This book will resound with fantasy fans, who like strong female characters, and enjoy a magic system inspired and based around threads, weaving, and sewing. I am the target audience. I got to the end and I wanted more, so much more.

I loved seeing all the references to sewing, and fabrics. The location names made me squeal in happiness, they are all based around sewing, and they just make so much sense. These, not-so-tiny-details felt like the book was so different, but yet so familiar. I found it easy to picture, to understand what the characters where doing, and just go along with it. I got lost into this magnificent world of loose threads, magic, humanity and not so much humanity.

The first part of the book feels so intentional in setting the world with its magic system and the lore that naturally flows from it. The second part is drawing from the solid bases created and goes to town with it. It is relentless in the story telling, absolutely magnificent with completely unexpected plot twists.

A nice subtle critique to religious fanaticism and the sort of escapism you seek becasue of it. A thought provoking novel about what is considered acceptable by society and what is viewed as repulsive just because it is not understood or different, what we accept behind closed doors as long as we don't speak about it.