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A review by ellemnope
The Weaver by Heather Kindt
3.0
* Disclaimer: I received a copy of this novel from the author in exchange for an honest review. *
A 3.5 star read.
The synopsis for The Weaver piqued my interest very quickly. I'm a sucker for books that blend the literary world with the real one and this one is a pretty solid execution of that trope in an original way.
A book of blends, ,The Weaver is fantasy meets romance with a little bit of historical fiction. For me, it read somewhere between YA and New Adult. It has a bit more maturity than a typical YA read, but doesn't read overly complex or too risque. The narrative was smooth moving and stayed intriguing from beginning to end. There was a bit more of a rush to movements in the last third of the book and I could have used more meat to that section of the narrative. Overall, the story wasn't overly complicated, but still maintained some surprises and wasn't too thin. The development of the fantastical element could have been bolstered, so I am happy to know that there will be two additional books to help me experience and understand this fantasy world to a greater degree.
Laney is an interesting main character, her maturity level reading true to her stated age...not always something authors can adhere to. Kudos to Kindt for that. It is perhaps this maturity level, at the ends of being a teenager and just kissing the edges of being adult, that gives the book the appropriate YA/New Adult blended feeling. All of the characters could have used some additional depth, but I still felt that I got to know Laney fairly well. I didn't feel quite as satisfied with the character development for some of the side characters, most notably Jason.
I am not typically a romance reader, so there was maybe a bit more of that element than I am really interested in, but it didn't saturate the book. A fantasy reader can still enjoy this with ease, especially those who like their fantasies with a little bit of a love element.
This was a good and smooth read with a likable plot and characters as well as a unique twist on a plot device I love. I enjoyed The Weaver by Heather Kindt and look forward to the remaining books in the trilogy.
A 3.5 star read.
The synopsis for The Weaver piqued my interest very quickly. I'm a sucker for books that blend the literary world with the real one and this one is a pretty solid execution of that trope in an original way.
A book of blends, ,The Weaver is fantasy meets romance with a little bit of historical fiction. For me, it read somewhere between YA and New Adult. It has a bit more maturity than a typical YA read, but doesn't read overly complex or too risque. The narrative was smooth moving and stayed intriguing from beginning to end. There was a bit more of a rush to movements in the last third of the book and I could have used more meat to that section of the narrative. Overall, the story wasn't overly complicated, but still maintained some surprises and wasn't too thin. The development of the fantastical element could have been bolstered, so I am happy to know that there will be two additional books to help me experience and understand this fantasy world to a greater degree.
Laney is an interesting main character, her maturity level reading true to her stated age...not always something authors can adhere to. Kudos to Kindt for that. It is perhaps this maturity level, at the ends of being a teenager and just kissing the edges of being adult, that gives the book the appropriate YA/New Adult blended feeling. All of the characters could have used some additional depth, but I still felt that I got to know Laney fairly well. I didn't feel quite as satisfied with the character development for some of the side characters, most notably Jason.
I am not typically a romance reader, so there was maybe a bit more of that element than I am really interested in, but it didn't saturate the book. A fantasy reader can still enjoy this with ease, especially those who like their fantasies with a little bit of a love element.
This was a good and smooth read with a likable plot and characters as well as a unique twist on a plot device I love. I enjoyed The Weaver by Heather Kindt and look forward to the remaining books in the trilogy.