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A review by octagonal
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
2.0
Everything moved too fast in this book, yet there wasn't enough actually happening.
Sydelle goes from "YOU KIDNAPPED ME!" to "YOU INTRIGUE ME!" to "YOU ARE A SEXY BEAST." far too quickly. She goes from missing Henry to thinking he's a small-town dork in like two scenes! And for a girl who would obviously not be messing around with elixirs, due to her village having a terrible drought, she sure picked up that wizardy skill quickly.
Her powers were neat, but it was so sudden. I mean, we guess as soon as jinxes are mentioned that she is one, but all of a sudden it's, "YOU HAVE MAGIC AND IT'S HIDDEN. KIDNAPPED AGAIN, YAY!"
Bleh.
Really, all you need to sum up this book is two words: MAGIC CLOAKS. I mean, wtf, kids. I get that North wanted multiple talismans to give him multiple sources of magic, but couldn't he have tied multi-colored thread onto some weapon like a respectable wizard? Why must the dork wear like five cloaks? Ugh. It just gives me this mental image of him getting all tangled up in his cloaks and setting himself on fire accidentally. Idk.
Sydelle goes from "YOU KIDNAPPED ME!" to "YOU INTRIGUE ME!" to "YOU ARE A SEXY BEAST." far too quickly. She goes from missing Henry to thinking he's a small-town dork in like two scenes! And for a girl who would obviously not be messing around with elixirs, due to her village having a terrible drought, she sure picked up that wizardy skill quickly.
Her powers were neat, but it was so sudden. I mean, we guess as soon as jinxes are mentioned that she is one, but all of a sudden it's, "YOU HAVE MAGIC AND IT'S HIDDEN. KIDNAPPED AGAIN, YAY!"
Bleh.
Really, all you need to sum up this book is two words: MAGIC CLOAKS. I mean, wtf, kids. I get that North wanted multiple talismans to give him multiple sources of magic, but couldn't he have tied multi-colored thread onto some weapon like a respectable wizard? Why must the dork wear like five cloaks? Ugh. It just gives me this mental image of him getting all tangled up in his cloaks and setting himself on fire accidentally. Idk.