The Weavers of Alamaxa was a highly-anticipated follow-up to The Daughters of Izdihar for me. Having left the first book on quite a cliffhanger, I tore through my copy of this follow-up as quickly as I could! Elsbai set the scene for this tale of female rage and revenge beautifully in book one and readers get to see the results (and the extent) of it all in book two. She does an excellent job deepening our understanding of the socio-politcal unrest in Alamaxa and beyond its borders, as well as our affection for the main characters, Giorgina and Nehal.

I don’t want to get too spoilery in this review, but there are a few aspects of this book I’d love to highlight as my favorites: the WEAVING! This book goes hard and shows readers more weaving than we saw in book one, which was so much fun! I also really loved watching the relationship dynamic blossom between Giorgina/Nehal, Giorgina/Nico, and Nehal/Malek. And our big bad character was SO GOOD (bad)! I LOVE to hate evil characters.

ANYWAY I really loved this book and the only thing I wish we had seen more of in book two was downtime for our characters. That being said, since it’s only a duology, I understand a faster pacing choice and it was still an extremely enjoyable and satisfying conclusion to Giorgina and Nehal’s stories.