I was really interested in this book because the plot seemed really intriguing and I had never really read something like this. The writing was good and the characters were too, but the development wasn't really strong. I was expecting more action and magic from the story. Overall, it was an interesting read but a bit disappointing.

Disclaimer: I received an arc of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Since this novel was described as a NA paranormal book, I was expecting more magic and more world building.

I was disappointed with the direction the plot took (because it was so obvious and drawn out) and the execution. Overall the story and writing just felt like a let down.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. I found the idea behind the novel very intriguing. I was a little disappointed with character development. Unfortunately, some of the smaller characters were better developed than the main character which strongly reminded me of Twilight ( a book that I am definitely not in love with). I am unlikely to read the sequel because of the romantic element.

Thank you NetGalley and The Parliment House for the free e-arc.

DNF 26%: This book wasn’t for me. I loved the concept, but it just didn’t connect to the page. I kept waiting for something more interesting to happen. The whole, best friends secretly pining over one another, trope is kind of overdone. I didn’t mind so much, but I hated waiting for anything more to happen with them. If you love slowly, more contemporary style books, I definitely think you’d like it. The story just wasn’t for me. Cool aspects and concepts, just too slow.

Three star, average rating, since I couldn’t finish the book.

What comparison can I make to adequately convey the singular wretchedness of reading this book? I didn't look into the publisher or whether their other offerings read like self-published twaddle, but I have to believe that's the only way this ridiculous thing could have been printed. There are no redeeming qualities.

I will admit the title alone made me interested in reading this book and the cover is pretty nice too.

The story was a solid 3.5 for me. The story was predictable, and could have used a little more twisting. Also the book would have long periods of just long writing and then would stuff so much information into chapters. The characters were likable but also not very fleshed out and I can say I liked Laney, she seemed like a real person and her thought process was refreshing because it was just very everyday young woman kind of thought process (I could relate).
The ending chapters were a bit confusing at times and honestly I'm not sure. I mean there is going to be another book right? I don't know but it left off at a place where it could go either way. I will say it is not for everyone but I did enjoy it.

This was definitely a unique tale, and managed to weave (ha!) together a contemporary YA romance, historical fiction, and even some elements of horror/fantasy. As the start of a series, this does not disappoint!

Laney is a bit of a recluse. She keeps to herself, writing her secret novel and studying, but makes an exception for her childhood friend and longtime crush. Things take a bit of a turn when a character from her book ends up attacking her. Her college life, which seemed relatively normal, only gets weirder and weirder as some more familiar faces begin to pop up. A simple crush turns into a love triangle, which then turns into a race against a murderous fictional character. The face is quick and this book was completely addictive.

While I guess you could read this book and stop here, this is clearly not meant as a standalone. This book sets up the characters (both fictional and “real”), the world, the magic, and starts the story. I can’t wait to see where this world takes me in future installments. I’m desperate to know more about what goes on here, what other powers are roaming around in this universe, and ultimately where Laney will end up.

The Weaver is a novel about Delaney a writer and a weaver meaning her characters come to life in between the pages, they live through her story but they fill in the details she misses making them real people. When Delaney finds out her characters from her books have come to life and jumped in to her world she is attacked by Jonas the antagonist of her book, he’s her ended. Every Weaver has an ender only some have a watcher who come to this world to, to protect their Weaver.

I love how the story intertwined throughout the novel how we got Laney and Jason friend since childhood reacquainting themselves gearing up for freshman year at collage. Then we got Willian and Anne who live in colonial time who are madly in love at a time that is dangerous. When the stories become one Jonas come in to our world to make Laney change the ending of his story, Willian follows suit to make sure Laney is protected. I enjoyed that Laney wrote herself into her novel meaning she was really Anne and her and William where made for each other by accident on Laney’s part she wrote herself as Anne meaning her and William where really the couple in the book.

There was one think that threw me of, throughout the book we get to know Jason and how he has feeling for Laney but when he dies it didn’t feel like a big Anouilh deal was made. If your childhood best friend dies you make a scene, you get angry, you get sad. All we got from Laney was a good nights rest and a little guilt. I wish it was written more convincingly, I feel like if you going to build a character up to have them die then you should at least make us feel that lose.

The twist was good I did not expect Richard the history professor to be an ender, I didn’t trust him fully but with him coming out to be Grady’s (Laney’s grandfathers) ender I was surprise at that.

I felt like the world of Enders, watchers, weavers and the gate keeper could have been a little more developed. We could have got told more about the golden recluse people and how they came across all the information and told more stories about different ways it can play out.

I enjoyed this and I would be interested in picking up a sequel or a companion about more weavers and their stories but I would like it be more fleshed out. Meaning we get more information and more feeling when something big happens.

The premise and setting were quite compelling and the final third of the book was an utter blast to read. The rest of the book, however, didn't really work for me. I liked the story overall, but it took almost 200 pages for me to finally feel like I was reading a well developed book. I seem to be in the minority though judging by other reviewers!

I think a lot of what I didn't like about The Weaver wouldn't have been as big of an issue if this was in a high school rather than college setting. The way the author described the social dynamics of this college, it felt more like a high school TV drama than an actual college campus. Maybe it's different in a small private college, but the whole jocks vs. nerds thing never applied to any of the colleges I went to. No one cared and those who did care- well no one cared about them.

I couldn't get behind Laney as I found her very judgemental and rude, not to mention seriously melodramatic. Most of the other characters were almost like caricatures, with her father being the worst of them. That guy was an explosive, abusive jerk. Laney seemed to only see people on their surface so it was hard to get attached to anyone else around her as she was quick to make judgement and dismiss them.

So many characters were thrown in and didn't really make a lot of sense in the way they spoke or acted, especially her professor Richard and the group of other Weavers, the Recluses. I feel like an opportunity was lost with the Recluses as the introduction to those characters was so odd and brief that it was hard to believe anything about them which was a shame as I thought they would really add depth to the narrative.

There were some really fantastic elements to this story so it was a bit disappointing that so much of it was aggravating for me. I kept with it, though, and I'm glad I did because like I said before, the final third of the book was incredible. It was strong enough to make me want to read more. By that point it felt like the author finally knew what she was trying to do with the plot. Hopefully further books in the series will follow this vein more!

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for a copy of this in exchange for a review. Full review to come on my blog at publication.

The premise of this book sounded so exciting, with a college student suddenly having her original characters being brought to life in her world and her having to deal with them (and the stories she weaved around them). However, the execution of the plot was not as exciting as it could've been! I'd imagined it being more exciting and fun than it was more so than it turning into a (very) bland and boring love story between our main character, Delaney "Laney" Holden, and the hot guy she imagined up. Boring.

I wish the lore of the whole Weaver-thing would have been the main plot with Delaney solving the mysteries of having this fantastic ability rather than the love story I got.

Language wise, it was totally fine. Nothing fantastic, but not bad either.

I don’t think that I was this book’s intended audience. I just couldn’t get into it. I mean, I like the premise, in theory. The synopsis reminded me of Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart trilogy, which I read years ago and absolutely loved. But The Weaver fell far short of my expectations in that regard. While it is not a badly written story, I just didn’t connect with it, nor with any of the characters.

I also felt that Laney was missing the skepticism necessary for me to suspend disbelief enough to get invested. When she is first accosted by the antagonist from her novel-in-progress, she kind of just took it as par for the course. Why wasn’t she surprised? Horrified? Confused? She was more like, “Well yes, naturally Jonas, a character that I made up in my head and wrote down on some paper with a pen is here trying to assault my person. Why shouldn’t he be?” I just couldn’t.

And why couldn’t she decide whether or not she knew William was also a character from her book/character she was kind of in love with?

I want to talk about the cover first! I love a pretty cover but a meaningful cover? GASP! My heart be still!

On to the story! The Weaver by Heather Kindt started out with a bang! It had danger and excitement, then it slowed down, only to pick up in the last third of the book. I really loved the premise of this book, written characters coming to life would be a dream – or a nightmare, depending on the character. Laney is a want-to-be writer starting her freshman year at college, she’s been writing a historical fiction book in which one of the characters, Jonas – a big bad – comes to life and pushes her down a stairway at the subway with the intent to kill her. Which brings me to some things that bothered me. Laney recognizes Jonas right away as a character from her book but she lacks the surprise or fear that I was expecting of someone who has a character actually came to life and try kill her. There was no sense of urgency to investigate why or how this happened, just a ‘sweep it under the rug’ kind of attitude. Then there is the introduction of William, another character from her book. Annoyingly thick (at the time) Laney has absolutely no idea its ‘her’ William - of the same name and identical likeness, mind you. And I would have like to have seen a little more back history and time invested in the Golden Recluse group which brings me to this: the group actually sought Laney out to assist her, because they’re worried. They even forge dance tickets to Manor Hill to keep an eye on her but when Laney asks for their help finding the translator/gate-keeper, one of them says “We’ll help after I pour me some of that killer punch.” Wait, what?
And then there’s Jason, sigh … Jason, her first love interest in the book at first seems genuine but quickly turns into a douche. Now, I do have a bit of a bone to pick here! Laney and Jason are referred to (quite often) as best friends but I have to disagree. They did have a childhood friendship and their moms are besties but he ignored her all throughout high school and they only began talking when they got randomly thrown together at a Freshman scavenger hunt. Not really someone I’d consider a best friend so I think the whole bestie thing was a tad over-played. And I do feel bad for saying that!
These are a few things that I didn’t like about the book but there are things I did like! As I said earlier, the premise is great and I do feel like the story flowed along despite any misgivings I had with Laney and Jason. Sorry I called you thick, Laney! I do feel like this first book is setting up the foundation for the rest of the series and that’s ok, it was a worthy read and I have no regrets reading it. It kept me entertained, there was a definite surprise with a few of the characters at the end, and William is a hottie dreamboat that I really liked!

I feel like the first third of the book was exploring Laney’s personality and her relationship with Jason, the second third her relationship with William and finally, the last third of the book really picks up and things start to happen. This is more where the action and some of the answers I was expecting about Laney’s ability come into play. I’m giving this book 3 stars because I think it has a lot of potential and I’ll be reading the next in the series. I think it’ll explore Laney stepping in to her story and confrontations with The Wanderer <insert evil laugh>

A big thank you to NetGalley, The Parliament House, and Xpresso Book Tours for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I really like the concept of an author's characters coming to life, then coming after her in order to change their story.

It started off with lots of action and an interesting relationship between the 2 main characters. But then nothing really happened except that they attended college, engaging in juvenile high school level drama clique stuff (jocks & popular girls vs smart nerds) and went to lacrosse games and dances.

At 40% of the book, the paranormal aspect becomes the focus, and the action picks up. But I felt it was rushed, and the explanations lacked depth, like it needed to be fleshed out more but the author had to hurry and end the book. I still don't really have a good sense of the recluse club members. And the ease with which everyone just accepts the paranormal phenomena , without any questions, was unbelievable.

I also found myself rereading sections that didn't make sense, like right after the MC runs terrified out of the dark woods after hearing someone chasing her, she stops to check her mail before going into her dorm and safety. And in some action sequences the detail was minimal and I lost track of where some of the characters were spatially, so it was hard to envision the scene.

I really liked the concept, but I was pulled out of the story with too many questions while I was reading, so it didn't really suck me in and keep me there. I wish the author would have spent less time on the beginning YA drama (and sorry, but a 19-year old is not a "man"), and had focused more on that great Weaver premise.

The Weaver by Heather Kindt is the first book in a new series. Laney has always been a quiet introvert so when Jason, her friend from home, gets to be her partner on a freshman scavenger hunt she is happy to be with someone she knows. While leaving the subway she is attacked and falls down some stairs. The man wanted her backpack and he seemed very familiar to her. Does she know him? Why does he seem so familiar? Laney is grateful that Jason saves her backpack because it has most prized possession inside it....the book she is writing. As the days go by more and more strange things begin to happen in Laney's life as she discovers what she really is....a weaver of stories.

This was a very interesting concept of of characters interacting with their authors. I very much enjoyed this book and would love to continue this series to see what happens next.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Parliament House for the opportunity to read and review this book.

New Adult, Sci Fi & Fantasy
Release Date: August 20, 2019

A new adult fantasy romance that was both exciting and thrilling. I did not expect this book to be so heavy on the romance part, but it in no way diminished the level of enjoyment. There is a fair amount of suspense and a love triangle that will have the readers divided I'm sure. I'm quite curious what the author has got in store for Delaney and William in the books to come. Highly recommended!

Love the premise, but the story just did not deliver the magic for me.
"THE WEAVER is the first installment of The Weaver trilogy. It is an NA paranormal romance set in a small town on the north shore of Boston."

An excellent and gripping book! I liked the style of writing, the well developed characters and world building and the engrossing plot.
I look forward to reading other books by this author.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC

Laney is a college student and history major that writes a historical romantic novel in her journal as a way of coping with being an introvert but Laney doesn't know is that her characters come to life and create chaos in her real life and creates an issue as she's just trying to get through college life which the book further explains why.

This book was so entertaining and well written. It was unique and such a different concept to mix NA and Paranormal/Fantasy. I found it really hard to put the book down and not finish it in one sitting but it really is a quick page turning.. The characters are so interesting, complex and goes in great detail, The story flows naturally and at an even pace with twists and turns. The book has fantasy, new adult topics and of course, a love triangle!

But overall, this book is a good start and if you like the idea of mixing new adult with paranormal, I would recommend it!

Sometimes, I start reading a book and never imagine getting sucked into it at warped speed the way I did yesterday with The Weaver (The Weaver Trilogy #1) by Heather Kindt. As usual, thank you to NetGalley and The Parliament House for providing me with the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

It's a concept I've considered before when I've been in the throes of an awesome novel with endearing characters. The thought has crossed my mind while I write my own stories, as well. What if these imaginary people were real, my stories coming to life right off the pages? I believe there is a part of ourselves entwined with the characters we create, the tales we tell---like adventures we wish to go on, the people we secretly pine for in our everyday lives, and a chance to be someone different. As writers, it makes sense to have that personal connection to the characters we develop, considering we tend to know them best, and this story deeply tapped into that idea.

I liked Laney, William (um, LOVE!), and even Jason. As a bookworm and introvert, I could relate to Laney's awkwardness and quite frankly, I created a special love interest/friend for myself in my writings while growing up, too. William was quite honestly the perfect guy and I was swooning over him by the end.

What bothered me most was the pacing in the beginning. I felt like the story didn't pick up until a third of the way in and I was wondering if the book was going to be a dud. However, the plot twists were completely unexpected and I was blown away by how I surprising they actually were---literally, I had no idea they were coming.

I needed to remember that this was the first book of a trilogy and basically set the story up for the following two works. All in all, a fast-paced read (unless I just got really hooked), awesome premise, and I will definitely be on the lookout for the sequel.

<b>This book was provided as an e-arc by NetGalley.</b>

The premise of this book was amazing . I love a book about characters coming to life in the literal meaning of the word but unfortunately the execution felt lacking.I had massive problems with the writing style and the editing in the first half of the book. Also, the actual story started late in my opinion.We spent more than 1/4 the book doing nothing.

I liked Laney as a character but just that. We didn't get to know the other characters although I was liking William and Jason . They needed more time in the story. Also, in my opinion Jason's POV wasn't needed at all. It was just there. The author should have made it longer and flushed his character or just left us with 1 Pov.

The world itself was the best. I loved it and needed more.As I said ,It needed to start earlier but still I like the whole idea of the book and where the fantasy part is going especially with a whole group of weavers.

So overall , We had excellent idea , Very good dialogue , good characters that needed a little more and bad pacing in the beginning (also some little boring parts) So we are 2.5 stars.