I was recommended D. Wallace Peach‘s latest book by fellow bloggers. I was promised a beautiful, enchanting read. They certainly knew what they were talking about.
Here’s a bit about the Tale of the Seasons’ Weaver:
“Already the animals starve. Soon the bonemen will follow, the Moss Folk and woodlings, the watermaids and humans. Then the charmed will fade. And all who will roam a dead world are dead things. Until they too vanish for lack of remembering. Still, Weaver, it is not too late.”
In the frost-kissed cottage where the changing seasons are spun, Erith wears the Weaver’s mantle, a title that tests her mortal, halfling magic. As the equinox looms, her first tapestry nears completion—a breathtaking ode to spring. She journeys to the charmed isle of Innishold to release the beauty of nature’s awakening across the land.
But human hunters have defiled the enchanted forest and slaughtered winter’s white wolves. Enraged by the trespass, the Winter King seizes Erith’s tapestry and locks her within his ice-bound palace. Here, where comfort and warmth are mere glamours, she may weave only winter until every mortal village succumbs to starvation, ice, and the gray wraiths haunting the snow.
With humanity’s fate on a perilous edge, Erith must break free of the king’s grasp and unravel a legacy of secrets. In a charmed court where illusions hold sway, allies matter, foremost among them, the Autumn Prince. Immortal and beguiling, he offers a tantalizing future she has only imagined, one she will never possess—unless she claims her extraordinary power to weave life from the brink of death.
My review
The prologue instantly commanded my attention; it’s full of tension and features a hauntingly atmospheric backdrop. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to put the book down.
Then the story switches to Erith’s viewpoint and we’re caught up in her world as she finds herself tangled in the Winter King’s decision to ban the other seasons. The sense of never-ending cold and hardship radiates from the book. So rich and evocative is the writing that each scene and character feels part of you. You’re bound up in Erith’s story, rooting for her all the way. It’s a book to captivate from start to finish.
A stunning cover too!
Esther Chilton 
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