Morgan Is My Name (Morgan le Fay, #1)
Sophie Keetch
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.
Picking this up again. I've got so many paused books, because having them in the reading list was overwhelming. I do like this book so far and want to know where it's going.
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0 0From the moment I started reading I was pulled into this budding story. Morgan Is My Name is not full of battle scenes I so commonly refer to when it comes to Arthurian content. Still, it provided a wonderful introduction to the character of Morgan Le Fay, touching heavily on themes of friendship, love, feminine rage and resilience.
This story is filled with sprinklings of magic between each beautifully descriptive chapter from beginning to end, seamlessly combining magic and realism to the point that I felt this was a work of nonfiction. Every character felt purposeful and whole, and every scene was truthful and realistic.
I found Morgan Is My Name, a pleasantly insightful read into a character (based on my research) commonly dipped in negative mysticism. I very much enjoyed this origin story and look forward to reading more from Sophie Keetch.
Side note: As someone not overly familiar with the characters from The Round Table I am interested to see how fans of King Arthur will react.
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