A dark tale about systematic oppression, ambition, trauma (both individual and generational), and substance abuse. A suspenseful read, if a bit repetitive and slow-paced at times.

I appreciate the opportunity to read this ARC but I struggled to get into it. I DNF’d at 23%. I was really hoping to love it. The idea sounded great. The pacing was a struggle for me though.

I wanted to love this. The concept is wonderful, but the execution, particularly the pacing left me lukewarm. We spend far too much time in loops of similar, vague scenes that done enhance or advance plot or character. Because of this, the story begins to grow stagnant. The same thing happens with Samara’s character. By the time she begins to move to the truth, it’s hard to root for her, because we haven’t seen her really develop any further than her continued pattern of alcoholism. Secondary characters feel equally flimsy, falling into the same patterns to serve the protagonist.

I didnt get to this but it sounds very interesting!! I hope to read this at some point. Looks really cool

“ A young woman gets her dream job working for a famous designer— and discovers the dark side of the glamorous world of fashion.” This follows Samara, who leaves home to move across the country to work alongside Antonio Mota. Everything seems to be going well. She is enjoying her new home, work seems to be everything she hoped it would be, and sparks are flying between her and a new Beau but still some thing isn’t quite right. She begins hearing weird sounds and noises in the middle of the night and she doesn’t understand their meaning, if she’s actually hearing these things or if it’s all in her head. I will say this is a very slow thriller really picks up very near the end so keep that in mind. I did not know that going in and I felt like it felt very long. And it really was just us following Samara going to work and coming back home for a big part of the book which I didn’t love, but I kept me interested enough that I wanted to see what was behind all of these things she was seeing and hearing. A solid read. 3.5 ⭐️

I won't be reading this. I've tried multiple times and haven't gotten into it. Thank you though for the opportunity. If I read it in the future I will come back and change this review.

This was a fast-paced supernatural thriller that borders the horror realm. Loved the fashion world created, but wished the author had translated the spanish mixed in or used less. Otherwise was a great book!

This book was so atmospheric and good! It took a while for the buildup and action to begin but once it did I couldn’t stop reading! It’s a quick read but a powerful one. Highly recommend!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book. Tiny Threads took to reader on a journey in a world of fashion and design which I have hardly experienced and have very little knowledge about. The characters were intriguing and the story was suspenseful, with the plot twisting in ways that I could not anticipate.

I picked up this book because of the description of it being close to Silvia Moreno-Garcia's stories. However, I can't seem to like any of the characters the longer that I went on. Though I understand how money, power, and status can create pressure that is multi-dimensional and all consuming, I couldn't connect with the writing to really get to the meat of the story.

I’m not sure what to say about this book but I didn’t particularly enjoy it. It was slow at time and I just didn’t feel too connected to the characters. Overall it was an okay read.

I love an author who pants vivid scenes. so it pains me to say that i ddnt enjoy this book. it dragged until about 40 percent and it is full of suspense and itrigue. while there were some rollercoaster vibes< i had hope for things just to go a bit deeper

Samara was a difficult character for me. I had my reservations on if I understood her. She was often making contradictory actions and I could not cement where she stood on her thoughts and decisions. I feel like Dolores' character was a bit disjointed. Samara wanted her to be a parallel for her grandmother but the bits and pieces of Dolores were so abstract that I don't feel the point got through. I thought the range of characters were great in explaining the class dynamic in the community and how that factored into self reflection for Samara.

Okay, loved this. Much more social commentary than I expected, which I love in a thriller. Highly recommend, really well balanced suspense and has something to say!

Tiny Threads is a story that haunted me while reading and has continued to haunt me since then. Samara got her dream job and moved from New Jersey to Vernon, California. Vernon and the job turn out to be a psychological and physical trauma for her. She begins to be consumed by the history of trauma that her job and the city itself embody. She can't sleep, and she can't function; she will either be consumed by it, or she must face it, fight it, and defeat it.

The way the story is told and the haunting that Samara encounters reminded me so much of the way the women in my family recount ghost stories and stories of people being haunted by spirits.

This book wasn't quite it for me. It was a super quick and easy read but I wish that it went futher. The concept for the horror was super interesting to me, but when it came down to it, it fell super flat for me. It feels like the author wanted to write a horror but wasn't able to actually write the horror aspect. Either that, or this is mislisted as a horror over a thriller. I also usually love a slow decent to madness but again, this just didn't go far enough. This was just fine for me but I would still be interested in horror from this author if she ever does go darker!

Tiny Threads started out interesting as a concept, but eventually the narrative fell off for me. I did not find the story as compelling as I'd hoped it would be.

This was slow for me to get into and the momentum never really picked up even once we get on our way. I was very disappointed that I couldn't enjoy this one.

The premise of this book was delicious, diving into the long history of the textile industry in Southern California and the deeply held prejudices that persist in the world of fashion. It had the gothic elements, family secrets, and "good-for-her" energy that I love to see in thrillers these days.

The protagonist, Samara, ditches her journalism gig on the east coast for a dream job on the creative team of Antonio Mota, an iconic fashion designer who has just set up shop in the small, Californian textile town where her grandmother used to be a seamstress.

The pacing missed the mark for me, though, with some of the anxious "haunting" moments that the protagonist Samara encounters feeling a bit stuffed in, and some of the characters within Mota's fashion house felt a little flat.

That said, the way that Mota shifted his identity, backstory, and presentation based on his audience was handled really well: it's manipulative but understandable and hits on some of the ways that race, culture, and class impact the stories that we want to tell about ourselves, especially for a social climber like Mota who is trying to ingratiate himself to a predominantly white American elite. Rivera's handling of the class dynamics between factory owner and factory worker, designer and seamstress also felt real and important.

Ultimately, this was an enjoyable read that I would recommend to people who are interested in exploring those themes as they relate to latine-American culture at the margins of social power. While I think it would have benefitted from a little more editing, I'm impressed by Rivera as an author, particularly since this was her adult debut. I look forward to seeing what she comes up with next.

I really enjoy books set in the fashion industry so I was excited for this one. I knew that it was a horror book but it was honestly a lot darker than expected. This book had a sad and dreary cloud above it. The writing is HEAVY and sometimes confusing and the main character isn't someone was excited to read about or hear from. Overall, I can't say that I was ever excited to pick it up.