Adelice has a natural gift of spinning the threads of time. However, her parents have been teaching her for years to make mistakes and to make them look naturally. When Adelice is sixteen, as with all girls, she will take the test. If she passes, she will become a Spinster, weaving the threads of their world, with privileges, beauty, and notoriety not available to the common people and never see her family again. If she fails, she will get to become a worker, such as a secretary and be married off by the time she is eighteen. But Adelice makes a mistake on her test and shows a glimpse of her true gift.
When they come for her, she does what her parents tell her to. She hides in a tunnel, but her escape is futile. She is captured and some of her family killed. When she arrives, she is treated differently then the other girls. She has more privileg then they do, but she's always being watched. Her trainer hates her on site and will do anything within her power to be rid of Adelice. Although she is very forthright with her opinions, that get her into trouble quite often, Adelice eventually finds some friendship with her mentor, Enora, and a valet, the handsome Josten. Adelice doesn't understand why she is being treated differently - she imagines that all of them can weave the threads without a loom. But she's wrong.
The man with all of the power, Cormac, keeps a keen eye on Adelice, even when she begins her training with Loricel, the Creweler. It is the Creweler's job to gather up the raw materials and weave their world and to remove the bad threads, sometimes wiping out big chunks of their world and people. She holds many secrets and begins to share them with Adelice, who will eventually take her place. But Adelice just wants to be in Josten's arms and find her sister, who was not killed when she was taken. But will she be able to outmaneuver Cormac or will his power turn her into one of his loyal subjects?
Crewel is a dystopian gem; a unique and clever world that kept me riveted as I devoured the pages. Not only is the world-building captivating, but the characters are diverse and developed, having me either hating them or cheering for them. The politics was easy to follow, as well as some of the science, which I found to be refreshing. Although there is a cliffhanger, I was immensely satisfied with this book and am really anticipating the next one.
When they come for her, she does what her parents tell her to. She hides in a tunnel, but her escape is futile. She is captured and some of her family killed. When she arrives, she is treated differently then the other girls. She has more privileg then they do, but she's always being watched. Her trainer hates her on site and will do anything within her power to be rid of Adelice. Although she is very forthright with her opinions, that get her into trouble quite often, Adelice eventually finds some friendship with her mentor, Enora, and a valet, the handsome Josten. Adelice doesn't understand why she is being treated differently - she imagines that all of them can weave the threads without a loom. But she's wrong.
The man with all of the power, Cormac, keeps a keen eye on Adelice, even when she begins her training with Loricel, the Creweler. It is the Creweler's job to gather up the raw materials and weave their world and to remove the bad threads, sometimes wiping out big chunks of their world and people. She holds many secrets and begins to share them with Adelice, who will eventually take her place. But Adelice just wants to be in Josten's arms and find her sister, who was not killed when she was taken. But will she be able to outmaneuver Cormac or will his power turn her into one of his loyal subjects?
Crewel is a dystopian gem; a unique and clever world that kept me riveted as I devoured the pages. Not only is the world-building captivating, but the characters are diverse and developed, having me either hating them or cheering for them. The politics was easy to follow, as well as some of the science, which I found to be refreshing. Although there is a cliffhanger, I was immensely satisfied with this book and am really anticipating the next one.
Newly released books seem to come in waves, at least the largely hyped ones, and the trend in YA lit right now seems to continue to be dystopia. Im not necessarily sad about that, it makes for some entertaining reads that take just a day or two. Unfortunately, at this point, they are somewhat formulaic: youve got a special girl who doesnt know what shes capable of; the government is super controlling and trying to find new ways to be even worse; several men in the book will be in love with said girl for no explainable reason; even though said girl doesnt know what shes doing, she manages to save the society despite her stupidity and bad decisions. Oh, and they are typically a series lasting at least three books, although were starting to get a lot of novellas along with the full length novels.
This novel, which is the start of a series, introduced something I havent read in YA dystopia recently weaving time and basically everything about life into a tapestry. Our main character, Adelice, isnt the only special oneshes just the most special of all the special. The big difference between this and other novels being that she doesnt know it at first, but then quickly realizes shes different from the other Spinsters and uses that in a way that I havent seen recently. For example, in a lot of other series, the heroine continues to accidentally be awesome. Adelice decides to explore her gift and use it to figure some things out.
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This novel, which is the start of a series, introduced something I havent read in YA dystopia recently weaving time and basically everything about life into a tapestry. Our main character, Adelice, isnt the only special oneshes just the most special of all the special. The big difference between this and other novels being that she doesnt know it at first, but then quickly realizes shes different from the other Spinsters and uses that in a way that I havent seen recently. For example, in a lot of other series, the heroine continues to accidentally be awesome. Adelice decides to explore her gift and use it to figure some things out.
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