A review by lsneal
The Knights of Breton Court by Maurice Broaddus

2.0

I'm a total sucker for Arthurian legend stories in general, and Arthurian re-interpretations in particular, so I really wanted to love this series about the Arthurian legend playing itself out again among street gangs in Indianapolis. Unfortunately, the execution didn't live up to the promise of the concept. The writing itself was decent, but the plotting was entirely disjointed, and the characterization was pretty weak. There were elements of magic and fantasy, but they didn't really fit in with the rest of the story. For the most part, the setting seemed pretty firmly in the "real world" of a neighborhood of Indianapolis, but then, occasionally, a random troll or immortal fey lord shows up and does something clearly magical, and...no one really comments on it. You would think there would be some sort of "WTF why is there a troll ripping people up" reaction, or an "ah, as was foretold in legend, the trolls have returned" reaction, but instead, there's just...a troll, and no one remarks about it at all.

It didn't grab me, and I gave up partway through.