A review by kylieqrada
The Singing Sword by Jack Whyte

4.0

Continuing in the vein of the first book, I could not inhale this fast enough. It's so hard to rate and review these books because they are so jam-packed FULL of amazing writing, riveting plot, and lovable and hateable characters on one hand, while on the other hand, continuing to catch me off guard with problematic elements just when I think I've escaped them. With this book, we draw much closer to the central Arthurian legend, though, which was exciting, and made me even more invested in the story than I was previously. Although, as I got nearer to the end, and the main characters got older, I did start to sense the inevitability of a new cast in the continuations, which proved correct, unfortunately. I'm sure I'll come to love the next cast as much as I loved the first, as so often happens with epic fantasy series (Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings being the prime example), but it's still so hard to let Publius, Caius, and Luceiia go. 4 stars that could easily be a 5 with some sensitivity editing.