Shae lives in a village, Aster, with her mom. Writing and reading are not allowed and can cause you to die from the Blot, her brother passed away from the Blot. The town is having the Bards come to visit for their tithe gathering. Shae asks her friend Fiona to tend to her herd, so she can go to see the Bards. One thing Shae has always been able to do is sew and when she sews she is able to make things appear for a while. After the Bards visit she goes for a walk with Mads, her friend (who is in love with her), after they talk he heads home and she stays out a bit more and falls asleep. When she gets home in the morning, she finds her mother has been murdered. The town seems to cover up the murder, so Shae goes out of the village to see if she can find who murdered her mother and she thinks it was one of the Bards. As she arrives to High House, Cathal, the guy in charge, sees her gift of sewing things into being and says she will become a Bard. As she starts training she falls for Ravod, a Bard, who she met in Aster. He tells her not to trust anyone, even Cathal, but she is a good, kind and trusting person. She should have heeded his warning as things are not always what they seem.
Great first book to the series. Can't wait for the next one. Would probably appeal to strong younger readers or 7th and up. Nothing inappropriate in it.
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