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A review by ofpagesandink
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
5.0
This book isn't perfect but I love it for all its flaws. I love the writing of Alexandra Bracken and even though this was (I believe) her first, that fact still holds true. It's an absolutely gorgeous story of advenure, magic, and the darker side of things.
While Syd is a bit irritating at the beginning I learned to love her and enjoyed watching her grow into a bad ass heroine. North is charming and mischievous and also kind of irritating, but he had my full support from the beginning. Dorwan is a great villain who is probably more than a little creepy in his obsession with Sydelle.
We see more of the world than I was expecting and I was glad to see how the different kingdoms contrasted. I think my favorite place was Fairwall. A gorgeous city of glass and people with more artistic ability in their hand than I have in my whole body. (I said hand and not pinky like the expression actually goes because I do have some artistic ability thank you very much).
I saw a few interesting parallels between BW and TDM which probably weren't in anyway related but almost act as a stamp or a signature for Alex's works. Though I'm sure we won't see them in Passenger but thats ok. Color plays a big part in both stories and the different powers they are associated with. Black seems to be the color in both as well. We also have the charming male lead and the independent female lead. but that's a troupe we see in quite a few places.
While Syd is a bit irritating at the beginning I learned to love her and enjoyed watching her grow into a bad ass heroine. North is charming and mischievous and also kind of irritating, but he had my full support from the beginning. Dorwan is a great villain who is probably more than a little creepy in his obsession with Sydelle.
We see more of the world than I was expecting and I was glad to see how the different kingdoms contrasted. I think my favorite place was Fairwall. A gorgeous city of glass and people with more artistic ability in their hand than I have in my whole body. (I said hand and not pinky like the expression actually goes because I do have some artistic ability thank you very much).
I saw a few interesting parallels between BW and TDM which probably weren't in anyway related but almost act as a stamp or a signature for Alex's works. Though I'm sure we won't see them in Passenger but thats ok. Color plays a big part in both stories and the different powers they are associated with. Black seems to be the color in both as well. We also have the charming male lead and the independent female lead. but that's a troupe we see in quite a few places.