By: Aden Polydoros
My Recommendation: 👍👍👍👍 - (Out of 5 👍)
Toma lives a very happy and peaceful life on the edge of civilization with her extremely unique family. Although none of them are directly related to one another, Toms cares for them as if they were her real family. To make things even more interesting, Toma is the only living, breathing member of her family as her mother, father and sister are all undead.
It seems that the Kosa Empire has always been embroiled in a nasty civil war. Toma does not have many memories of her real family or where she originate from and living so far from the war she does not have any real concept of what has been going on in the rest of the world. That is until two dirigibles crash not far from her cozy home. Toma manages to save a passenger from the first vessel and he just happens to be the Tsar of Kosa, Mikhail. Unfortunately, two other survivors manage to kidnap Toma's younger sister Galina to gift to the evil leader of the revolution, Kochei, where she will be studied and tortured.
Toma agrees to assist Mikhail in his travels back home as long as he agrees to help her save her sister. While on their quest, Mikhail and Toma meet the ever clever jokester Vanya, who has been exiled due to his magical powers. During their travels Toma starts to regain memories from her past and realizes that she has powers of her own that she never knew existed.
I was provided an Advanced Reader Copy from the Publisher and NetGalley for an honest review.
Aden Polydoros is an author I have never read before and I truly enjoyed the Bone Weaver. His storytelling is unique, the characters are well built, and his descriptions enhance the picture created in my mind. Even though the countryside of Kosa is war torn, Polydoros eloquently describes the sewing on Toma's clothes in such a way that I imagined the most beautiful piece of cloth with the most elegant stitching. I believe there will be more told of Toma's back story and an interested to learn more about her life, her really parents, and where she comes from.
The Bone Weaver is due to be released September 20th, 2022 but you can pre-order it now.
