I feel as though the parts of the first book that hooked me weren’t present in this book. I didn’t find myself sympathising with Myrddion the way I did, and I also found myself having to remind myself that this is meant to be a version of Merlin’s life. I couldn’t align the character I’ve come to know in other literature with the character that was being presented here.
However, there was definitely a richness to the history
being told in this story. Naturally with Myrddion and his band travelling
around there were many interesting aspects of the healing, fighting, different
cultures that kept the story moving and kept it interesting. I especially liked
that this was a part of Rome’s history I haven’t come across before in fiction.
Ultimately, I felt as though I was a little disappointed by
this book, but I am keen to read the third in the series and see if when they
travel back to Britain it revives the story and delivers on the promise that
the first book showed. It has so much potential.
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