Format: Kindle, 321 pages
Release Date: October 21, 2024
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
Source: Publisher
Genre: Fantasy
Truth is more dangerous than fiction…in this exhilarating upper YA fantasy that will capture fans of Shadow and Bone and Dark Water Daughter
In
ancient times, the Elder Wrights breathed their magic into the fabric
of the seven seas. Now what was once an ocean of plenty is slowly
becoming a sea of death, and the Talin—a race of hidden mages—are
beginning to starve.
And for the first time ever, one of their own has no magic.
Ostracized
by her own people, Nieve is certain that the old stories hide a missing
piece of the puzzle. It’s just a matter of unlocking the secret.
But
when a stranger comes sailing into their harbor, Nieve’s world is
suddenly blown wide open. Now she’s sailing on the seven seas—with a
too-charming, swashbuckling pirate, a group of strange misfits, and a
woman who claims to be one of the Elder Wrights.
It’s like Nieve is living one of the stories she’s always loved…only now, she’s weaving a legend of her own.
Except
that the old tales don’t mention those journeys that end in tragedy, a
king’s calculated interference, or a world poised on the tides of death.
And they certainly don’t mention mutineers with a talent for stealing a girl’s heart…and lying all the while.
L.E. Sterling's Starling's Weave is an upper Young Adult Fantasy novel that will likely appeal to readers of Shadows and Bones and Dark Water Daughter mainly because it has quite a few sexual situations. Key Characters: Nieve Septile (18), and Keir Manseray (22). In ancient times, the Elder Wrights breathed their magic into the fabric of the seven seas. Now what was once an ocean of plenty is slowly becoming a sea of death, and the Talin—a race of hidden mages—are beginning to starve.
Nieve, a member of a Talin tribe—a group of people given water magic by the Elder Wrights—is the first born in 1400 years without the water magic that their village thrives upon, and for that she is shunned by her people. Nieve is certain that the old stories hide a missing piece of the puzzle that may bring magic back to the world. It’s just a matter of unlocking the secret. Then Nieve loses her only connection to the village thanks to a plague that kills quickly, and is soon captured and nearly sold, but meets an unusual pair of characters.
Arisame, who claims that she is one of the missing Elder Wrights of Dragon Fire, was locked away in the dark. Her companion is a Vauna High Priestess Karima who apparently found Ari when she woke up from her slumber that lasted thousands of years. Ari, who claims she is dying, needs to find a weaver to unlock her missing memories, and soon the trio find themselves working with Captain Keir Manseray of the Floating Star. Keir needs Nieve to help him retrieval the ships captain, Edsel Bo from the notorious King Hyperion who wants magic to die.
Keir, who has a truly loyal crew that lives by a free life creed, knows that unless he can use Nieve to break into one of most dangerous on the planet, the world as he knows it will likely end thanks to magic dying, and Hyperion's Black Guard hunting down any remaining Elder Wrights. Keir watches as Nieve realizes that there is much more to her than meets the eye, and that it is Nieve who might be the key to saving magic if they can survive a dangerous journey to a place called Kiro while being chased non-stop by Hyperion and his black Guard.
*So, my review is based on the fact that there was little to no worldbuilding. It is also based on some choppy editing where it appears the story is in the first person, and then jumps back to the third person. I am, unfortunately, a person who skips over large chunks of the book whenever there are sexual scenes. They don't do anything for me except make me turn the pages faster. While the ending leaves me with feelings of being unfulfilled, it appears that there won't be a sequel which doesn't make sense. Apparently, the reader is supposed to figure out what comes next with Nieve and her role in fixing the seven seas why exploring more with Keir, Ari, Karima and the rest of the crew.
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