Book Review – The Weather Weaver by Tamsin Mori
The Weather Weaver by Tamsin Mori (The Weather Weaver #1)
Fantasy | Middle Grade | 310 pages
Published on 4th March 2021 by UCLan Publishing
Synopsis
What if you could befriend a cloud? What weather would you choose? What if the weather matched itself to your mood, whether you wanted it to, or not?
11-year-old Stella has returned home to Shetland to spend the summer with her Grandpa, but it’s nothing like she remembers. Grandpa is lost in his grief for Gran, the island is bleak and Stella feels trapped, until she encounters an old woman, Tamar, who can spin rainbows and call hurricanes.
With the help of Nimbus, a feisty young storm cloud, Stella begins to learn the craft of weather weaving. But when her cloud brain-fogs Grandpa and The Haken (a sea witch) starts to close in, she realises that magic comes with big responsibilities. It will take all her heart and courage to face the coming storm…
The Weather Weaver is essentially a Moana tale for Shetland; a coming of age story, intertwined with island myths and hidden magic. At its heart, the novel tackles the following themes: independence, the meaning of home, and the fallibility of grown-ups.
My rating:
Review
I received this book from the publisher via Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.
This was just as adorable as I hoped! And Nimbus the cloud has such a vivacious personality, I want my own cloud now…
I really ended up liking Stella’s relationship with her grandfather, and that we get to see her understand some of the things that have gone on in his head. There is a little bit of an easy fix-it, but I did also like how that was handled in the end. Stella herself is lovely, and I’m really looking forward to getting more time with her in future books.
My only real complaint is that this feels a bit like half a story. Not in a bad way, but that we don’t get as much time doing all the things as I wanted! Haha. It is clearly setting up a series though, and I am very happy about that. So there is so much more to learn about Stella and her powers, and how magic works.
Not to mention Tamar. There is definitely more to who Tamar is and what she does. And spinning magic, I want to see that!
I will definitely be picking up book two of this series! 4 stars.
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3 Comments
Lana @ Lore and Lullabies
Awww this looks and sounds so sweet.
Side note: You are a reviewing machine right now!!!
Ellie
I don’t read MG, but I am glad you enjoyed this!
Lorraine
This sounds so cute! And it’s set on Shetland!