A review by skylarkblue1
The Severed Thread by Leslie Vedder

5.0

Content warnings: Blood, Blood magic, serious illness, death, death of a loved one, claustrophobic descriptions.

Note: This is book 2, please go read book 1 "The Bone Spindle" first!! Spoilers for that book in this review!

Oh wow oh wow. Leslie you've outdone yourself here!! I'm even writing this part before I get to the end, that's how good it is!!

Enemies to lovers (sapphic!!) done perfectly, and it's not even toxic! (Low bar, I know but somehow a lot doesn't pass it still lol), absolutely enthralling world design (man I NEED to learn ink magic lmao) and such captivating characters!

This one really gets deep into world lore and fleshing out everything from book 1. More of Briar's past, more about Fi's curse, more magic, more everything!! If you even just slightly liked book 1, you'll love book 2!

Honestly can't rant enough about this book. It is perfectly what I want from a sequel, and yet I just want more!!

Addendum now I've finished it: LESLIE OMG THAT GODDAMNED ENDING AAAAAAAAA MY EMOTIONS CAN’T TAKE IT