Order of Swans

By Jude Deveraux

Book Overview

"A captivating blend of science fiction, fantasy, and fairy tale reimagining that challenges traditional genre boundaries. . . . an engaging, thought-provoking reading experience that challenges and delights in equal measure." --Medium

In this spellbinding, fantasy-rich romance, a woman is swept into a world where she has the power to alter fairy tales, and change a kingdom's destiny...

To Kaley Arens, a PhD student and expert in folklore, fairy stories have always had a power and an allure beyond mere entertainment.

It's only when Kaley accompanies her lifelong friend Jobi on a visit to his home that she realizes how much she still has to learn. Bellis isn't the remote island that she believed it to be. It's another world--a stunningly beautiful and seductive one, with its own royalty, its own rules, and inhabitants who breathe life into the tales she was taught were fiction.

Kaley's presence is no simple holiday. She has a mysterious connection with Jobi and with Bellis, and abilities that may help determine this world's fate. Tasked with locating a lost prince, Kaley and her companions--the enigmatic Tanek, a member of the Order of Swans, and Sojee, Kaley's colossal bodyguard--journey through a land both thrilling and terrifying, where the uncanny and the familiar go hand in hand.

But in fairy tales, heroes and villains are easy to discern. Here, nothing is quite as it seems. And though Kaley is discovering that she can change the outcome of the fairy tales she knows so well, her own story is unfolding in ways impossible to predict, with a destiny she could never have foretold...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778368424
• ISBN13: 9780778368427
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Mira Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Fun!

I think that this novel was a fun bit of fluff. Entertaining and laugh out loud moments as Kaylen wakes up to find herself in a strange place after a "short" trip of three years that she had no idea about. It is an interesting mix of kinda science fiction heavily dosed with fairy tales and good looking guys (ahem Tanek!) that all find Kaylen fun, gorgeous and just the right woman to fix the issues that are happening on the planet, namely fairy tales going real, complete with the chopping of heels and toes to fit a glass slipper! Good thing Kaylen was working on a PhD in fairy tales! Also, I really enjoyed the parts with Kaylen and Sojee (he is awesome), and also Arit (love the sass!). And I really want a tabhor! So, yeah I would not call this heavy reading, definitely more escapist which is what I was in the mood for so I had fun reading this and I hope to get the chance to read the second book after that cliffhanger! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the chance to read and review this book!