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)! 
