Tuesday 25 June 2019

REVIEW: Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson






Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

ISBN: 1481497618

Format: Hardback, E-Book, Audio-Book

Release Date: 4th June 2019


Links: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Indigo,
B&N, Book Depository


Synopsis:


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.




Review:



** I recieved a copy of this book
f
rom Indigo Books & Music Inc. in return
for my honest review **


For those who didn't see my most anticipated books of the year post, Sorcery of Thorns was high on the list. I fell in love with Margaret Rogerson's first book Enchantment of Ravens and I knew I would love this one too.

This book isn't a sequel to the first. Instead we follow Elisabeth an orphan who has been brought up surrounded by magical books. She hopes to become a warden, but her dreams change after she is accused of a crime that she did not commit. She meets Nathaniel, a young sorcerer, and quickly learns that not everything she was taught is true.

Elisabeth was a fantastically written character. She dreams of seeing the world outside of the library she has been brought up in but instead she only sees it once she has been taken away to stand trial for a crime she did not commit. Elisabeth was quick to believe things people told her, and doesn't quite seem to grasp the concept of sarcasm. However, she also had an edge. Throughout the book she grows in strength and her determination to find out the truth of what happened really made her character shine.

There are a great cast of characters in this book and Nathaniel is no exception. He is also an orphan and a sorcerer who is tasked with bringing Elisabeth to face trial for a crime. He was a fascinating character. Despite his hard personality, he has a darker past and still struggles with his nightmares. Nathaniel prefers to be alone and only has a servant living with him. Elisabeth throws his plans astray and he quickly begins to learn to rely on other people and to place trust in them.

I really enjoyed the slow building relationship between Elisabeth and Nathaniel. It never felt rushed, and their trust in one another slowly grew throughout the book. I loved how they began to rely on one another and call for each other in their time of need.

Silas, Nathaniel's servant, was probably one of the characters I was most fascinated by. He stays by Nathaniel's side and has done since his family died. He ends up being such an important role to the story and his relationship with both Nathaniel and Elisabeth was wonderfully written.


I did feel that the ending was a little rushed, but the powerful cast of characters and their relationships really help pull this story together. The storyline was a wonderful one and I didn't want the book to come to an end. I could easily have seen this book becoming a series.

This book was even better than Margaret Rogerson's first. The writing is magical and I couldn't put the book down. This book is easily one of my favourite fantasy books of 2019 and I cannot wait to see what she comes up with next.




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