Stolen Threadwitch Bride
Clare Sager
Overall: 5/5
Plot and themes: 5/5
Characters: 5/5
Writing style: 5/5
Attention-grabbing: 5/5
Stolen Threadwitch Bride is the sixth installment in the Stolen Brides of the Fae novella series, a fantasy romance collaboration that doesn't have to be read in any particular order. Before I start, I'd like to thank Clare Sager for sending me a free ARC of this novella in exchange for an honest review! Ariadne has grown up alienated in her village, first for the color of her skin and then for the nature of her fae-blessing. But she loves to sew and the quality of her craftsmanship combined with her gift for enchantments is close to winning her a contract and security. Until she's selected to be the tithe for a system that hasn't been used in a century. Now she's gotta learn how to get along with the fae lord she's stuck with or else figure out how to outmaneuver him and win her freedom.
This is set in the same universe as Beneath Black Sails but you definitely don't have to read those to enjoy it. It's pretty exclusive in it's depiction of the function of magic and everything going on and it makes for a super easy to read novella. The whole "stolen" element is a little questionable and I've really appreciated how the different authors have been twisting it in different ways. Like Lysander was required to take a bride, he took Ariadne despite their being other more willing humans. But he wasn't horrible about it and it ultimately came down to Ariadne's choices and where she wanted to be.
Their romance is cute and perfectly paced, even probably for a full-length standalone. I really appreciated the development that both of these characters were able to experience in such a limited span of time. I don't know if we'll ever see more of these two, but I definitely wouldn't mind!
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