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The Swan's Arrow
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $31.99
Publisher: Atmosphere Press
Published: Jan 13 2026
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
What if the fairy tales you loved as a child were rewritten to become even more horrifying? The Swan's Arrow is a haunting reimagining of The Swan Princess for readers who crave morally gray heroes, tragic romance, and curses that bite back.
Odette is a princess bound by grief and royal obligation. After losing her mother to a monstrous curse, she's forced into a political engagement with the one man she despises-Prince Derek, her kingdom's golden boy with secrets darker than his smile.
Ren is a cursed sorcerer with a past steeped in shadows. Feared by many, hunted by more, he's the villain in every bedtime story-until one fateful night binds his fate to the very girl who should fear him most.
Two years after a beastly attack that changes everything, Odette and Ren are reunited-this time with a common enemy and a plan for vengeance. But as their bond deepens and the kingdom's lies begin to unravel, love becomes as dangerous as any curse.
Perfect for fans of Beauty and the Beast and The Witcher, The Swan's Arrow is a story where love is a weapon, curses breathe, and not all monsters hide in the dark.
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Contemporary dialogue is abundant, including endless quips and some pop-culture references; this doesn't lessen the warlock's menacing presence, and Odette's and Ren's gloomy backstories teem with buried secrets (some they don't know themselves) and lost loved ones...A delightful love story that fuses a medieval setting with modern sensibilities. - Kirkus Reviews
Librarians that seek fantasy fairy tales retold will want to place The Swan's Arrow high on their acquisition list, alongside such celebrated authors of the genre as Marissa Meyer, Jane Yolen, Neil Gaiman, and other masters of fairy tale retellings. The exquisite detail and dilemmas in The Swan's Arrow join with the best of fairy tales retold for modern times. - Midwest Book Review
The Swan's Arrow is a fantastic read. I loved the atmospheric world that Holly M. Jenkins has created, a world full of magic, especially dark magic. My mind was flooded with images of enchanted castles and dangerous woods, of celestial blood moons and shadowed mazes. - Divine Zape for Readers' Favorite, 5-Star Review
The Swan Princess gets an empowered twist in this modern take on the beloved fairy tale. - Addison Ciuchta for Independent Book Review
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