
Review: A poor sequel to a pretty interesting book. The High Queen was the melodrama of a son falling in love with the suppposedly "High" Queen. I still have no idea why this book was titled "THE HIGH QUEEN" there was no significance to her power (she didn't have much) or rank (pretty high,though reputable ruined to being with).Hmm, don't know... maybe it's because I couldn't feel the son's love for the Queen, or the Queen's love for her husband, or the husband's love for...well, you get the point. Emotions and feelings are poorly played out in this book, a negative thing to read.
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Summary: an excellent sequel
Review: After The Child Queen, I was sure the sequel was going to be a disappointment. I was wrong! The High Queen lives up to the promise of The Child Queen. Granted, the first chapter drags a little, but once you get past that the author plunges right back in with adventure, drama, romance... and most of all, characters that make the Arthurian legend come to life.
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Summary: Arthurian/Guinevere legend lives on!
Review: Arthur and Guinevere live on. This book was so good, that at the end I was so emotionally exsuasted that I hit my pillow and slept for hours!
I balled my eyes out at the end about what happened between Arthur and his son, mordred.
And also what happened between Guinevere and Lancelot, and their undying love for each other. Though I still found the first book,"The Child Queen" much better, this one was definately more sad, and more tragic.
This book is a must for anyone looking for something with Magic, romance, suspense, and love
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Summary: How typical
Review: Can this author take another English course? First of all, the title is so... unoriginal. Second, the title is so...unoriginal. Third... the plot was the typical arthur/Guinevere story. Four... why did I even bother to finish this book?
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Summary: Simply Loved it!
Review: How could ANYONE not like this book! I am an avid reader, and this is the first book, EVER, that made me tear up. Guinevere, Mordred and Artur reach out of the pages and pull you into their lives, really making you CARE about them! For instance, Guinevere is a heroine that you really like, except that she seemsto say "but i'm only a woman!" before she goes off and does something noble or heroic. Mordred is not the evil and twisted soul that other books on Arthurian legend would have you believe. Instead, he is kind and gentle, tormented only by the fact that he MUST kill Arthur, his father, and that he loves Guinevere, who only can love him as a son. If you love Arthurian legend, and you've never QUITE bleived that Guinevere was wimpy, or that Mordred was evil, this is the book to get. Kudos, to you, Nancy McKenzie!
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Summary: WOW!
Review: How could ANYONE not like this book! I am an avid reader, and this is the first book, EVER, that made me tear up. Guinevere, Mordred and Artur reach out of the pages and pull you into their lives, really making you CARE about them! For instance, Guinevere is a heroine that you really like, except that she seemsto say "but i'm only a woman!" before she goes off and does something noble or heroic. Mordred is not the evil and twisted soul that other books on Arthurian legend would have you believe. Instead, he is kind and gentle, tormented only by the fact that he MUST kill Arthur, his father, and that he loves Guinevere, who only can love him as a son. If you love Arthurian legend, and you've never QUITE bleived that Guinevere was wimpy, or that Mordred was evil, this is the book to get. Kudos, to you, Nancy McKenzie!
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Summary: Somewhat enjoyable
Review: However the ending was too drawn out... what a bore the story became. If you enjoyed this "series", do consider picking up "CROWN DUEL" and "COURT DUEL" by Sherwood Smith. Similar concepts and situations. =Jennifer
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Summary: I was Very Dissapointed
Review: I expected so much more, I mean, after the great first book THE CHILD QUEEN, I just HAD to read the sequel. Thing is, I wish I never did start. Okay, so Arthur dies, and Guinevere starts crying her eyes out, but other than the visible notions, it seemed as though nothing happened at all emotionally. Nancy Mckenzie has lost the respect I had given her for such a great book and writing of the first, but this has just backed down my praises of her. I hope she comes out with another book, and this time, lay off with sequels, they are not her type of thing.
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