OK so this is NICHE but if you would like a challenge
When I was inappropriately young, perhaps 12, I came across a retelling of Arthurian legends from the perspective of a young man who knew and grew up with Morgana Le Fay. I would love to find this book and actually finish it, because plenty went over my head.
Here are the things I can remember:
The main character doesn't really interact with Merlin, but young Morgana does and it's pretty creepy
Merlin tells Morgana that she will need to suffer three wounds to become a prophet: one to the body, one to the pride and one to the mind
Morgana lives on some kind of island fortification which is attacked by a nearby clan. She is raped, her eye is cut out and (rather understandably) she has a mental breakdown. This means that she has had all of her wounds
She then has sex with the protagonist and cuts diagonally along their hands, then sort of glues them together with blood and the next morning, when the blood has dried and their hands separate, she goes off somewhere
That's all I can remember! Again, this was about 18 years ago and also, well, I don't think I finished the book. If anyone knows the actual title or remembers anything, please let me know!
