Scan barcode
A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
A Throne of Swans by Katharine Corr
4.0
I remember how the witch's kiss ended on my bookshelf. I was buying books in a facebook group and accidentally typed the wrong title first. Instead of just deleting the comment, I looked up the synopsis and decided to just go for it. I really loved that trilogy in the end so when they announced this book I hit the pre-order button as soon as I could.
And I do not regret it at all. The book has everything I like so much in my books. First of all it has a fairytale vibe. It's slightly inspired by Swan Lake and even though the story is a lot more than a retelling, the vibe of the story is there. It's magical and in a way also dark and scary and that atmosphere is partly set by the wonderful writing style that fits the world and the characters so much.
Because the world is another highlight of this book. I'm pretty sure we haven't even seen half of it, since we spent most of the time at the Citadel, but it's not that hard to understand why Aderyn loves it so much, why she cares so much about it. The glimpses we saw, the wonderful places we heard about, I would totally love to explore all those spots and I hope we get to see more of the world outside the Citadel in the next book.
And although I didn't form a very strong emotional connection with the characters, I did care about them and I did enjoy the politics, the complicated interactions and patterns, the intrige and all the layers. Every time I thought we kinda knew a character a new side was added and revealed and our image was once more shaken. And I'm sure that we're far from done with this game of Chess, so I can't wait to see what will happen next and what other characters will reveal different colors.
I don't think I can pre-order the next book already, but if I could I would have done so now.
And I do not regret it at all. The book has everything I like so much in my books. First of all it has a fairytale vibe. It's slightly inspired by Swan Lake and even though the story is a lot more than a retelling, the vibe of the story is there. It's magical and in a way also dark and scary and that atmosphere is partly set by the wonderful writing style that fits the world and the characters so much.
Because the world is another highlight of this book. I'm pretty sure we haven't even seen half of it, since we spent most of the time at the Citadel, but it's not that hard to understand why Aderyn loves it so much, why she cares so much about it. The glimpses we saw, the wonderful places we heard about, I would totally love to explore all those spots and I hope we get to see more of the world outside the Citadel in the next book.
And although I didn't form a very strong emotional connection with the characters, I did care about them and I did enjoy the politics, the complicated interactions and patterns, the intrige and all the layers. Every time I thought we kinda knew a character a new side was added and revealed and our image was once more shaken. And I'm sure that we're far from done with this game of Chess, so I can't wait to see what will happen next and what other characters will reveal different colors.
I don't think I can pre-order the next book already, but if I could I would have done so now.