The Story Peddler ( The Weaver Trilogy #1) by Lindsay Franklin

In this first book of The Weaver Trilogy we meet Tanwen, an orphan who has a magic in telling stories. When she is telling a story, strings of color from her fingers form an object of the story. Tannie lives in the nation of Tir, a land ruled by a tyrannical King. When she unwillingly weaves a story that is treasonous to the King, she has to flee her home to escape the Kings guards. She leaves behind a farmers family that had looked out for her and the boy was her best friend who wanted to marry her. Tannie wants to travel and weave her stories instead of marrying him. She eventually falls in with a group of outlaw weavers, who are also wanted because of their powers. When Tannie picture is put on a reward poster, she leaves the group and heads towards the capital of Tir. Tannie is concerned about her friends in her hometown that she left behind. She is captured and taken to the King. The King usurped the previous good king and has put in place laws that prevent people from questioning his rule. He has a daughter who is different from him and befriends and helps Tanwen. Imprisoned in her parents former room, she finds out her father was a general for the former King and he left a lot of journals explaining what happened in the coup. Meanwhile her outlaw friends attempt to rescue her and eventually overthrow the king. I thought this book was very good. I liked the faith elements in this book with the goddesses of the approved religion of the King vs the Creator (God) of believers. The ending teases a supernatural element that is coming in the final books. I liked all the characters in this book and am really looking forward to the other two books and seeing more of this world. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ content warning: some typical fantasy violence, nothing graphic 

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