The great libraries are filled with magical books, grimoires, their pages are forbidden to be read by all except the sorcerers who live in the kingdom. This is no ordinary library, and this is no ordinary kingdom. Sorcery of Thorns follows Elizabeth Scrivener, a foundling raised in the confines of one of the Great Libraries of Austermeer. I was pleasantly surprised by what Sorcery of Thorns delivered. How could a stand alone novel capture the wonder of a fantasy adventure adequately? How could the world building be completed in such a short timeframe? I usually prefer fantasy books that are in series so I was skeptical of Sorcery of Thorns largely because it is a standalone novel. I’ve been eyeing it warily as post after post popped up claiming this book was wonderful, was it worth the hype?
Published in June 2019, I have been seeing this book all over social media for the last few months. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed and a future she could never have imagined.If Hermione was your favourite character from Harry Potter you’ve got to check out Sorcery Of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but so could 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.
Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power. 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. I absolutely loved every moment of this story.” (Stephanie Garber, number-one New York Times best-selling author of the Caraval series)įrom the New York Times best-selling author of An Enchantment of Ravens comes an imaginative fantasy about an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom.Īll sorcerers are evil. Sorcery of Thorns is a bewitching gem, full of slow burning romance, loyal friendships, and extraordinary world building.
“If you are looking for magic you will find it inside this book.
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