Crewel (Crewel World, #1)
Format: kindle
ASIN: 14930256
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 368
From the moment I read the blurb for this book, I was deeply interested by what its world would be: a society in which special women are able to weave time and matter? That was just screaming for my attention. I was all the more interested that I've been a player of the pen & paper game "Secrets of ...
There has been a famine of originality in mainstream YA for a while now. Paranormal romance has long lost its sheen, the dystopian craze never entirely took off and, as I discussed in my previous Book Lantern post, the assembly line of contemporary romance is on the rise. The glimmers of hope must b...
3.5 Stars. It took quite a while to grasp the concept of the world created in 'Crewel'. I wish there had been more explaination before launching into the story. It left me a tad confused and I wasn't able to take a liking to any of the characters. Original and well written though, so interested to ...
Crewel reminds me of one of my early experiments in cooking - a mix of many different good ingredients that ultimately did not combine well.Gennifer Albin has on the surface created a unique world - one in which the only unmarried women of the society are the Spinsters. These women use looms to weav...
Full review can be found on Delirious About BooksI had seen so many people rave about this before I requested an eARC from Netgalley so I highly expected an awesome read. ... I was left a bit disappointed. This is written fantastically and the world building is compelling and creative. However, the...
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