Elizabeth Lim’s Spin the Dawn is an amazing book full of many of my favorite things. There’s magic (cool, unique magic, unlike magic systems I’ve seen before.) There’s political intrigue. There’s a young woman trying to make it in a man’s world. There’s a focus on an artist who is dedicated to her craft. There are deep family relationships and a doomed romance that still allows for hope…

And woven through it all is a gorgeous language as masterfully created as the legendary dresses Maia Tamarin makes for the emperor’s bride in this book.

I’ll definitely be reading Unravel the Dusk (the sequel in this duology).

Looking for more great YA fantasy? I recommend Jade City, The Kingdom of Back, and Raybearer.

What about you? Have you read any great YA fantasy lately? Or have you read Spin the Dawn? What did you think? I’d love to hear about either of those things. (Drop a line in the comments to say.)