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August 8, 2019
BOOK REVIEW: Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson ~ I expected it to be better…
~ SORCERY OF THORNS, BY MARGARET ROGERSON
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It’s always overwhelming to say the least when you expect to ADORE a book, and then you simply end up liking it; and not as much as you actually hoped you would.
I’m talking about Sorcery of Thorns, the second novel written by Margaret Rogerson, and one of my most anticipated reads of the year.
And yes, I know this is probably an unpopular opinion since, as far as I’ve seen, everyone and their mother have loved this book and they’ve rated it with 5/5 stars. Well, my rating is… slightly different.
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“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.”
So, librarians, bookworms, grimoires coming to life and sassy magicians? If you’ve been following me here for quite some time now, you probably know that that’s my cup of tea (or actually coffee)! 
BOOK REVIEW: Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson ~ I expected it to be better…
~ SORCERY OF THORNS, BY MARGARET ROGERSON
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It’s always overwhelming to say the least when you expect to ADORE a book, and then you simply end up liking it; and not as much as you actually hoped you would.
I’m talking about Sorcery of Thorns, the second novel written by Margaret Rogerson, and one of my most anticipated reads of the year.
And yes, I know this is probably an unpopular opinion since, as far as I’ve seen, everyone and their mother have loved this book and they’ve rated it with 5/5 stars. Well, my rating is… slightly different.
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“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.”
So, librarians, bookworms, grimoires coming to life and sassy magicians? If you’ve been following me here for quite some time now, you probably know that that’s my cup of tea (or actually coffee)!
BOOK REVIEW: Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson ~ I expected it to be better…
~ SORCERY OF THORNS, BY MARGARET ROGERSON
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It’s always overwhelming to say the least when you expect to ADORE a book, and then you simply end up liking it; and not as much as you actually hoped you would.
I’m talking about Sorcery of Thorns, the second novel written by Margaret Rogerson, and one of my most anticipated reads of the year.
And yes, I know this is probably an unpopular opinion since, as far as I’ve seen, everyone and their mother have loved this book and they’ve rated it with 5/5 stars. Well, my rating is… slightly different.
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“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.”
So, librarians, bookworms, grimoires coming to life and sassy magicians? If you’ve been following me here for quite some time now, you probably know that that’s my cup of tea (or actually coffee)!
BOOK REVIEW: Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson ~ I expected it to be better…
~ SORCERY OF THORNS, BY MARGARET ROGERSON
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It’s always overwhelming to say the least when you expect to ADORE a book, and then you simply end up liking it; and not as much as you actually hoped you would.
I’m talking about Sorcery of Thorns, the second novel written by Margaret Rogerson, and one of my most anticipated reads of the year.
And yes, I know this is probably an unpopular opinion since, as far as I’ve seen, everyone and their mother have loved this book and they’ve rated it with 5/5 stars. Well, my rating is… slightly different.
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“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.”
So, librarians, bookworms, grimoires coming to life and sassy magicians? If you’ve been following me here for quite some time now, you probably know that that’s my cup of tea (or actually coffee)!
BOOK REVIEW: Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson ~ I expected it to be better…
~ SORCERY OF THORNS, BY MARGARET ROGERSON
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It’s always overwhelming to say the least when you expect to ADORE a book, and then you simply end up liking it; and not as much as you actually hoped you would.
I’m talking about Sorcery of Thorns, the second novel written by Margaret Rogerson, and one of my most anticipated reads of the year.
And yes, I know this is probably an unpopular opinion since, as far as I’ve seen, everyone and their mother have loved this book and they’ve rated it with 5/5 stars. Well, my rating is… slightly different.
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“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.”
So, librarians, bookworms, grimoires coming to life and sassy magicians? If you’ve been following me here for quite some time now, you probably know that that’s my cup of tea (or actually coffee)!
BOOK REVIEW: Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson ~ I expected it to be better…
~ SORCERY OF THORNS, BY MARGARET ROGERSON
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It’s always overwhelming to say the least when you expect to ADORE a book, and then you simply end up liking it; and not as much as you actually hoped you would.
I’m talking about Sorcery of Thorns, the second novel written by Margaret Rogerson, and one of my most anticipated reads of the year.
And yes, I know this is probably an unpopular opinion since, as far as I’ve seen, everyone and their mother have loved this book and they’ve rated it with 5/5 stars. Well, my rating is… slightly different.
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“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.”
So, librarians, bookworms, grimoires coming to life and sassy magicians? If you’ve been following me here for quite some time now, you probably know that that’s my cup of tea (or actually coffee)!
BOOK REVIEW: Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson ~ I expected it to be better…
~ SORCERY OF THORNS, BY MARGARET ROGERSON
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It’s always overwhelming to say the least when you expect to ADORE a book, and then you simply end up liking it; and not as much as you actually hoped you would.
I’m talking about Sorcery of Thorns, the second novel written by Margaret Rogerson, and one of my most anticipated reads of the year.
And yes, I know this is probably an unpopular opinion since, as far as I’ve seen, everyone and their mother have loved this book and they’ve rated it with 5/5 stars. Well, my rating is… slightly different.
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“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.”
So, librarians, bookworms, grimoires coming to life and sassy magicians? If you’ve been following me here for quite some time now, you probably know that that’s my cup of tea (or actually coffee)!
BOOK REVIEW: Sorcery of Thorns, by Margaret Rogerson ~ I expected it to be better…
~ SORCERY OF THORNS, BY MARGARET ROGERSON
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It’s always overwhelming to say the least when you expect to ADORE a book, and then you simply end up liking it; and not as much as you actually hoped you would.
I’m talking about Sorcery of Thorns, the second novel written by Margaret Rogerson, and one of my most anticipated reads of the year.
And yes, I know this is probably an unpopular opinion since, as far as I’ve seen, everyone and their mother have loved this book and they’ve rated it with 5/5 stars. Well, my rating is… slightly different.
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“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.”
So, librarians, bookworms, grimoires coming to life and sassy magicians? If you’ve been following me here for quite some time now, you probably know that that’s my cup of tea (or actually coffee)!
August 5, 2019
BOOK REVIEW: The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2), by Holly Black ~ Wow! Just… wow! *SPOILERS & DISCUSSION*
~THE WICKED KING, BY HOLLY BLACK
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Hello awesome nerds and happy Monday everyone.
You asked for more book reviews and well, here I am again, this time with the review of one of my favourite books of 2019. I’m talking about non other than the second book in The Folk of the Air series, The Wicked King, by Holly Black.
Back in 2018 I read The Cruel Prince, which I absolutely enjoyed, and this year I decided to go on with the series. I’m so glad this book lived up to my expectations! Because, as you probably figured out by the title already, I loved The Wicked King and I simply cannot wait to read The Queen of Nothing, either this fall or during the Christmas holidays. Nothing’s better than dark faeries during the merriest of seasons, right?
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Before going any further, please let me tell you that this post will contain hectic spoilers from The Cruel Prince, and it will contain a major spoiler from The Wicked King. So, if you haven’t read the books yet and you don’t want to be spoiled, feel free to leave now.
For the rest of you who’re going to stay, let the party begin!
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Or should I say… the schemes?
“You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.
The first lesson is to make yourself strong.
After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.
When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.”
Starting with the spoiler-free section of the review and the technicalities of this novel, let me tell you once again that I adore Holly Black’s writing style, I love the 3D, dark, whimsical worlds she builds, and the shady, intriguing characters she creates. The Wicked King took things to a whole new level, both in terms of character development, as well as in terms of world-building, descriptions, narration and plot twists.
To elaborate more on that, I adored the tension between Jude and Cardan (good God, how little I knew 
August 3, 2019
July Wrap Up
Hello awesome people and happy Saturday!
It’s boiling hot, it feels like the gates of Hell have been opened and all I wanna do is just stay inside until this heatwave is gone. 
