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Arthur Penhaligon is a normal kid with some normal friends until one day when a weird ‘Crow Man’ begins to show up everywhere. Before he knows it, all sorts of strange events are happening to Arthur and he ends up involved in a destiny he never knew he had.

This is a cute middle-grade King Arthur retelling and it was super quick to get into and i thought it was a fast, fun read. Everything seemed to happen very quickly, yet not so quickly all at once. I thought at times, things took a while to happen - or more like it took a bit long for Arthur and his friends to really figure it out.

I thought Arthur’s relationship with his friends was brilliant and I loved their interactions and how they listened and trusted each other, not to mention how they were there for each other. I also really appreciated that Arthur told his parents what was going on with the Crow Man for the most part. In a lot of other books or similar scenarios the kids or characters would lie and it can be pretty frustrating, especially if it could lead to a dangerous situation.

I do think things took a bit long to be actually explained though and the reader, while clearly knowing more or less what was going on, was still left in the dark without the finer details - even near the end. Nothing was really explained about what exactly was going on and why. It almost felt a bit more like a short story or a story excerpt or something, a felt like a bit more was missing.