this book has been on my kindle since 2013 I have no idea it took me so long to read it once i started I could not put it down. The book flows well, the story's plot keeps you guessing & all the good characters are very likable, even one bad character. All the characters complement each other so well too. There's paranormal, there's drama, there's all kinds of emotional love between the characters, there's hate, there's a strong female character -both mentally & physically, there's humor, there's even a great rescue dog! I like that the story was not predictable & that the heroine gets her true love at the end. Just adore a strong female character like Elora, it will be hard for the other single knights to find such a great lady for themselves. I found it interesting that Elora's world sounded a little more like the earth we know (but not quite) than the world she drops into with the Knights of Black Swan, though the Knights' has similarities to ours too, makes me think there's a 3rd dimension that's ours in relation to the story's dimensions theory. Very well written, kept my interest, because it pulled me in -I stayed up to late reading & paid the price at work the next day! ( )

It was awesome! ( )

In the first book in the Knights of the Black Swan series, Elora Laiken unwillingly travels through inter-dimensional space and winds up on an alternate version of Earth. She’s horribly injured from the travel (her body is nothing but black goo) and is taken to the med center at Jefferson Unit, the military compound of the Black Swan. As she miraculously heals, she befriends a man named Storm who helps her rehabilitate and get her life back together.
Ram Hawking and his teammates, Storm and Kay, belong to The Order of the Black Swan as warrior knights who fight vampires and other evil creatures to keep the general public safe. After a pile of black goo magically appears and lands at his feet, Ram feels sexually attracted to it, so he wants to kill it. Storm demands that they help it, instead, and soon finds out it’s a woman. Storm sticks with Elora as she heals over the following months while Ram is off having sex and enjoying his vacation. When Ram returns to the compound and officially meets Elora, who’s all healed, he recognizes her as his mate.
At first, I didn’t really like Ram. He was immature, rude, and perverted. Though Elora found him funny, she was a little put off by his immaturity. After Kay finally knocked some sense into him, Ram started to grow and wise up, and he soon became a better man worthy of Elora.
Storm cared for Elora a great deal, but he didn’t truly understand what made her tick. He wanted to shelter and change her instead of accepting her as a kickass woman.
Elora has suffered great loss, heartache, and pain, so she kept Ram and Storm in the “friend zone” for much of the story. Because of this, the book felt more like a suspenseful paranormal action team-up story with the Black Swan as the focus, instead of a romance book centering on the Elora/Ram/Storm love triangle.
I absolutely loved Istvan Baka. He’s a vampire who has regained his sense of his humanity after centuries of cruelty and has sided with the Black Swan to make amends for his crimes. I really enjoyed his scenes with Elora and kind of wished he had won her heart.
The story is told from almost every character’s point of view, including Blackie’s (the dog) POV. With all the head hopping, I sometimes had trouble figuring out who was thinking/speaking. The book is very long (almost 7000% on my Kindle) with lots of description.
I really enjoyed the characters and the world building. I already have the next two books in the series, so I’ll give them a try.
3 Stars ( )

4/5 plot - 5 character dev-2.75/5 romance. Never really felt the chemistry-Ended up skimming a lot ( )

Intriguing World-building

The main character comes across as a bit of a Mary Sue, but she's not annoying. The world- building is very interesting, so the book had no trouble keeping my interest. ( )