Unravel

by Amelia Loken

Overview

Sixteen-year-old Marguerite knows her uncle doesn't like her. True, she's in line for the throne before him and he contends she's too deaf to rule, but she's known since he broke her hand to keep her from using sign language. Now, as the kingdom's Bishop-Princep, Uncle Reichard has declared war on magic and Marguerite must hide the fact that she's a witch.
While witnessing her first witch trial, Marguerite rescues a child from death with the help of a handsome, itinerant acrobat, Tys. Marguerite flees, hiding in the neighboring empire where magical gifts can flourish. Before her training is complete, war threatens. She returns home, only to witness her uncle seizing the throne. He isolates and imprisons her. Marguerite's love for her people drives her to continue defying him. But to challenge him means she'll have to rely on her homemade invisibility cloak, questionable allies, and Tys, the one boy she never should have trusted.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940165480737
Publisher:	Sword and Silk Books
Publication date:	02/15/2022
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

Editorial Reviews

"A lovely tale for readers in search of magic, adventure, and romance."- Kirkus Reviews

"A YA fantasy about a girl whose magic flows through her stitching and textile work? With thematic use of thread-work as a means of establishing language, providing a conduit for power and expression, and preserving history? Yes, please!" - Jacqueline Firkins Author of Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things

"I didn't know I wanted this until now, so kudos to Loken for making me crave more." - Sage S., Netgalley Reviewer

From the Publisher

2022-01-11
A deaf princess must use her magical gift to save her kingdom.

Princess Marguerite is gifted in Skeincraft—literally embroidering magic into fabric and thread. Unfortunately, her uncle leads a crusade against witchcraft, imprisoning and burning the accused. While saving a child from the witch hunt, she meets Tys, a handsome young man who also has a magical gift. Loken’s fantasy world feels European, including the religion, which borrows several ancient Greek deities and puts them into a Roman Catholic–inspired framework. Major characters are presumed White; Marguerite’s parentage on her father’s side is default White, and on her mother’s, Mirvray—an ethnic group that reads like a fantasy corollary of Roma people, including the prejudice they experience. Marguerite was born deaf and given magical hearing aids in the form of silver hair combs that do not work well. She uses speech, listening, and lip reading, but when she is introduced to Mirvray culture, in which deafness is more common, she discovers a signed language that was kept from her. Marguerite’s deafness is naturally woven into her characterization and realistically shown to have an impact on her life. Overall, this is a smooth, enjoyable read with a heroine who is both feminine and strong. The satisfying ending leaves just a few loose threads that will make readers hope for more.

A lovely tale for readers in search of magic, adventure, and romance. (Fantasy. 14-18)

Kirkus Reviews