It's a great thing to rejoin Dinadan and other old friends in this addition to the series. But Camelot won't last forever... ( )

Shut up, this is an id-series for me. I can see of its flaws and I don't care. These flaws include complete and total ahistoricism (put any and all knowledge of post-third-century European or Byzantine history, mores, religion, etc., in a sealed box while reading this), a tin ear for dialogue, and way more heteronormativity (there's actually a "we're not gay" moment which makes me want to *light things on fire*) and Protestant coding than I am really comfortable with. Morris is oddly hostile, and has been so for a while, to people who take stories seriously, who try to use them as models for their behavior — why a novelist (and a pastor, apparently, according to the jacket) would take this attitude baffles me.

But Terence continues to be a delight, Gawain's increasingly-brief appearances are always wonderful, I was thrilled to see Eileen get an actual speaking role, albeit no action, Dinadin is funny if incredibly anachronistic, Mordred was actually handled well, and Arthur is my favoritest (Morris' portrait of him is actually fascinating and may be the most subtle part of the whole series).

Don't start with this book, oh god no, but if you have been yearning for more Terence as Morris has fucked around for the past several books with Lancelot and other Arthurian heroes, it is not a bad addition to the series. ( )

I think the author is having difficulty arriving at an ending...the afterword seemed more interesting than the tale itself. ( )

Reviewed by Aubrey Hepburn for TeensReadToo.com

Bias is a dangerous beast. Frankly, I was not excited to read this book. I've grown up knowing, loving, and reading the Arthurian legends; the last thing I wanted was another sappy and overdone Camelot spin-off.

This book is not one of those.

Terence, a squire to Sir Gawain, serves in King Arthur's court during Camelot's golden days. The insurgents have been subdued. The people are happy.

That is, until Mordred arrives on the scene. The only people to suspect the dubious Mordred are Sir Kai and Terence. What's the secret behind Mordred's smile? Why hasn't Terence been able to contact Avalon, his father's faerie realm?

Add enchantresses, tournaments, and murder, and you have THE SQUIRE'S QUEST.

Still relatively true to the original Arthur legends, the ninth book of THE SQUIRE'S TALES series combines history (material by Cretien de Troyes) with fresh takes on essential Arthurian characters like Dinadan and Guinevere.

I read this in one evening, cover to cover. The book, that is, not the evening. The story is simple enough to be believable, but interesting enough to be entertaining. A great book to curl up with. ( )

Terence worries about the lengthy absence of his faery friends as he travels to Greece to aid the Emperor Alexander and attempts to thwart a nefarious plot by Mordred to assume the throne held by King Arthur.