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A review by thechronicknitter
The Weavers of Saramyr by Chris Wooding
4.0
This book had fairly strong world building with a lot of oriental influence. There are many strong female characters which is nice to see, but all of them are described as "beautiful" which is rather unrealistic and of course makes it seem like for women to have worth (or to not be too intimidating to men) they are beautiful as well as strong.
The main characters live in a country that is slowly being invaded by demons and Aberrants, which are extreme genetic mutations, this includes the citizens themselves. They discover that these mutations are occurring because of the "witchstone" which is what gives their Weavers, which are magical men who can manipulate "the weave" (they are kind of sorcerer-like which might make Wooding want to strangle me but whatever). The Weavers want to gain control over the country and the group of Aberrants, including the Blood-Heiress, who is a child, are working to try to stop this from happening. Particularly now that they know the Weavers are responsible for the mutations of people, crops, soil, plant life, and animals etc. they want to make sure that the Weavers do not succeed.
This is the first book in the trilogy and I am very interested to see where Wooding takes this story as well as his characters.
The main characters live in a country that is slowly being invaded by demons and Aberrants, which are extreme genetic mutations, this includes the citizens themselves. They discover that these mutations are occurring because of the "witchstone" which is what gives their Weavers, which are magical men who can manipulate "the weave" (they are kind of sorcerer-like which might make Wooding want to strangle me but whatever). The Weavers want to gain control over the country and the group of Aberrants, including the Blood-Heiress, who is a child, are working to try to stop this from happening. Particularly now that they know the Weavers are responsible for the mutations of people, crops, soil, plant life, and animals etc. they want to make sure that the Weavers do not succeed.
This is the first book in the trilogy and I am very interested to see where Wooding takes this story as well as his characters.