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Another entertaining installment of this Arthurian retelling.
Listening to this on audiobook as I cook or drive etc, it'ss easy to follow along and the story is continuous from books 1 to 2 with no recapping. Since Im listening to books 1-5 on audiobook in one go, that's refreshing. I might be confused if I read the books with significant time in between. Not an issue for Libby's audiobook though.
That said, I find the writing to be a little explain-y but for my half distracted state while listening, it's perfect and I don't feel like I miss anything and/or it's easy to get back into the story if I've been drawn out of the room for a minute or two. For a mom of 3, this is a compliment.
The narrator is a little.... emotionless? But decent. He adds some distinction between female and male characters, but not a lot between characters of the same sex, which, for an Arthurian tale with TONS of characters, doesn't bother me too much. There are enough dialogue tags to jeep straight who says what.

Lots of political intrigue happening between Mercia, Wales, and the Saxons in early Medieval Britain, but no real huge stakes or conflict for the main characters. I heard a familiar name: King Icel of Mercia, which makes me think of another Medieval fiction series, the Eagle of Mercia by MJ Portor (altho that series hasn't progressed far enough for Icel to become king yet, so I guess that might be a spoiler for anyone not as intimate with early Britain history)

Already continuing on with book 3.