Woven in Moonlight
A lush tapestry of magic, romance, and revolución, drawing inspiration from Bolivian politics and history.
"A vibrant feast of a book." - Margaret Rogerson, NYT bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens"Pure magic." - Shelby Mahurin, NYT bestselling author of Serpent & Dove
"A wholly unique book for the YA shelf." - Adrienne Young, NYT bestselling author of Sky in the Deep
"A spellbinding, vivid debut." - Rebecca Ross, author of Queen's Rising
Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximena's motivated by her insatiable thirst for revenge, and her rare ability to spin thread from moonlight. When Atoc demands the real Condesa's hand in marriage, it's Ximena's duty to go in her stead. She relishes the chance, as Illustrian spies have reported that Atoc's no longer carrying his deadly relic. If Ximena can find it, she can return the true aristócrata to their rightful place. She hunts for the relic, using her weaving ability to hide messages in tapestries for the resistance. But when a masked vigilante, a warm-hearted princesa, and a thoughtful healer challenge Ximena, her mission becomes more complicated. There could be a way to overthrow the usurper without starting another war, but only if Ximena turns her back on revenge--and her Condesa.
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This fantasy novel mirrors the real world - of revolution in Bolivia, clearly and in parallel with all oppressive rulers being overthrown. I thoroughly enjoyed witnessing the transformation that Ximena makes through the book. There is mystery and romance, intrigue and battle all playing at the edges of this slow realization that enemies are just people with different experiences than yours. They have the same basic goals, but as long as we see them as 'the other' and not as people, we are able to demonize them. Ximena learns this lesson haltingly, through lived experiences with people she had always thought to be her enemies.
What did I just read? ...This was good at first, and then terrible. Even the Spanish was bad, I stopped taking this book seriously when I realized the author didn't even attempt to check her Spanish. When Princess Tamaya welcomes Ximena into her room, she says "Bienvenido" thats the gendered term for either a group of people or men. The correct term in this instance would be "Bienvenida"
It also annoys me how we get Spanish words that are instantly repeated in English. Whats the point then? This story also makes no sense and is ridiculous, main character has the Supergirl trope, can get anything done at a moments notice and sneak around the castle, find secrets, fight like a champion but suddenly she is also a damsel in distress.
Don't get me started on the characters, which are laughably 2-Dimensional without any depth, all pure cliche. Whats worse is none of them are likable, and their character progression is unbelievable and juvenile.
The story seems quite pointless and is all hastily resumed in the last 30 pages. The main focus of the story, which is a privileged racist girl suddenly looks past her prejudice, could've been revolutionary maybe 60 years ago. This book only succeeds in repeating the same old narrative we have heard and read many times before.
I ate up the first half of the book, because the author had compelling writing and there was promise with the story. Halfway through I realized a whole lot of nothing was happening. Just another book that hastily tries to tie everything together in the last chapter.
On a good note, I do like the cover and Ximenas magic. This book could've done better with some editing and cutting out the filler.
It also annoys me how we get Spanish words that are instantly repeated in English. Whats the point then? This story also makes no sense and is ridiculous, main character has the Supergirl trope, can get anything done at a moments notice and sneak around the castle, find secrets, fight like a champion but suddenly she is also a damsel in distress.
Don't get me started on the characters, which are laughably 2-Dimensional without any depth, all pure cliche. Whats worse is none of them are likable, and their character progression is unbelievable and juvenile.
The story seems quite pointless and is all hastily resumed in the last 30 pages. The main focus of the story, which is a privileged racist girl suddenly looks past her prejudice, could've been revolutionary maybe 60 years ago. This book only succeeds in repeating the same old narrative we have heard and read many times before.
I ate up the first half of the book, because the author had compelling writing and there was promise with the story. Halfway through I realized a whole lot of nothing was happening. Just another book that hastily tries to tie everything together in the last chapter.
On a good note, I do like the cover and Ximenas magic. This book could've done better with some editing and cutting out the filler.
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