I really loved Margaret Rogerson’s first book, An Enchantment of Ravens, which offered pretty much exactly what I wanted from a Fae romance – I loved the way she wove proper folklore things like fairy politeness and rules into the world-building. All opinions my own.Ĭontent warnings: Blood, blood magic, death of child (discussed), grief, brief depiction of a Victorian-style asylum. Ownership: Hardback purchased for myself from Mostly Books, but I did also have an E-ARC from NetGalley. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.You ever have those books you put off reading because you know you ought to love them, but you’re worried they can’t possibly live up to your expectations? Sorcery of Thorns was one for me, but I bit the bullet and luckily, was rewarded with something even more perfect for me than I’d hoped!īook: Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.Īs 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. 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.
Then an act of sabotage releases the library's most dangerous grimoire, and Elisabeth is implicated in the crime. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather.
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. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. "If you loved the Hogwarts Library.you'll be right at home at Summershall." -Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingaleįrom the New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens comes an "enthralling adventure" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom.Īll sorcerers are evil. "A bewitching gem.I absolutely loved every moment of this story." -Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series
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