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A Feather So Black
by Lyra Selene
This is a Swan-Lake retelling based on Celtic mythology. If you liked the cruel prince because it had a healthy dose of real fae folk, you’ll LOVE this Romantasy!
This is kind of a reverse retelling in my opinion. Because we have Eala who is the actual Sean princess, and Fia who is the adopted daughter who is the black sheep of her family. The imagery through this book nods respectfully to the original Swan Lake ballet, as well as a few nods to the cartoon movie from 1994.
Because of the traditional Celtic roots, there are a lot of non English words used through this book which made some aspects of the book hard to follow. The author does provide a glossary, but reading it on ebook made acceding the glossary a hastle.
Fia is a changeling. She doesn’t belong to either the Fae or Human realm, but feels most loyal to her adoptive mother. As she works to complete a difficult task given by her mother, Fia starts to uncover the mystery of her fae half.
Fia has been told by a young age that her “greenmark” is something to keep hidden. She has always had a love of plants and green things, and she doesn’t want to hide parts of herself anymore.
I cannot explain how much I deeply despised Rogan. He is such a spoiled and annoying prince. He doesn’t understand Fia’s desire to be chosen and loved for who and what she is. He says he loves her and then turns around and asks her to try and control her power.
Fia shouldn’t have to hold back her powers, and Rogan shouldn’t make her feel like she has to!
I liked the profession of Fia and Irian’s relationship. It was enemies to reluctant friends to lovers. And they are only able to see each other once every month. Fia has to work through her feelings for her best friend before she can give her heart to Irian.
Irian reminded me of Howl so much! He’s quiet and broody and has a mysterious thing for feathers.
This is kind of a reverse retelling in my opinion. Because we have Eala who is the actual Sean princess, and Fia who is the adopted daughter who is the black sheep of her family. The imagery through this book nods respectfully to the original Swan Lake ballet, as well as a few nods to the cartoon movie from 1994.
Because of the traditional Celtic roots, there are a lot of non English words used through this book which made some aspects of the book hard to follow. The author does provide a glossary, but reading it on ebook made acceding the glossary a hastle.
Fia is a changeling. She doesn’t belong to either the Fae or Human realm, but feels most loyal to her adoptive mother. As she works to complete a difficult task given by her mother, Fia starts to uncover the mystery of her fae half.
Fia has been told by a young age that her “greenmark” is something to keep hidden. She has always had a love of plants and green things, and she doesn’t want to hide parts of herself anymore.
I cannot explain how much I deeply despised Rogan. He is such a spoiled and annoying prince. He doesn’t understand Fia’s desire to be chosen and loved for who and what she is. He says he loves her and then turns around and asks her to try and control her power.
Fia shouldn’t have to hold back her powers, and Rogan shouldn’t make her feel like she has to!
I liked the profession of Fia and Irian’s relationship. It was enemies to reluctant friends to lovers. And they are only able to see each other once every month. Fia has to work through her feelings for her best friend before she can give her heart to Irian.
Irian reminded me of Howl so much! He’s quiet and broody and has a mysterious thing for feathers.