Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Swan's Chance
Celeste De Blasis · 1986
76/100
👍 Worth It
De Blasis does something rare — weaving the Underground Railroad, Civil War, and Thoroughbred racing into a family saga that actually earns its emotional payoff across generations. It's long and asks you to have read Wild Swan first, but readers who invest get richly drawn heroines and historically grounded storytelling that holds up decades later.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety60
substance80
craft80
originality74
accuracy78
hype70
age-fit65
human-eye80
Penny’s verdict76
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