Crewel was the first book I've read in awhile that had me thinking about it when I wasn't reading it. Like, during the work day I would be thinking about how much I wanted to get home and just read this book. This book was a great escape, and I feel deeply into this other world. I kind of heart the way that the word "spinster" has a negative connotation in our society of old, unmarried women, but in this book they are beautiful young women (albeit still unmarried) to be revered and treated with the utmost respect and adoration. The character descriptions were fantastic -- I was almost literally cringing when I read about Cormac because I could totally smell him! Eew! And Maela -- what a villian! Her evilness was so evil, I almost wanted to rip her... 
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