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The Bastard by Jack Porter

wintericeuk's review

3.0

A competent enough series which turns the Arthurian myth on its head in a very interesting way. The protagonist can be empathised with to a reasonable degree and there's no serious power creep in their abilities. They face challenges which they will struggle with and push them to grow in capability in a reasonable way and kept me invested in their progress as a character. The ladies of the 'harem' vary in depth with some feeling like 2D bit characters while others are complex enough tthat I invested in them. One major criticism is that you can paractically play "Hero's Journey Bingo" with the progression of the three books, but the world is reasonably consistent within its established limits and there are very few glaring issues across the three book series.

I suspect that the author isn't completely clear on how a portcullis functions, though...