“𝔚𝔥𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔬𝔟 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔶 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢, 𝔦𝔱’𝔰 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔢𝔵𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔳𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔤𝔬𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔯𝔶𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔩 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔤𝔬𝔩𝔡𝔢𝔫 𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔰. 𝔚𝔥𝔶 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 ℑ 𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔶 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔭𝔞𝔦𝔫, 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔭𝔰 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔩𝔨?”

Published: 24/06/25 (ARC)

Genre: Fantasy, YA, retelling

Page count: 400

Format read: 📱

Other books read by this author: None

A sapphic retelling of Swan Lake, 𝐀 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐬 is a story of bewitchment, blood, & betrayal. An easy (if you don’t worry too much about all the French pronunciations) & fun read, I fell for the characters much more than the plot, particularly Marie & Aimé, though there were some unexpected twists & turns that did keep me guessing. Overall, a compelling YA fantasy.

Thankyou to AB Poranek, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, & NetGalley for the ARC.