Synopsis: 
 When Johanna's father dies during a performance, her family is expelled from the Performer's troupe so their bad luck doesn't infect everyone. When offered a chance to perform for the DeSilva family and earn her family some much needed income, Johanna agrees, despite her dislike for Lord Rafael DeSilva. 
 Meanwhile, the Keepers--a race of people with magical abilities--are on a quest to find the lost princess who's guardian mysteriously died. But they aren't the only ones looking for her and, as the Keepers search, they begin to find a trail of bodies with the same features the princess should have. The same features as Johanna. 
 Thoughts: 
 High fantasy is the genre that introduced me to my love of reading so it's always been my go-to genre. When you get to know a genre so well it's difficult to find books that really break its tropes. While The Storyspinner was enjoyable as I was reading it, it's not one that will really stick with me through the years. The magic system is pretty common and there's the lost princess plot going. There are also a lot of characters, whose POVs we jumped back and forth between quite often. Keeping track of them wasn't a problem, but feeling invested in them was. The author employed cliffhangers before switching to another POV, which always drives me nuts as a reader because I just want to know what's happening and it makes me rush through certain characters to get to the more exciting stories. That said, it's definitely a character driven piece, with so many voices being explored it would be hard for it not to be. 
 Since this is already set up to be a series, don't expect things to be resolved. 
 Thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for the ARC. 
 Publication Date: March 3, 2015