The Weavers of Saramyr (Braided Path)

I have read Chris Wooding's The Fade (GollanczF.) and Retribution Falls: Tales of the Ketty Jay, which lead me to The Braided Path. I don't read a lot of fantasy, but if the run of the mill fantasy book was as good as Chris Wooding's work, this would change. Chris Wooding writes complex, mature fantasy. At least in The Braided Path his characters are complex, as is the world in which they live in. The Braided Path does have the classic fantasy element of the fight against the dark evil. While we do see the world occasionally from the demented view point of the "evil ones" (the Weavers), the evil force is much less well drawn than those fighting them. What would be interesting, in a writer as talented as Chris Wooding, would be to portray the other side as simply a group with different desires, as complex as those that challenge them. Chris Wooding's work is sophisticated and, at times, dark. While this work would be appropriate for mid-to-late teens and adults, I'm not sure that I would give this book to a nine-year-old (who would have to have reading skills beyond their age in any case). Everything gets compared to Harry Potter these days. I would say that the Braided Path, and the Wooding books I've referenced above are somewhat more sophisticated. They deal with adults and there are adult sexual themes, although nothing explicit.

My review, that is. Having read the entire trilogy I will simply say that you should read these books! Are you a fan of fantasy, a good story, or perhaps you just enjoy good writing? You'll find it all here. If you require a more in depth review there are others here that will fulfill your need.

Found these books on a random bookshelf at a marinelab I was working at. I was delightfully surprised as the braided path trilogy was the best adult sci-fi fantasy books I've read to date. I highly recommend it.

The weavers of saramyr is a very descriptive and enchanting book, when i started reading it i couldn't put it down, The story of kaiku as she ttravels along, encouraged by and oath she swore to Ocha, (emperor of the gods) to avenge the people who killed her family and learning to control her aberrant kana powers that dwell iside her, it's a great book though i woudn't reccomend to anyone uinder a the very least 13, i saw it and read it by accident but it's a great book