The Arthurian book: reunited with Senna, the cast fights off an attack by Loki on Galahad's court. I like that the Arthurian characters are particularly fuzzy in their origins, somewhere between mythic and mortal, with histories that seem to contradict April's research back in Old World; it suits them and gives this book a misty, mythic tone which is more effective than the romantic dynamic between April and Galahad. But April underwhelmed me: I wanted so much to like her, because she's female but also because of how David and Christopher describe her in contrast to Senna. But her PoV is undifferentiated, especially since she comes right after Christopher and their "I narrate my life according to TV/movies" and "I narrate my life according to acting" gimmicks blur together.

My lower ratings are more indicative of quality--which is still not great--than enjoyment. These are easy to chew through, little popcorn books with bizarro worldbuilding and untaxing, if unremarkable, narration. I can give or take the world, but I love Senna and I appreciate the smaller moments: the horror of Merlin's magics, everyone's persistent exhaustion, the contrasting mundanity--both a frustration and an escape--of the "real" world.