Crewel (Crewel World Book One)
By Gennifer Albin
Genre: YA sci-fi, dystopian
My rating: 4 1/2 stars
Summary taken from goodreads.com: "Sixteen-year-old Adelice Lewys has always been special. When her parents discover her gift—the ability to weave the very fabric of reality—they train her to hide it. For good reason, they don’t want her to become a Spinster — one of the elite, beautiful, and deadly women who determine what people eat, where they live, how many children they have, and even when they die.Thrust into the opulent Western Coventry, Adelice will be tried, tested and tempted as she navigates the deadly politics at play behind its walls. Now caught in a web of lies and forbidden romance, she must unravel the sinister truth behind her own unspeakable power. Her world is hanging by a thread, and Adelice, alone, can decide to save it — or destroy it."
Wow.
Gennifer Albin has woven a story as beautiful, fascinating, and compelling as the cover. Such a creative concept, I'm jealous I didn't come up with it myself.
The characters were well developed: Adelice is such a witty, kick-butt heroine who says it like it is. The love interest(s) were interesting as well, though I wasn't the biggest fan of the love triangle aspect. Reminded me too much of Hunger Games, but will I be Team Erik or Team Jost? (Personally, I'm in favor of Jost).
I can't give it 5 stars, simply because it took me about 70 pages or so to get into the story. Not that it started slow or anything, simply that the story seemed so unbelievable it took me a while to get into the storyworld that Gennifer created.
What I LOVED about the story (other than the awesome concept) was the writing itself. Gennifer Albin is a master weaver of words. Beautiful imagery, unique similes and metaphors. I might reread this book just so I can learn from her how to write such beautiful scenes.
I HIGHLY recommend this book and can't wait to read the next book in this series!
Bonus:
Gennifer has an awesome pinterest board about Crewel. Check it out!
Also, follow her on Twitter. She tweets some pretty awesome stuff. @GenniferAlbin
If you follow her, feel free to add me too! @JennSoehnlin
If you follow her, feel free to add me too! @JennSoehnlin
I've been seeing this cover around a lot and it's intrigued me, although I haven't picked it up yet. Thanks for the review! It's always great to pick up a well-written, interesting book.
ReplyDeleteGreat honest review. I've wondered about this one.
ReplyDeleteIntriguing cover! Sounds interesting. :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat review! I purchased it when it came out, but it's in a stack of books TBR on my nightstand. You may have just knocked it up to the top!
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