He did have some extremely serious moments but then would snap out of it real quick and I mean heck he just wasn’t believable 90% of the time. Nathaniel is supposed to be a typically dark, brooding man, but even in completely inappropriate situations (danger, levity, middle of a battle) he always seems flippant and ready to banter.
Her special traits ended up having a feasible explanation. Elisabeth is literally a strong, tall, hard to kill woman, and Rogerson avoided MarySue-ing her by not bringing other girls into the picture in comparison. Sorcery has a bad reputation, as do grimoires, and the main theme of the book is about uncovering the nature of things despite their appearances or what society says. It’s a magical gaslight era fantasy where books are living things with breakable hearts and women aren’t held in very high regard. It’s mostly fast paced with plenty of action, magic books, and demons who are the best characters. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.Īlright so overall, without over thinking this, I enjoyed it for the most part as a YA fantasy. 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.
Rate & Recommend: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 for YA Fantasy fans and books about booksĪll sorcerers are evil.I’m trying not to think about it too hard This is a great YA fantasy that had lots of YA inconsistencies. I read 6 whole books off my shelves this month!!
I valued the group’s perspective and it helped me put my finger on how I felt about the book too. I group read Sorcery of Thorns finally and was able to chat about it finally.
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