Court of Swans

Grace Donahue
Jan 31, 2021
3 min read

Updated: Jul 24, 2024

MELANIE DICKERSON

Age Range: 13 and up

Reading Level: High School/Young Adult

The first book in a fairytale romance series by bestselling author Melanie Dickerson!

Delia and her seven brothers live everyday lives as Lords and Lady in 14 century England with their father and evil stepmother. Then a month after their father's unexpected death, the brothers are all taken prisoner from the king of England for tyranny. Delia knows that they did nothing wrong, and their stepmother must have been a part of the ploy to take her brother's prisoners, so she goes off to the castle to save them.

Once in the court disguised as a poor servant, Delia runs into Sir Henry, the guard captain who took her brothers. She despises him for what he did, but Delia has no choice but to trust him and accept his help when he offers to help her brothers. Together, Delia, her brothers, and Sir Henry go on a journey to save their lives and trust in God's plan for them all.

New Review:

I must have been in a bad mood the first time I read this book because I just reread it and loved it!! The storyline and period setting were truly captivating. While the middle part could have been more engaging, the beginning and end were excellent. This book has truly won me over! Her books are very similar, but as the saying goes, don't fix what ain't broken.

I thought the romance was sweet, and her books always made me think more about God and how I could be a better person. It is so helpful to me to see how the characters think about God and faith so that I can copy them when it comes to my own faith.

After rediscovering the charm of this book, I am eagerly looking forward to delving into more of Melanie Dickerson's captivating stories. Having been away from her work for a while, I'm excited to catch up on the new ones. Stay tuned for more reviews from me! (I'm a fan of clean fiction, in case you were wondering.)

Also, I love a good book that switches between the characters so we can see both sides!

Old Review:

When I found out Melanie Dickerson wrote a new book and read the book's description, I got excited, but sadly, after reading it, I was disappointed. Court of Swans had so much potential because of the exciting storyline and time period, but the overall book was not very good. None of the characters felt fully developed, and the romance in the book felt forced and like the author was putting them together because that is just what happens with these types of books.

I want to say that I loved Court of Swans, but I didn't. I loved Melanie Dickerson's first few books that she came out with the Hagenheim series, but I feel like she's running out of new ideas for novels. Her last few books all felt like a book she's already written, and all the characters were pretty much the same people. I was reading some other reviews for this book, and other people seemed to like Court of Swans, so maybe you will too.

Things to mention: There is some violence including: cutting an arm, people being killed, fighting, and other minor things. Delia is almost taken advantage by a man and is locked in a room but she gets away before anything could happen. Some minor kisses and characters desiring to kiss and hold each other.

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