by Lex Croucher
narrated by Alex Singh and Sarah Ovens
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Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher is a queer YA historical romance. The audiobook is narrated by Alex Singh and Sarah Ovens, and they both did a great job.
Art(hur), a descendant of King Arthur, is betrothed to Gwen(dolyn), the princess of England. But turns out, Art is gay and Gwen is at least bi, so they strike a deal to pretend to be into their engagement to hide their true selves.
This book was just okay for me, though I did laugh out loud a few times. I liked it enough to finish it, but it moved a little slow and was pretty long so it felt meandering at times. I also think it’s a little bit more on the younger side of YA than I typically like to read.
The prose was good, and I’ve read other things by this author and will continue to read from them. The end of the book had a lot more action than the first 3/4s and if it was more like that throughout I would have been more engaged in the plot.
Aside from queer representation, Arthur’s mother was Muslim and Bridget, a lady night, is Thai.
If you like YA books and you’re looking for a queer spin on the mythology of King Arthur, you should give Gwen & Art Are Not In Love a try.
I received a copy of this book to review. Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the complimentary audio review copy and Wednesday Books for the physical copy. All opinions contained herein are my own.
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