Title: Sorcery of Thorns
Author: Margaret Rogerson
Pages: 464
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Release Date: 4th June 2019
Blurb from Goodreads:
All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has
known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great
Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical
grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If
provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather.
She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom
from their power.
Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.
As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught—about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.
My Review:
*I received an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Thanks to Simon and Schuster UK Children's and NetGalley*
Orphaned at a young
age, Elisabeth was brought up in one of the Great Libraries of
Austermeer. The libraries are filled with magical grimoires that are
used by sorcerers, who are evil. These grimoires contain different
spells and can change into terrible creatures when they are damaged.
Elisabeth dreams of becoming a warden, someone that defends against
the grimoires.
But when a dangerous
grimoire is set free from Elisabeth's library and she is implicated,
Elisabeth's dream lies in tatters.
To make things
worse, Elisabeth finds herself involved with sorcerer Nathaniel
Thorn, whose servant is a demon.
Can Elisabeth trust
Nathaniel?
Together can they
save the Great Libraries?
Sorcery of Thorns is
a book that I'd seen a lot of love for, so, naturally, I was worried
that I wouldn't like it. But I did! Thank goodness!
I loved all the main
characters in this - Elisabeth was likeable and relatable and I
envied that she'd grown up in a library. How cool would that be?!
Elisabeth's best friend, Katrien, was so funny and I would love to
find out/read more about her. Nathaniel had the best dialogue and I
really liked him. I especially enjoyed reading his interactions with
both Elisabeth and Silas, who was an intriguing character. The
relationship between Nathaniel was very interesting and I liked
finding out more about them both as the book went on.
The setting and
concepts in this book were interesting and intriguing. I loved the
idea of Great Libraries filled with grimoires that would spit wads of
ink at people as they walked past. Some of the grimoires were
actually pretty scary and I wouldn't want to annoy them! I also liked
how for someone to be a sorcerer and have magic, they had to make a
deal with a demon who would serve them.
The romance was just
right for me - it didn't overshadow other aspects of the plot and it
didn't feel forced. It was the slow-burn kind of romance that I love.
The plot was
intriguing and had me hooked straight away. For the most part, I had
no idea what was going to happen next, but I did see a couple of
things coming.
The writing style
was engaging and held my attention.
I found myself
smiling several times while reading this - usually at something
Nathaniel said.
Sorcery of Thorns
contains lots of my favourite things and I would definitely recommend
it.
Overall, this was a
very enjoyable read that I would recommend.
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