Bang of a start, fizzled thru the middle and ends in a rush. 
 In Crewel women are objectified and treated as less than second class citizens. The Guild (run by men of course) is in ultimate control and they dictate the lives of everyone in Arras down to the seemingly smallest details. This is a world where women called spinsters control the fabric of reality, and can weave this fabric to change things however the Guild directs them. Adelice has this power and is roughly thrown into the Spinsterhood. She slipped up during her testing and was unable to hide her abilities. 
 The premise was so extraordinarily unique and I was caught up in the beginning with the adrenaline rush of her capture and the question of her family's survival. What starts off fast paced understandably slows down quite a bit once she is in the Coventry. My interest seemed to teeter out when it came to the constant talk about cosmetics and clothes. I did like the personalities of the two male love interests Jost and Erik. They have traits that would definitely appeal to any young girl. 
 (view spoiler)[Gennifer Albin sure did try to pack Crewel full of "issues." Sexual discrimination, underage drinking, LGBT, and suicide, and some really pervy old men. (hide spoiler)] 
 Currently, I'm in between a "eh" and a "meh" on how how much I enjoyed the overall reading experience. There were a few things that were too obvious, or too convenient, and others that I just thought were a bit of a stretch to be believable. I still have hopes for the next one, considering how Crewel ended, I'm very excited to see what happens in this world from here. 
 On a very positive note the narration of the audio book was excellent. She had such a wonderfully subtle way of changing her voice to each character, I hope I run across her again as a narrator.