A Weaver's Heart

by Novae Caelum

When my mother betrothed me against my will, I never expected to find love.

I never expected to love him.

He's my king, and I'm his weaver, and we're taking our kingdom into a better future.

But weavers are going missing on the borders, and our enemies haven't been quiet.

This time, their target is me.

And this time, my life isn't just mine or his but our future child's, too.

Now, with the Harvest Feast approaching, and my mother descending to renew her alliance with Barella, I'll need all of my willpower.

Because we braved the vortex side by side, but now we'll have to face the storm trying to drive us apart.

A Weaver's Heart is the sequel to The King's Weaver, with a genderfluid MC and her/his bi (not so tyrant) king, a trans pregnancy, an overbearing mother, a kingdom in peril, a best friend with a new crush, and all the willpower magic.

Genres: Fantasy

532 pages, Paperback

Published November 5, 2025

About the author

Novae Caelum (he/they/starself) loves royalty, cloak and dagger, and sparkly queer magic, and will unapologetically write things with all three.

Reviews

[Isa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Author uses Ai :(

[Meri]

DNF, returned and refunded because I found out author uses AI in the middle of reading it. Very disappointing.

[Emily Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Took me a bit to read this one. While the concept of the weaver magic has some real potential, I feel like the story It self just kinda fell flat. Definitely more drawn out than it needed to be. I get that the main core of the book is all about Caleb and their gender identity, I just feel like it was focused on in a really mundane way. It was made worse by the miscommunication trope all throughout the book. The. The ending where they face Nikolai, the whole fight just felt lackluster. It kinda felt like a my little pony friendship is magic moment. I was expecting Caleb or Tor to have some wild magic awakening but instead it was just forgiveness. Not my favorite read but def not the worst. I’ll probably still read the third one.

[Victoria Falzo · Rating 1 out of 5]

The author uses AI to write & create their covers/promotional material. Their justification is (or at least used to be at one point) something along the lines of they wanted to represent minorities, but it was too difficult to attempt to try to find individuals from minorities to work with them, so they use AI to be more inclusive. Claiming that you are supporting people of minority communities and then turning to AI to make things for you is not the way to go.

[Blair · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really like that first one
this one the gender identity felt silly. I was more 2 people in one body then two genders...
I really couldn't get over the invisible baby bump..
it's a magic universe there is no other way a magic couple that creates things out of nothing can do pregnancy????
the end was lack lust.. overall BLAAAHHHH

[Elijah Whisler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another good story!

I loved the character growth and how they learn their strengths and overcome their weaknesses. The story resonates well with me as I gained inspiration from Caleb/Irava and Torovan.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

While not as romantically gripping as the first book, it certainly expands the world to a much more epic scale. Glad there’s more books to come