Practically born with a needle in her hand, Maia Tamarin was born to sew. Trained by her mother and father, she is as good a tailor as any man - for all the good it does for her. In Maia's world, steeped in folklore and tradition, positions of power will never belong to women. When a one-in-a-million chance to travel to the palace to vie for the position of imperial tailor arrives at her doorstep, Maia won't let her woman-ness stand in her way. Dressed as a boy, she leaves her home to prove to the world what she's capable of sewing - but in the end, she'll do so much more than that.
I enjoyed much of this - the East Asian overtones, the girl-as-boy plot, the thread of romance, enough that I really was always happy to read and find out what happened next. My brain caught several plot holes, though, and threads that got lost, things seemed too strangely convenient and sometimes time went by WAY to fast and other times they sat around for actual DAYS but then still ended up where they wanted to be at the exact actual MOMENT they needed to be - stuff like that pulled me out of the narrative a bit. Her teenageryness was annoying sometimes (but hey, accurate!) and I wish I'd known it was the beginning of a series because holy cow is it a cliffhanger ending. There's your warning. It feels like I'm mostly finding it's faults but it was a good story, especially for those who enjoy the creative arts - the magic and the sewing add a really interesting twist to your average fairy tale journey.
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