So this was generally an enjoyable book. I wasn't completely absorbed but I made it through. But I honestly feel that it didn't need the Arthurian legends story, I think it might actually have read better if the author had used entirely original characters. To be fair, most of the characters were original, but this was kind of why I felt that they could have just created their own world, replacing Merlin, Arthur, Mordred etc with new characters. If anything, the large amount of magic in the story didn't totally fit in with the Arthurian legends and really would have shone brighter standing on its own two feet. It almost felt like they had changed characters to be Arthurian just to get people's attention and maybe sell more books. And granted, I did read it because of this, but I honestly don't think it needed it. Overall, a decent read with a good story and some decent characters.