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Average rating3.3
A lush tapestry of magic, romance, and revolución, drawing inspiration from Bolivian politics and history.
Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximena’s motivated by her insatiable thirs
Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximena’s motivated by her insatiable thirst for revenge, and her rare ability to spin thread from moonlight. When Atoc demands the real Condesa’s hand in marriage, it’s Ximena’s duty to go in her stead. She relishes the chance, as Illustrian spies have reported that Atoc’s no longer carrying his deadly relic.
If Ximena can find it, she can return the true aristócrata to their rightful place. She hunts for the relic, using her weaving ability to hide messages in tapestries for the resistance. But when a masked vigilante, a warm-hearted princess, and a thoughtful healerchallenge Ximena, her mission becomes more complicated. There could be a way to overthrow the usurper without starting another war, but only if Ximena turns her back on revenge—and her Condesa.
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1 primary bookWoven in Moonlight is a 1-book series first released in 2020 with contributions by Isabel Ibañez.
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This was waaaay too good!!! This book is what Children of Virtue and Vengeance should have been (but was NOT). It was also a little like An Ember in The Ashes (which I love a lot).
Loved:
* The magic! I liked the fantasy element in this a lot. Especially Xemina's magic! It was awesome and so cute when THAT happened.
* The theme was really good. It described both sides of the conflict - The oppressor and the oppressed. And how they change positions depending on who tells the story.
* Dare I say I liked the romance in this! I love when stories have romance and especially if it doesn't sway the characters from their original storyline but instead adds to it.
* There was a lot of wool weaving in this and my God, did I enjoy reading about that.
* Also no spoilers, but I love the cover and how well it goes with the story. All characters on the cover are in the story. The author made the cover so that's another win ☺️
* I don't know Spanish so I pointed the camera at this book as many times as Maggie Stiefvater made me do in The Raven Cycle