Item: The Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi, #2)
Rating: 4
Author: Catherine

The Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi, #2) by Shannon Chakraborty
Published by Harper Voyager
Publication date: May 12, 2026
Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Vacation Reading

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The infamous pirate Amina al-Sirafi is back. She made her debut in Shannon Chakraborty’s novel The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, where she was brought out of retirement to retrieve a kidnapped girl. When Tapestry of Fate, the newest novel in the series, begins it is years later and she’s happily living in her isolated home with her all of her family around her, including her daughter, Marjana, who’s almost a teenager now. Unfortunately, a bargain she was forced to strike at the time and the antics of her estranged husband, Raksh, have come back to force her into a new mission. She must find a lost spindle, a common household tool used to push yarn through a loom except this spindle can change the fate of anyone the holder wants.

“It changes the threads of one’s life. Whether in your mind or in reality…its limits are unknown.”

And the witch who has it now is a prisoner on a hidden island. Amina must once again assemble her trusted crew, this time to find an island that doesn’t exist in this realm and that, as legend has it, cannot be escaped if they do find it.

In the first book, Chakraborty dives straight into the action, immediately pulling the reader in. The Tapestry of Fate takes a different approach, spending more time on the worldbuilding in a secondary storyline about the spindle’s origins and the witch who possesses it. The complexity of these additions slow the pacing and occasionally divert from the main plot, but they do add depth to the story. That said, the pacing is noticeably different from the first book.

One of the novel’s strengths is the deeper exploration of Amina’s relationships with members of her crew, which feels both meaningful and like a natural evolution of the characters. Although the story is rooted in fantasy, Amina, her family, and her friends all feel deeply human, grounding the magical elements in emotional realism. I loved the richness of detail about these fictional worlds—their languages, customs, and most especially their magic. The level of urgency is lessened in The Tapestry of Fate, but Chakraborty’s creativity still lights up the page with fantastical sights and sounds, irreverence, and heart.

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