Review: The King’s Weaver by Novae Caelum

The King’s Weaver (The King’s Weaver #1)
by Novae Caelum

My Rating: 4 stars

Genre: Fantasy Romance
Age Category: Adult
Type of romance: m/gf

Blurb:
Bi king x genderfluid princess fantasy romance

When my mother betrothed me to a murderous tyrant, I used my magic to disguise myself as a man and run away to his court to prove he’s a monster.

But instead, I found a broken king.

I didn’t expect him to fall for me as a man, and I’m falling for him, too.

He’s been betrayed before—should I tell him who I am and be his queen who broke his heart?

Or should I love him as his king?

The King’s Weaver is a bisexual mistaken identity fantasy romance with a genderfluid awakening.

My Review

I received a free copy from the author and voluntarily reviewed it.

The King’s Weaver was one that had me super excited to read it. The premise sounded so fun and I really enjoyed reading this one. Princess Irava gets betrothed to a king of another land, she wants to know who he is and find out whether he is a murderer. She disguises herself as a man and becomes Caleb a mage candidate at the king’s court. The king is bisexual and falls for her as a man.

The premise is what grabbed my attention and I really liked reading this story and seeing it all play out. I’ve really enjoyed the Star and Green Magics series by this author and it was fun to try another book and see some similarities like the political intrigue and some of the writing style. This series has more focus on the romance, but there’s still plenty going on story wise with a mystery surrounding who killed the previous king and a mage candidate who is causing some troubles.

I really liked both Irava and Tor. They are interesting characters and I liked reading about them. I liked seeing them grow closer and there is some conflict as Irava is pretending to be a man and Tor doesn’t know who she really is, so he’s conflicted falling for Caleb while he needs to marry for the stability of his kingdom. And Irava for her part feels bad about lying to him especially as they grow closer. I liked seeing Irava figure out being genderfluid at the end. And I liked seeing the king figure out how he wanted to rule and grow into the role throughout the story.

I also really liked some of the secondary characters especially Tor’s best friend Valtair. I think the author is planning to write a sequel and I hope to see more of those characters as well as the political situation and world. Maybe more of the other types of magic as well.

The focus of this book does stay mostly on the romance and the immediately situation at the palace, but I liked getting a glimpse of the larger world and political situation. There isn’t a whole lot of world building, but that didn’t bother me too much. The weaver magic is unique and interesting with how it works on will power and was fun to read about. There isn’t as much about the elemental magic as tho two main characters don’t use that, but there are some mentions of it.

I really liked the ending and how things got wrapped up, but just wished some of the secrets had come to light and some realizations earlier. I thought it was so fun to see how Irava/ Caleb handled being genderfluid and wished there had been more of that earlier so there would’ve been more of that. Story wise it did make sense why that only really got incorporated at the end.

To summarize: This was a great read and I liked the genderfluid princess falls for a bi king concept. The premise was worked out well. The focus is on the romance, but there’s some mystery and political intrigue going on as well. I liked reading about these characters and seeing them fall in love with each other. There are some interesting side character as well. The magic system is unique and interesting, although I would’ve loved to know even more about it. The world building is pretty limited and focuses mostly on what’s directly relevant to the plot. All in all I had a great time reading this one and look forward to more books in this universe.

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