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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Court of Swans by Melanie Dickerson
4.0
I requested this book some time ago already on Netgalley and the moment my request was granted I was so looking forward to reading this book. But life happened and the right moment didn't really come, but this week, the calm week before Christmas, I really felt like reading a nice, sweet, soft and heartwarming fairytale retelling. And I knew, since I've read a few more books by this author, that this book would be absolutely perfect.
The book was exactly what I had expected it to be. I really love how Dickerson manages to write a contemporary fairytale. There is no magic in this story and yet it captures the essence of the original tale and keeps the important elements making up the core of this story. And it all fitted perfectly into the historical world of London. This book really showed England as it was. Not so much the beauty, but the ugly side of backstabbing, politics, greed and the fight of innocent people trying to find justice.
However, even though the theme of this book seems heavy and dark, it somehow feels like I've been reading a story of hope. That's partly because of the Christian influence and as I had already noticed before, the way Dickerson writes her characters' faith in God is a lot like mine. I recognized myself, my doubts and worries in the questions our main character asked herself and God. And it was nice to see her faith and prayers and hope rewarded in the end.
Because Dickerson really managed to write characters we could root for. All of them found a way into my heart and I really started caring about them and their fate. I'm pretty sure that this is the start of a new series and that we will get to know the other brothers in future books, but I've already seen that, just like their sister and her soldier, they're all amazing people. I can't wait to witness them finding their true love, written in such a way that it's impossible to ever imagine those characters with someone else.
The book was exactly what I had expected it to be. I really love how Dickerson manages to write a contemporary fairytale. There is no magic in this story and yet it captures the essence of the original tale and keeps the important elements making up the core of this story. And it all fitted perfectly into the historical world of London. This book really showed England as it was. Not so much the beauty, but the ugly side of backstabbing, politics, greed and the fight of innocent people trying to find justice.
However, even though the theme of this book seems heavy and dark, it somehow feels like I've been reading a story of hope. That's partly because of the Christian influence and as I had already noticed before, the way Dickerson writes her characters' faith in God is a lot like mine. I recognized myself, my doubts and worries in the questions our main character asked herself and God. And it was nice to see her faith and prayers and hope rewarded in the end.
Because Dickerson really managed to write characters we could root for. All of them found a way into my heart and I really started caring about them and their fate. I'm pretty sure that this is the start of a new series and that we will get to know the other brothers in future books, but I've already seen that, just like their sister and her soldier, they're all amazing people. I can't wait to witness them finding their true love, written in such a way that it's impossible to ever imagine those characters with someone else.