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Weaver (The Weaver Saga #1)

by John Abramowitz (Goodreads Author)

3.26 of 5 stars 3.26 · rating details · 57 ratings · 14 reviews

Fifteen-year old Alex Cronlord just met the boy of her dreams. Literally. Unfortunately, the dream involved him killing her. When she encounters him at her school the next morning, Alex understandably freaks out – and her mother’s bizarre behavior only makes it worse. What Alex doesn’t realize is that she can see the future – which will get her into a whole lot of trouble....more

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Published (first published August 9th 2011)

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Oct 11, 2011 Darkfallen rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc, read-n-reviewed

What to say about Weaver?

Well first let me start with the good points shall we?

I love the villain aspect to this story. It's mostly original...OK maybe it is a slightly twisted take off vampires, but it's NOT vampires which earns some bonus points right there. They are called Xorda, which for some reason kept reminding me of Star Trek. (yes I am aware that I have never watched Star Trek and thus have no reason for such analogies...but still it did.) Anyways the Xorda sucked the souls out of peop...more

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May 13, 2012 Aniko Carmean rated it 3 of 5 stars

If Joss Whedon's Buffy series and the X-Files had a baby, it might turn out something like John Abramowitz's Weaver. There is a blonde teenager with extraordinary powers, an FBI agent with a vendetta against a cult who killed her sibling, and more than a dash of the supernatural driving the plot forward. Although the cover of the version I purchased depicts a vaguely Buffy-esque blonde, and work is dedicated to Whedon, Weaver has plenty of original elements.

The book starts off at a run: literall...more If Joss Whedon's Buffy series and the X-Files had a baby, it might turn out something like John Abramowitz's Weaver. There is a blonde teenager with extraordinary powers, an FBI agent with a vendetta against a cult who killed her sibling, and more than a dash of the supernatural driving the plot forward. Although the cover of the version I purchased depicts a vaguely Buffy-esque blonde, and work is dedicated to Whedon, Weaver has plenty of original elements.

The book starts off at a run: literally, our blonde heroine, Alex, is running from an unknown assailant. It is a heart-pounding opening, full of terror and panic. It is wonderful and realistic, although Abramowitz's tendency to capitalize onomatopoeia is distracting . Soon enough, it becomes apparent that the assailant Alex ran from in the opening sequence is a real person - almost.

In a parallel story line, Agent Moira McBain and her partner are tracking down a string of arsons. The two story lines become entwined when Alex's home shows up on a list of potential targets. The real intrigue begins when Alex's mother accidentally reveals her association with the Wells Society to Agent McBain. It is the Wells Society Agent McBain blames for her brother's death, and evidence of their continued activity is the catalyst for McBain's drive and involvement, not only with Alex, but also with her FBI partner.

I say the Wells Society revelation was accidental, and it literally was. Alex's controlling mother tripped over something, exposing a pendant that was tucked into her blouse. This was a pivotal scene; unfortunately it had a forced feel to it. This was not the only part of the book to feel contrived. A main character is suddenly something other than what he appeared to be - an event that happened without any foreshadowing. At one point, an ex-military man and an FBI agent are both unaware that a building with security badges for access would have security other than regular door locks in the stairwell. These weaker scenes detract from the excellent questions the text implores the reader to ask; for example, can there ever be an ethical reason to conduct genetic experiments on children?

If you are looking for an entertaining read with an interesting concept, Weaver is a nice choice. It's a beach read, a bottle of wine and your Kindle read, a fun excursion into a supernatural world that seems a lot like ours at a first glance. These things make up for some of the slight missteps along the way.
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May 03, 2012 Jane rated it 3 of 5 stars

Alex Cronlord woke with a start after a nightmare where she was the victim of a murder. Shaking the dream off as ‘first day back at school’ nerves Alex went about her day as normal, that was until she met her murderer in the hall way at school and for some strange reason she couldn’t stay away from him.

Weaver is a quick read, I would probably class it more of a novella than a full length novel I read it in around 3 hours. This is the second work by this author that I have read but I wasn’t as i...more

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Oct 03, 2011 Candy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Demons, secret societies, and unlawful genetic manipulation join forces to change how you think about paranormal thrillers!

Weaver is 1 part science fiction, 1 part paranormal fantasy, and a whole lot of fun!

Alex is a normal teenage girl with good friends, a doting father, and a nice (if a little overbearing) mother. Then, one nightmare the night before the first day of her 10th grade year turns everything inside out.

John Abramowitz has crafted a wonderful story that is truly a page turner. Each...more

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Sep 26, 2011 Miranda Wheeler added it

Attention fans of The Vladimir Todd Series, Alex Rider, Suck It Up, or even The Reformed Vampire Support Group and James Patterson YA - expecially the Maximum Ride series, I've officially met your next obsession: The Weaver Saga.

Compared to many books, it is considered "light reading". It didn't take an exceptionally long time to read and there wasn't a tangled mess of poetics to climb through - it was much more plot driven, and more fun than profound. What's so cool about that is it is really...more

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Mar 13, 2013 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Alexis Cronlord is horrified as events played out exactly the way it had in her nightmares. More than discovering that she is a Weaver, a person genetically engineered to see the future, Alex Cronlord learns that her inhumanly fast & strong aggressor is a monster called Xorda--evil creatures that feed on a human's soul until they are left dead. They take a very attractive human form that is mostly irresistible to the opposite sex, and can only be killed by fire.

The Wells Society was formed...more Alexis Cronlord is horrified as events played out exactly the way it had in her nightmares. More than discovering that she is a Weaver, a person genetically engineered to see the future, Alex Cronlord learns that her inhumanly fast & strong aggressor is a monster called Xorda--evil creatures that feed on a human's soul until they are left dead. They take a very attractive human form that is mostly irresistible to the opposite sex, and can only be killed by fire.

The Wells Society was formed to fight this vampire-like creatures, with an unorthodox method--all members of this society should plan a family with the primary purpose of producing Weavers or Igniters--warriors against the Xorda. But not all of the genetically altered offsprings turn out well and they are called Rejects. Some rejects are unaware that they are failed Weavers or Igniters and go on with their lives, but some failed experiments develop physical or mental disabilities that make the entire Wells Society morally unsavory despite their righteous purpose. Zach Mason, a rejected pyro-kinetic or Igniter escaped the Wells Society and started recruiting all the Rejects that manifested more unique abilities (like young x-men abilities), and he aims to lead the revenge against the Wells Society who is responsible in turning them to freaks, starting with Alex's mom. Zach has taken and convinced Alex of the Society's own offenses. Now the Society has not only the Xorda to worry about, but also their past mistakes coming to bite them back--the Rejects. Yet, Alex can't find it in her to actually inflict harm on her own mother, even if it is the same mom who willingly volunteered her for experiments even before she was born.

The plot is quite intriguing, as is the subplot of FBI Agents Moira & Andy's involvement with the Cronlord's while investigating the neighborhood's series of arson cases. The pacing was fast enough and there are thrilling parts that revive me when I was getting bored. It also has a few surprises near the end that make up for some annoying but still tolerable points in the story. Alex's mom Ainsling is a scary character...not quite unfeeling but very steely in her resolve and beliefs, but the best character award goes to Alex's dad, ex-military James Cronlord. He's such a cool dad, given his reactions to what he discovers about his wife as a member of the Wells Society, and about the special powers of his daughter Alex, born as a tool to defeat the numerous Xorda that live among their human prey. This book ends strongly and with the right amount of cliffhanger to get a reader interested in the next installment.

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Feb 25, 2012 Kristen Romanelli rated it 4 of 5 stars

If Goodreads allowed for half-stars, I would rate Weaver as a 3.5, but I'm rounding up due to the strength of the premise.

The first book I read by John Abramowitz was, in fact, the second novel he self-published — Atticus for the Undead. Based on how much I enjoyed that book, I decided to buy Weaver as well. Weaver is Abramowitz's first novel, and it's a bit more rough around the edges, as far as style is concerned. I feel like Abramowitz's story would have shone through better were it placed in...more

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Nov 23, 2012 ABookVacation rated it 5 of 5 stars

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absolutely adored this novel! The idea of a secret society, children bred to have extraordinary powers, and blurred lines between good and evil make this one heck of a roller coaster ride, and I couldn’t put it down until the very last page. Of course, it ended all too soon, as phenomenal books always do, but there are sequels already out, and I can’t wait to read them!

Alex is an awesome character, and I love that she isn’t quite sure who, or what, sh...more

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Apr 09, 2013 Katy rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of YA urban fantasy

Shelves: ebook

Book Info: Genre: Urban Fantasy
Reading Level: Young Adult
Recommended for: Fans of YA urban fantasy
Trigger Warnings: assault, murder

My Thoughts: After reading the first two books in the Hunter Gamble series by this author, I just had to read this other book I had by him.

This is a really good book of its type. I don't always like YA and this has a few of the faults that keep me from fully enjoying YA novels, like teenagers that do sort of stupid things. It's mitigated in this book (view spoiler)...more

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Nov 23, 2012 Brianna Lee Book Reviews rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: arr, fantasy, paranormal, reviewed, ya, high-school-age, r2r

This book has loads of potential! I rate it 3 STARS – in my rating, this means I would read more by this author in the future. I do plan on reading more of Abramowitz’s work too; I am going to pick up book 2 in this saga: “The Void.” I think if the author had his work looked over by a great editor this book would be great! But, I did like the story, and I would say to check it out. If you are reading it and come across any editing issues, just ignore them and keep reading. You just have to remem...more This book has loads of potential! I rate it 3 STARS – in my rating, this means I would read more by this author in the future. I do plan on reading more of Abramowitz’s work too; I am going to pick up book 2 in this saga: “The Void.” I think if the author had his work looked over by a great editor this book would be great! But, I did like the story, and I would say to check it out. If you are reading it and come across any editing issues, just ignore them and keep reading. You just have to remember that this is one of the author’s first books. If you are able to move beyond those little mistakes, then you will be able to enjoy this story. The “Weaver” is a Paranormal/Fantasy novel that I believe was intended for Young Adults. But, as a warning, there are a couple illicit words in this book – so keep that in mind.

Alright! So this book has several different points of views, the main ones being 15 year old Alex Cronlord and FBI Agent Moira McBain. Their lives were running parallel until one of McBain’s FBI cases intertwined their lives. McBain then found out Alex’s mother Ainsling was a part of the Wells Society, an underground religious cult. The secret Wells Society bred their children to become soldiers in the “holy-war” against the Xorda. Xorda are compared to vampires but instead of sucking a human’s blood, they suck their soul – which kills them. They can also turn a human into a Xorda by giving them some of their own soul. McBain has a personal vendetta with the Wells Society because of her childhood. She wants to try and save Alex the pain she knows will come. The children born from the Wells Society turn into Weavers (females), Igniters (males), and also some that developed “incorrectly” and have different powers are called the Rejects. Alex is a Weaver, though at the beginning of this story she had no idea about any of it. Everything began after her “First Instance” (first premonition in a dream), where she dreamt a man was going to kill her and then a few days later every detail from her dream happened – except she didn’t die. That’s when Alex’s mother, Ainsling, brought her to the doctor’s office to start the lab rat tests. Right afterwards, Alex realizes she cannot trust her mother. Can Alex get away from her mother before more damage happens? Is there even more danger away from her mother? Can Moira stop Ainsling and the rest of the Wells Society? Will anybody even survive this holy-war? Find out in John Abramowitz’s “The Weaver”!

Like I said, I give this book 3 out of 5 STARS. It was a quick read – though a good one. I think that the second book in this saga, “The Void” will be better because it won’t be the author’s first. Hopefully we will get a little more background information on certain things like the Wells Society – or perhaps a prequel short story? I liked how Abramowitz started this book off with a bang though. We were immediately placed into a fast-paced scene that was a matter of life or death. It made me want to read more to see what would happen.

Again, go check this novel out. Don’t stop reading it because of any mistakes you see, otherwise you will miss out on a good read. Check out “The Weaver” by John Abramowitz now. It should be free on Smashwords, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble: get it while it lasts!

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Jul 05, 2012 Linzi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Hurrah for John and another great read with Weaver. As seems to be John's 'thang', he immediately thrusts the reader into the story with a prologue that leaves you wanting more - main protagonist tenth-grader Alex Cronlord is being chased relentlessly through woods by some unknown assailant. Who is chasing her? Why is she being chased? What happens to her?

Soon we learn that it was all a dream; definitely not a Bobby Ewing dream where someone pops up casually soaping themselves down in the shower...more Hurrah for John and another great read with Weaver. As seems to be John's 'thang', he immediately thrusts the reader into the story with a prologue that leaves you wanting more - main protagonist tenth-grader Alex Cronlord is being chased relentlessly through woods by some unknown assailant. Who is chasing her? Why is she being chased? What happens to her?

Soon we learn that it was all a dream; definitely not a Bobby Ewing dream where someone pops up casually soaping themselves down in the shower, happy as larry, but instead a dark and ominous premonition. Alex is a Weaver and can see visions of the future, although when we meet her, she doesn't yet know this. Soon we learn that Alex's mother, the cold and aloof Ainsling Cronlord isn't who she appears to be and Alex is mixed up in something much darker than your average tenth-graders life of school, boys and more boys.

Step up Moira McBain, hard-ass FBI agent, who finds herself and her partner Andrew thrown into the Cronlords' lives in a way she didn't quite expect nor want, considering it throws up rather painful memories of her brother's death and her own involvement with the mysterious Wells Society. With a deep-rooted desire to protect Alex, Moira sets out on a mission to throw a spanner into the works of Ainsling and the Wells Society's plans for the young girl.

What struck me about Weaver is that this is no clear-cut story about good versus evil. It's hard to know who really is the bad guy. Is it the Xorda, vampire-like creatures who suck the souls out of their victims and deadly enemies of the Weavers? Is it Ainsling and the Wells Society, who will seemingly stop at nothing in their fight with the Xorda? Or is it the so-called Rejects - escapees from the clutches of the Wells Society and now hell bent on revenge against their own families? The lines here a definitely blurred and why not? The battle between good and evil is never really that well-defined in real life and many people do bad things in the pursuit of goodness so I thought this angle, whether intentional or not, was pretty refreshing and made me want to learn more about each character. There was also a shock twist in there which I definitely didn't see coming.

I think my only criticism of Weaver is that it was just too short. I got to about 82% and all I could think was "come on! There's loads more story left in this" but then again I am a fan of the long novel, so do find it a little unusual when I read a book that doesn't double as a nuclear bomb shelter. Because of that I did have a sense that the book finished too quickly, but the good news is there is a second book in the series, The Void, all ready and waiting for me to read so the story is definitely nowhere near over.

Four out of five stars for Weaver! Go read and let me know what you think!(less)

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Aug 14, 2012 NV rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book is geared for teens; having said that the story line is good ( a little bizarre) and I enjoyd it. I am anxious to read more from this author.

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Mar 27, 2012 Christine Butler rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Young Adult paranormal fans

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy, ya-paranormal

Loved Weaver!! Review coming soon!

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