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Disclaimer: An eARC was provided via The Fantastic Flying Book Club and the Author as part of the Blog Tour. The Thoughts, opinions & feelings expressed in the review are therefore, my own.

Woven in Moonlight is all about understanding that the world that we live in; and the world that we think we understand is never divided into black and white, no matter how much we would like it to be and that sometimes doing the right thing is far easier than understanding WHAT exactly the right thing is.

Ximena has been bought up with only one job in mind – to be the decoy for the current Condesa; the rightful heir to the Illustrian Throne – the same Illustrains who were recently dethroned in a bloody and brutal battle – paving the way for a new regime under the new King (or the false King as the Illustrians call him) of the Ilyacans.

When Atoc, The king demands the hand of Condesa in marriage, ostensibly to bring a new era of peace to both the people – the Illustrians, their real COndesa and Ximena see this as their chance to infiltrate the palace; and maybe end up taking down the false king.

Now, as with all the politically inspired plotline; not everything is what it seems; and with Ximena’s life on the line, it doesn’t take her long to identify the fact that the “evil enemy” is not exactly black and white – and with an interesting set of characters; a grouchy & cantankerous healer, a masked vigilante and an imprisoned healer – it will take all of her perseverance and cunningness to play the game and make the choice of right and wrong.


Woven in Moonlight is a beautiful and lyrical debut – the author has taken a culture, so little known and put it forward in a way to grab the reader’s attention – and the fact that it has such a magnificent cover absolutely helped its cause (not going to lie – it was the main reason why I actually signed up for the blog tour!).

Plus, the character growth Ximena shows throughout the book – from a girl who doesn’t understand diplomacy to a woman who displays the strength and steel spine combined with compassion and loyalty, shows the queen she actually is (and, no this not a spoiler!). She is supported by some amazingly grey characters who define the meaning of right, even if it may not look like so outwardly.

Yet, even though I definitely enjoyed the book overall; it does take a while for it to show its promise; the start is a bit slow and at times, I was honestly wishing for the pace to move forward a little quicker + the fact that it fell into the YA trope of a romance that could have taken a little more finesse, in my opinion.

Yet, Woven in Moonlight shows promise, a whole lot of promise, enough so that I am really looking forward to the next book that Isabel would right – all I know is that the only way forward is upwards for her!



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