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A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams

By Dax Murray
A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams by Dax Murray digital book - Fable

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How many half-truths can loyalty shoulder before it breaks from the weight of deception on its back?


A sweeping LGBTQ and polyamorous retelling of "Swan Lake"!

Strange things can be said of the forest that spans the border of two kingdoms long at war. An evil sorcerer has made it his dominion, or an elegant enchantress has claimed it as her domain and grants wishes to those who chance upon her, or maybe the forest is guarded by an ancient and wrathful spirit.

But Katya calls the forest home, living a life of magic and charms with her partner Ivan. But a threat looms over their forest, some darkness and danger that Ivan swears to protect her from. Katya finds herself caught up in a web of grudges and deception spanning generations, but most dangerous of all is the beautiful princess who stumbled into their woods. A princess who sets Katya's heart fluttering with both desire and fear.

As forces rally to rescue the princess or go to war, Katya must take measure of her own powers and decide what she is willing to sacrifice. Will she retreat to the safety of what's familiar or give up everything she knows to spread her wings and fly?

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A Lake of Feathers and Moonbeams Reviews

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“2025 reads: 96/100 Katya has no memory of her life before she turned eighteen. The first thing she remembers is walking through the woods and running into a stranger. The man takes her in, lets her live with him and encourages her to learn magic. He tells her he has to protect the forest from the people entering it. Why wouldn't she trust and help him? Princess Yi Zhen has been travelling by carriage for quite a while, her destination Lebedia where she is set to marry Princen Alexis. Only she never gets there. Princen Alexis is nervous. They exchanged letters with their bride and are now going to meet her for the first time. What will they do, when the princess is in danger? Representation: - M-spec, nonbinary, polyam mc - M-spec, polyam mc - Sapphic, polyam mc - Lesbian sc - Polyamorous side couple Genre(s): - Fantasy - Romance - Themes & Tropes: - Magic - War - Enemies to lovers CW/TW: - Manipulation & gaslighting - Kidnapping - Blood & injury I stumbled across this book very recently and as I had read a sapphic swan lake retelling last month, which I adored and the premise sounded interesting, I decided to give it a read. This story was told from both Alexis and Katya's POV, giving us insight into the charcter supposed to fall in love with the princess and the character not supposed to fall in love with the princess which made it even more interesting. With Katya, it was intriguing to get to witness her inner conflict and the way she was torn between believing in what she knew, supporting the one person, the only person, that has always been there for her and helping Zhen for whom she was developing feelings. Seeing part of the story from Alexis POV was also interesting as they had formed a relationship with Zhen as they exchanged letters and did truly care for her/was developing feelings as well. Having grown up with their parents in a polyamorous relationship, it was interesting to see how they tried to find a solution that pleased Katya, Zhen and themselves in the latter half of the book. We didn't get to experience the book from Zhen's perspective, but her time in captivity with Katya revealed a lot about her character. For one, she had a strong sense of duty and even when she was catching feelings for Katya, she told both herself and Katya that she had to marry the princen no matter what, in order to protect both kingdoms and stop them from starting a war. I did love both Katya & Zhen's and Zhen & Alexis' relationship and wish we'd have gotten to see more of their dynamic(s) which might've been possible if the book had another few chapters. Still, the length made it a perfect quick read with great pacing. I'd recommend this to anyone, who enjoys retellings, romantasy or longs for a book with polyam rep.”
“3.75 ⭐️”

About Dax Murray

After realizing their dream of being a curmudgeonly hedgewitch in the woods of Western Pennsylvania was not possible due to the construction of an outlet mall, Dax took up a new form of sorcery, where they whispered to rocks in arcane languages and taught them how to spy on you, colloquially known as software engineering.

After an epic battle between the forces of Ethics and Student Loan Payments, Dax left that behind to join the magical order of word-placing. Today, they can be found waiting on the two gods (ie: cats) who have allowed them to live in their abode and use their word-magic to make others cry.

Dax studied political science and creative writing at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania and is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association. When not writing, they can be found at the Crystarium in Norvrandt.

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