#bridget leclair

Character, book, and author names under the cut

I already pre-ordered the sequel, but now I have to wait until AUGUST and I have no motivation to read or re-read anything else

Read Gwen & Art Aren't In Love this weekend and it has rewired my brain.

Read Gwen and Art are not in love and immediately wanted to draw a sword lesbian :3

Yeah this was really fun.

I mean, Imma be honest, I didn't expect this to recapture the exact same lightning-in-a-bottle type excitement I felt for the first book, I did expect it to be just as fun and charming though, and on that front it delivered. I would've been content if the ending of the previous book was the end of the story, but I also really loved reading more about the shenanigans of my favourite dysfunctional gays from 'medieval times'. 

So, don't go into this expecting it to make you feel just like Gwen and Art are not in Love, if you want that just go reread that book. It's still got a fair bit of yearning and romance, but mainly it's focused on the lingering effects of trauma on the 4 main characters and how they are (not) dealing with it. It was a wonderfully fun journey through a very historically-inaccurate medieval Britain, where at least like half of the population is queer and I love that. 

Also I don't know if Gabe is written as autistic-coded, but he sure does feel very relatable for my specific experience of autism. Because I too get overwhelmed all the time and have a brain that is often painfully slow in the uptake and processing of information and struggle with social interaction to a stupidly annoying extent, so I feel very seen.

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Blurb:

They fell in love. They fought a great battle. And they won. Now, Camelot's famous couples have fallen apart.  Newly crowned King Gabriel is having panic attacks in cupboards in-between council meetings. He can't tell Arthur just how not okay he is--so he's set him free, to find love with someone who can get through the day without breaking down.  Bridget has lost her spark for sparring, forfeiting again and again in the lists. When she's invited to join Gabriel's round table, she hopes it'll be the change she needs. But trying to navigate the post-happily-ever-after reality of a relationship with Gwen, when Bridget no longer feels like the dashing knight Gwen fell in love with, feels impossible.  With the kingdom still reeling from an attempted uprising, and rumored sightings of the holy grail, the questing beast, and the green knight happening across the country, the gang depart on a PR tour destined for disaster. Can Gabriel be the king his country deserves? Can Bridget get her jousting groove back? And will they find their way back to the courtly love that once seemed fated? 

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Release Date: 11. August 2026

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