Crewel (Crewel World #1) by Gennifer Albin
Title: Crewel (Crewel World #1) Author: Gennifer Albin Pages: 368 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Release Date: October 16, 2012 Buy: AmazonCA | Chapters Indigo | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Kobo Summary: ( Goodreads ) Incapable. Awkward. Artless. That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: she wants to fail. Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to embroider the very fabric of life. But if controlling what people eat, where they live and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested. Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and wove a moment at testing, and they’re coming ...