She's independent, loving, selfless yet also selfish when needed -and she's definitely a badass lady as well. But Aderyn is a beautiful character she might have been left in ignorance over royalty matters because of her father, but she was smart enough to fend for herself. I rarely ever hate main characters, but I've stumbled upon a few that are just too fictional to be true: either too ambitiously nice or too cold due to past incidents. I believe that the authors successfully made her personality realistic, despite the fact that this book is set in a high fantasy world. I would say that Aderyn is one of the best main characters that I've encountered in books.
Unfortunately for our main character Aderyn, she had a reason for being unable to transform into a bird like she's supposed to.
I'm glad I went into the story without making any notes from the blurb (honestly, I've already forgotten why I chose to review this book when Pansing contacted me) because the moment it was revealed that the nobles in this kingdom are able to transform into birds that represent their bloodline (not a spoiler, it's obviously in the synopsis), I was immediately hooked. It took me a single day to finish reading this book, and after being in a reading-slump for a few months, that really says something. Written in rich detail and evocative language, this is the start of an irresistible, soaring duology about courage, broken loyalties and fighting for your place in the world.ĭon't get me wrong with the title of this post, but seriously, can it just be 2020 already? I can swear by my heart that A Throne of Swans is one of the reasons that 2020 will be a wonderful year. Driven by revenge and love, she must venture into the malevolent heart of the Citadel in order to seek the truth about the attack that so nearly destroyed her, to fight for the only home she has ever known and for the land she has vowed to protect. With the benevolent shelter of her mother and her father now lost, Aderyn is at the mercy of her brutal uncle, the King, and his royal court. But she has not transformed for years, not since witnessing the death of her mother - ripped apart by hawks that have supposedly been extinct since the long-ago War of the Raptors.
Synopsis ( Goodreads ): When her father dies just before her birthday, seventeen-year-old Aderyn inherits the role of Protector of Atratys, a dominion in a kingdom where nobles are able to transform at will into the bird that represents their family bloodline.
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