88. Daughter of the Forest, by Juliet Marillier.

Based heavily on the fairytale about the maid that saves her brothers, cruelly transformed into the guise of swans, by sewing shirts of nettle thread, woven by hand and in silence, in order to thwart a witch's spell.

Fleshed out and expanded upon, this story closely follows the markers set down in the fairytale, but segues off into new information extrapolated from smaller elements. The baseline is all present - swans, a spell, six brothers, a beautiful youngest sister, a handsome stranger - but the extra information is all very much worthwhile also. The story evolves nicely, and the characters relate to each other well, which can be a struggle. Interesting read, and definitely enjoyed it.