Daughter of Camelot (2013) (Mabon Publishing)Glynis Cooney
Grade: A-
Genre: young adult / Arthurian legend / fantasy
Source: NetGalley
YA Reading Bingo Challenge 2014: A book based on a myth
About to celebrate their fourteenth birthdays, twins Deirdre and Rhys are inseparable. In their superstitious community, twins are a sign of bad luck, but they have learnt to ignore the stares and whispers. Her father has always turned a blind eye at Deirdre’s boyish exploits with her brother and best friend Reece, but that’s about to change. Rhys is to embark on the last stage of his training to become a Knight while Deirdre is to accompany her older sister Nia to learn the finer points of etiquette in being a lady.
Court life is much different to
what Deirdre had expected. With news of Lancelot and Guinevere’s betrayal fresh
on everybody’s lips, kingdoms are quickly taking sides and it is up to Deirdre
and Nia to learn all they can in their family’s pledge to support the High
King. Court politics are complicated and for Deirdre, dangerous when she
overhears a traitorous conversation that wasn’t intended for her ears. She
suddenly finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy that she’s determined to
topple as part of her bid to thwart Arthur’s destiny …
