Cygnus Curse - Woken Kingdom, #2

Cursed to transform into a black swan, a deadly guardian must ally with the young pirates who ransacked her life.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I've rarely enjoyed the found family trope quite this much! Every one of the characters was loveable yet flawed in their own ways' – author RC Thomson

Sierra's last – and most disgraceful – option is forcing those who cursed her to reverse the magic. Then, she can finally be free and return glory to her warrior family.

She should hate every second with the pirate crew. Yet travelling and troublemaking across their magical world as they search for the power to help her, Sierra starts to see them as . . . friends. Is their life the true freedom she longs for?

But she'll never learn to love their captain, Arden. Arrogant. Reckless. Infuriatingly alluring. He represents everything she hates, but their rivalry is made all the more vicious by their deep chemistry.

Back in Bearra, war is coming. Maya, Teddy, and Dawn have a quest for Sierra: she must search for a fabled weapon that could destroy an evil fairy. Finding this weapon and breaking her curse, however, could cost Sierra the family she's found.

Will she save her honour, or the pirates who are stealing her heart?

Inspired by Swan Lake, this tale is for readers of enemies-to-lovers romance who get lost in found family, morally grey heroes, and intricate fantasy worlds in the vein of Six of Crows.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Poppy has a way of writing characters that I can't help but feel intense emotion toward them. I feel like I know them personally and some I want to desperately give a little kiss on the forehead to and others I want to punch in the face, they're just so real' – Haylee, Goodreads

Cygnus Curse is the sequel to Woken Kingdom, a new YA fantasy series by Poppy Rose Solomon, your new favourite fairy princess/Australian fantasy author.