Morgan Is My Name
Ratings5
Average rating3.7
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Ratings5
Average rating3.7
An atmospheric, feminist retelling of the early life of famed villainess Morgan le Fay, set against the colourful chivalric backdrop of Arthurian legend. When King Uther Pendragon murders her father and tricks her mother into marriage, Morgan refuses to be crushed. Trapped amid the machinations of men in a world of isolated castles and gossiping courts, she discovers secret powers. Vengeful and brilliant, it's not long before Morgan becomes a worthy adversary to Merlin, influential sorcerer to the king. But fighting for her freedom, she risks losing everything - her reputation, her loved ones and her life.
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2 primary booksMorgan le Fay is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Sophie Keetch.
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The is the origin story of Morgan le Fay, King Arthur's half-sister and a powerful magician. It's told in the first person by Morgan, which makes it an enthralling read. New book in the series coming in less than a month.
I expected a lot more going into this book. I wanted revenge, Arthurs story hold from morgaras POV and while this is Morgan's story its more of her life before she turned evil (though love her for it).
You could take the magic from this book and nothing would change. Why is it their in the first place? There was no explanation on the magic either which is fire, but I would have liked to see Morgan learn how to use is on page other than she simply can.
Uther is a large part of the story and yet the conflict between him and Morgan don't appear much. I felt a bit let down at how that part of the story ended.
Here was a few decisions Morgan makes that didn't seem like she would as a character. The love story aspect of the book was dropped and then she agrees to something she's adamant she will never do as Uther says and yet she does. it doesn't mesh with her character.
I found il strange to set the story in England when I expected Wales. Each time London was mentioned it pulled me from the story.
Originally when I heard this book was about moorland I thought it would be like Morgan from the show Merlin. I loved Morgan in the show but in the book we don't see that part of Morgana until the end. That was the only part I loved about this book
Perhaps I am thinking too much about the show as I loved it, and that could be clouding what I expected from this book.
But it was a disappointment from what I expected this book to be especially when I thought it was a standalone when its not.
This book is so good. I don't remember much of the King Arthur story and nothing of Morgan in that story, but you didn't need to know any of that to thoroughly enjoy this retelling. Highly recommend for anyone who enjoys historical fiction or good writing generally.
