Cursed

So unlike several of the other reviews I glanced at, I actually was excited about it being a story about Nimue. That is in the sense that I did not want an “imagine if Arthur was a girl!” story, because simply, he wasn't. I'm all for a female lead-reimagining I just don't think making it a woman-Arthur is what I'd be looking for.

Throughout reading this I thought it was great for the most part throughout the first 300+ pages, even stating that it was a 4 or 5* book depending on the ending.
Where it lost me is that it is an incredibly long YA book for its style, however they did not specify that it was the beginning of a series? A new saga? I still don't think there's word on another book?
So that means it was always meant to land on some kind of cliffhanger, and I am not opposed to series whatsoever, but if they had lead with that information it could prepare readers for it in terms of expectations. Therefore, for me, a 403 page book that has very little resolution or payoff, is kind of just ridiculous. It missed all the marks for me because of it...

Also at several points in the book I was surprised by how the artwork imagined a somewhat womanly figure for this 14 year old? In a bad way... kind of creepy.

Otherwise the surprise appearances from well known knights of the round table was handled very well and I enjoyed them all.