* I received an arc of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. * 3,5 Stars

I was unsure of this book at first. I loved the idea of it and the description had me excited. I loved the idea of the characters coming to life and the fantasy of it all. The story was great but I felt like it was missing something which is why I am giving it three stars. Laney came off a little to stiff for me and I just felt like it didn't help the story flow as it should.

While it was a good book, it took me a while to finish reading, but I am not at all against reading more in this series. I am hoping that the second book pulls me in more right from the start and that Laney is less stiff and the characters stay with me more after I read the book.

Overall a good book, good characters, and storyline.

What I Loved: The premise of this story surrounds a writer's characters that come to life. I loved this. Envisioning a hero or villain of a book coming to life and the author still controlling their destiny through the writing is so intriguing!

How I Felt: I did like this book, and I will be reading the second in the series. I felt like the plot was really great, but the book needs to be fleshed out properly.

-There is a society that the main character is introduced to, but it felt very thrown in and could have been removed completely. I liked the idea behind the society, but their story just seemed haphazardly thrown in.

-There are many scenes where I found myself losing track of the characters placement. I would read and be full of suspense as to what would happen next, and then it would be over. I had to go back and re-read sections to figure out what had happened. It wasn't that I was skipping sentences, it's that the climax would be just a quick line. It felt more like the author was telling instead of showing me what was happening.

-The idea of weavers, writers who have the ability to bring their characters to life, is supposed to be this super secret thing and yet it seemed that some characters accepted the idea with little confusion. T There is a society that the main character is introduced to, but it felt very thrown in and could have been removed completely. I liked the idea behind the society, but their story just seemed haphazardly thrown in. The main character seemed hell-bent on not realizing what was going on though and she had more information than others did. It did not make a lot of sense.

What's This Book About Anyway?
Laney is a freshman in college. She spends her time writing her book and hanging out with Jason, a childhood friend. It is his roommate, however, that seems to be catching her eye.

Laney is attacked by a man who seems to remind her of someone, and as incidents keep happening, she begins to believe that this man may be the villain from her novel. He begins threatening her, using her friends and family, unless she writes the novel the way he wants.

She is racing the clock to understand why he is here and how she can stop him before it is too late.

The you to NetGalley and Parliament House for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

The premise behind this story- a writers characters coming to life- is something that I absolutely love. It was a little reminiscent of Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart series in that sort of words can come to life, whimsical way but it fell a little flat for me.

Laney’s writing reads really immature to me, which is pretty appropriate for her age, but I just expected more with her gift of being a weaver.

I feel like she comes to the conclusion that Jonas is alive and walking around instantly and doesn’t even question it-just goes along with it and it felt rushed and forced to introduce that so quickly and with so little explanation or confusion. That wouldn’t have been the first thing to cross my mind had a stranger pushed me down a flight of stairs!

I don’t love Jason’s character. He isn’t a good friend and just expects her to let him pick back up as such when he’s had little to do with her in HS. I spent more time wanting to wring his selfish little neck than cheer him on.

Overall it was good. I think with a little more tweaking and maybe some changes here and there it could have been better than good.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!

Oh, boy. Where do I even start with <em>The Weaver</em> by Heather Kindt? I suppose the first thing to say would be that I chose to DNF this book at around 72%. After forcing myself through an immense amount of poor writing, over-the-top cheesy and unrealistic romance, and problematic ideas I just couldn't bring myself to finish. I hate to call a book a waste of my time, but the truth is <em>The Weaver </em>served only to disappoint and anger. Which is a real shame for a book with such an exciting premise.

Delaney, or Laney, Holden doesn't know it yet, but she is a Weaver, a writer so powerful that her characters come to life directly from the page. When the villain of her story sets out to force her to change the ending, to destroy the hero, William, it's up to Laney to save him. And that would be wonderful and all if it weren't for the fact that this story has so many problems.

<em>The Weaver</em> is very much a novel that follows the 'not like other girls' trope. There's an unfortunate amount of sexism, girls pitted against each other, and body shaming. Laney is supposedly better than literally every other girl despite her dismal self-esteem and any girl who is 'pretty and popular' is looked down upon as being either an absolute bitch, stupid, or slutty. Unsurprisingly, the 'not like other girls' Laney is the only one who doesn't think she is pretty and all the boys around her are tripping over themselves to prove to her just how wrong she is. And of course, no girl but Laney could possibly be interested in academics.

There's a disgusting moment of fat-shaming that is again used to perpetuate Laney being unlike all the other girls for the only others interested in history are implied to be "overweight, pimpled girl[s]," implying that Laney is different because she actually <em>is</em> pretty. And naturally, the girl described as an 'aburn goddess' is the bitch of a jealous girlfriend who forces her boyfriend to stop talking to his best friend unless he wants her to leave him. Nevermind Laney writing the only girl in her story to say, "I need a strong man to protect me and bring me home."

I could go on. Suffice to say, this book seriously pissed me off.

And that's without getting into how unrealistic every single character was, the massively disgusting level of 'Laney, you're so perfect's and 'there's no one else for me's that were peppered throughout the novel. Not only did I have no reason to believe that either of the men in this love triangle should be in love with Laney who was frustratingly flat and boring, but they were so over the top with their ridiculous feelings that I literally felt like I was reading a fanfiction I'd written when I was eight.

So much of this story was drowning in cheesy, unrealistic one-liner declarations of love and romance that the overarching plot which involved the villain of Laney's story threatening her and the people she cared about almost non-existent. Nevermind that Laney constantly claimed to care about people when all her actions ever showed was that she wanted to fall all over William, whom she couldn't quite figure out her suspicions of. Was he <em>her</em> William from the story she'd written or not?

Which brings me, ultimately, to the other Weavers who are only in the story long enough to provide an info-dump of information to clueless Laney. Apparently, in this world, if you're a Weaver you bring two characters from your works to life. The first is the Ender, your villain, and the second is a Watcher, the hero who comes to protect their author from the Ender. More than one Weaver exists and despite having formed a group to discuss the perils that come--namely that their Enders are trying to kill them and one author has already died because of this--they adamantly comdenm the thought of not writing in order to avoid having some murderous person or creature come after them.

I'm sorry, but if the evil of my stories was popping out of the page to come and kill me, I'd definitely stop writing. Not to mention the level of mental trauma that such suffering would cause a person and the fact that literally none of Kindt's characters seem to have any of it. Add all this to incredibly poor writing that often contradicts itself throughout the course of the novel and I'm honestly surprised I got as far as I did. I genuinely wish I hadn't even bothered.

<em>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</em>

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Laney Holden is a Weaver; someone who can bring characters from her writing to life. The antoganist in Laney's story, Jonas, has entered her world and threatens her and her friends. As Laney learns who and what she is, she uncovers others like herself and those who aid them. The concept of the novel is intersting, I enjoyed the sections of Laney's novel and wish there had more snippits of that within the overal story. Overall, well written YA novel that promises, more to come in Laney's story.

The premise of this book was so fun to explore. Books come to life?? Um, yes!

It’s literally our getaways come true.

Except when things get a little out of hand, and you’re thrown into this whirlwind.

I really enjoyed the main, bookish character. Watching her venture through the romance and the not-so-romantic parts were the highlights of this book. I feel like her character shows a little piece of all of us readers.

The writing was creative and somewhat whimsical. A few of the parts were a bit predictable, but overall, it created a great reading experience.

I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars.

I really like the premise of this book and can see it work for older readers as well. I probably was looking for a bit more mystery and violence and romance than what was on offer (it is marketed as NA but I would probably say it was more a YA set at college rather than NA - the characters could still have been at high school or middle school even).

**I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!

So. This was an interesting concept.

College freshman Laney is a writer who pines after her best friend Jason and spends all of her spare time writing her vividly-imagined colonial romance novel. Her life is presumably regular until one day she’s accosted by... none other than a character in her book! Her reaction is subdued, however, as is her reaction when she comes-to in a hospital bed with a cracked skull. Laney is not one to dwell, I suppose.

I didn’t, and couldn’t, like this book. While imaginative, the plot just feels very underdeveloped and childish. Laney’s attachment to her characters is strange (she’s in love with one of them- what?) and her reactions to her events and her life at large make little to no sense. The people around her do not behave like people, but as devices to carry the odd, meandering plot.

Laney herself behaves as any narcissistic 13-year-old fanfic writer might; while that is okay for actual children, Laney is meant to be in college! Plus, she’s meant to be really very super duper smart and good at history, hence why she was... unknowingly transferred into an upper-level history course? Because that’s something that definitely would happen in real life? Not to mention how often Laney and every other character slag off ordinary, kind people. The not-like-other-girls complex is far too strong and apparent in this. It’s distracting at best and offensive at worst.

The writing was repetitive and chose to tell and not show. Everything was revealed, contradicted, revealed, contradicted, so on and so forth, over and over and over again. While being terribly mundane, it also just doesn’t make very much sense. Scenes pass incredibly slowly and very little happens, and what does makes very little sense. The characters are inconsistent, as is the plot and behaviors portrayed throughout.

I hate to say it, but this was painful. Will not be finishing. The cover, however, is beautiful.

This book was received as an ARC from The Parliament House in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

I loved this book from cover to cover because it reminded me of a modern/mature version of Inkheart because Laney and Moe have similar gifts but in the case of the Weaver, Laney's gift is purely from what she writes on the page rather than speaking it from the page and when Laney finds out that her characters have become real people living in the real world, her world turns upside down especially when she meets William , her long time crush who she makes a character in her story is in danger due to the villain in her story brought to life and is destined to kill William in the book. Laney now has to use her gift to save the people that she loves and bring the world she created at peace writing the hardest words she has ever written in her life.

We will consider adding this title to our Fiction collection at the library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

When I discovered this book on Netgalley I just had to have it. As a writer, and an even more passionate reader, the premise of this story just sounded too good. I don't think there's any writer who doesn't like the thought of her characters truly coming to life. So, when I started reading this morning I was very excited to finally delve into this story and world.

Maybe it were the high expectations, maybe it's the fact that I have a bad cold and don't feel that well currently, maybe the book didn't fit my current mood, but the book ended up truly disappointing me. I really wanted to like this book. I really wanted to connect with the characters. I really wanted to care about the plot. I really wanted to say this is a reader's and writer's dream written down on paper for everyone to enjoy. But I simply didn't enjoy reading this book. I was mostly counting down the pages until I would finish.

I got actually nothing I had truly hoped for. I didn't get a spooky and mysterious atmosphere, a threat constantly looming over our main character and completely changing her entire normal life. I didn't get amazing characters to fall in love with and to swoon over. I didn't get a supernatural drama that touched and broke my heart. I got most of all characters who simply refused to communicate, causing most of the problems and issues. I got loads of tell don't show with descriptions of normal life and time passing by that didn't add anything to the story. And I got a lot of love drama that felt really unnecessary.

Let's just say that even though the premise sounded amazing and right up my alley, this was totally not my book.

I really like the premise of this book. The idea that an author writing a story that then comes alive is very unique. However, the writing style was rather slow and plodding and it took almost two-thirds of the book before it became interesting. The final third was really good. My main problem with this was the character development. I found most of the characters were shallow superficial caricatures of themselves. The students all acted like high schoolers not college students. It would have been more believable if this had taken place at a boarding school. I didn’t really like Laney. I don’t feel like I really got to know her and I didn’t really want to. She was rude to most people and didn’t seem to appreciate Jason at all. I love the idea of Weavers, Watchers, Enders and the world of the Recluses but I just don’t think the story was well developed and the dialogue and writing style was simplistic without much depth. This book was listed as a YA Paranormal but it felt more like a book geared towards middle school aged kids. Although I reluctantly hung in until the end of the story, I will probably not read the next book in this series. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for giving me an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

This was my first book by this author, It was pretty enjoyable. I would give this book a 3.5 star rating! It was a pretty Quick and easy read!

I was really interested in this book because the plot seemed really intriguing and I had never really read something like this. The writing was good and the characters were too, but the development wasn't really strong. I was expecting more action and magic from the story. Overall, it was an interesting read but a bit disappointing.

Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Since this novel was described as a NA paranormal book, I was expecting more magic and more world building.

I was disappointed with the direction the plot took (because it was so obvious and drawn out) and the execution. Overall the story and writing just felt like a let down.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. I found the idea behind the novel very intriguing. I was a little disappointed with character development. Unfortunately, some of the smaller characters were better developed than the main character which strongly reminded me of Twilight ( a book that I am definitely not in love with). I am unlikely to read the sequel because of the romantic element.

Thank you NetGalley and The Parliment House for the free e-arc.

DNF 26%: This book wasn’t for me. I loved the concept, but it just didn’t connect to the page. I kept waiting for something more interesting to happen. The whole, best friends secretly pining over one another, trope is kind of overdone. I didn’t mind so much, but I hated waiting for anything more to happen with them. If you love slowly, more contemporary style books, I definitely think you’d like it. The story just wasn’t for me. Cool aspects and concepts, just too slow.

Three star, average rating, since I couldn’t finish the book.

What comparison can I make to adequately convey the singular wretchedness of reading this book? I didn't look into the publisher or whether their other offerings read like self-published twaddle, but I have to believe that's the only way this ridiculous thing could have been printed. There are no redeeming qualities.

I will admit the title alone made me interested in reading this book and the cover is pretty nice too.

The story was a solid 3.5 for me. The story was predictable, and could have used a little more twisting. Also the book would have long periods of just long writing and then would stuff so much information into chapters. The characters were likable but also not very fleshed out and I can say I liked Laney, she seemed like a real person and her thought process was refreshing because it was just very everyday young woman kind of thought process (I could relate).
The ending chapters were a bit confusing at times and honestly I'm not sure. I mean there is going to be another book right? I don't know but it left off at a place where it could go either way. I will say it is not for everyone but I did enjoy it.

This was definitely a unique tale, and managed to weave (ha!) together a contemporary YA romance, historical fiction, and even some elements of horror/fantasy. As the start of a series, this does not disappoint!

Laney is a bit of a recluse. She keeps to herself, writing her secret novel and studying, but makes an exception for her childhood friend and longtime crush. Things take a bit of a turn when a character from her book ends up attacking her. Her college life, which seemed relatively normal, only gets weirder and weirder as some more familiar faces begin to pop up. A simple crush turns into a love triangle, which then turns into a race against a murderous fictional character. The face is quick and this book was completely addictive.

While I guess you could read this book and stop here, this is clearly not meant as a standalone. This book sets up the characters (both fictional and “real”), the world, the magic, and starts the story. I can’t wait to see where this world takes me in future installments. I’m desperate to know more about what goes on here, what other powers are roaming around in this universe, and ultimately where Laney will end up.

The Weaver is a novel about Delaney a writer and a weaver meaning her characters come to life in between the pages, they live through her story but they fill in the details she misses making them real people. When Delaney finds out her characters from her books have come to life and jumped in to her world she is attacked by Jonas the antagonist of her book, he’s her ended. Every Weaver has an ender only some have a watcher who come to this world to, to protect their Weaver.

I love how the story intertwined throughout the novel how we got Laney and Jason friend since childhood reacquainting themselves gearing up for freshman year at collage. Then we got Willian and Anne who live in colonial time who are madly in love at a time that is dangerous. When the stories become one Jonas come in to our world to make Laney change the ending of his story, Willian follows suit to make sure Laney is protected. I enjoyed that Laney wrote herself into her novel meaning she was really Anne and her and William where made for each other by accident on Laney’s part she wrote herself as Anne meaning her and William where really the couple in the book.

There was one think that threw me of, throughout the book we get to know Jason and how he has feeling for Laney but when he dies it didn’t feel like a big Anouilh deal was made. If your childhood best friend dies you make a scene, you get angry, you get sad. All we got from Laney was a good nights rest and a little guilt. I wish it was written more convincingly, I feel like if you going to build a character up to have them die then you should at least make us feel that lose.

The twist was good I did not expect Richard the history professor to be an ender, I didn’t trust him fully but with him coming out to be Grady’s (Laney’s grandfathers) ender I was surprise at that.

I felt like the world of Enders, watchers, weavers and the gate keeper could have been a little more developed. We could have got told more about the golden recluse people and how they came across all the information and told more stories about different ways it can play out.

I enjoyed this and I would be interested in picking up a sequel or a companion about more weavers and their stories but I would like it be more fleshed out. Meaning we get more information and more feeling when something big happens.