The Bibliophile's Bookshelf

This month’s Saturday Spotlight theme is retellings! This month I have shared A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and Golden Tangle by Suzanne Fowers, a retelling of Rapunzel. You can find those posts here and here.

This week I am sharing A Captive of Wing and Feather by Melanie Cellier!

This is a Swan Lake retelling, that I really enjoyed! It has an FMC learning to trust again, and a fun, but protective MMC. There were also some amazing animal companions, with the swans playing a big part in the story. I loved the adventure in this book, and the amazing romance. It was so sweet and the character growth in this book was amazing. There was also some magic in this story, and it was very well done. It made the story engrossing and added some unique complications to the story. This is a wonderful retelling, that I highly recommend.

Princess Adelaide has been missing for years. And that’s exactly the way she wants it. Haunted by her past, not even the curse that entraps her is enough to make her long for her old home.

But her past finds her anyway, in the form of a handsome prince from her childhood. Adelaide doesn’t want to let Gabe in, but a sinister force is spreading fear throughout her new kingdom, and only Gabe has the will to help her. Adelaide can’t refuse his assistance–not when the evil might soon ensnare much more than a solitary princess. But with her friends and her new kingdom in danger, even the help of Gabe and her seven swans might not be enough.

In this reimagining of the classic tale, Swan Lake, the trapped princess must find the courage to overcome her past if she has any hope of turning a tragedy into a happy ending.