Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Dec 23, 2015 Chessa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sf_fantasy, poc-protagonist, poc-author, debut, popsugar16

Delightful. Prunella is just so exasperatingly awesome, and staid Zacharias her perfect foil. The somewhat archaic language (or least time-period specific) fit so well, even if I did have to employ my reader's dictionary quite a bit (I enjoyed learning some new words). Great pacing, fantastic secondary characters (Damerell forever!), and a well-drawn world of magic and extremely believable (bureacracy and) politics.

Super fun. Even if you don't tend to go for fantasy, you should do yourself a fa ...more

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Dec 19, 2016 Ali rated it liked it · review of another edition

Interesting premise, but the writing is a little rough. So many big words; it felt like the author must rely heavily on a thesaurus. I did appreciate that the main characters in a fantasy novel were not the typical white wizards, but the emphasis on their color was a little overdone. I don't know, I'm white, so maybe people of color really are that hyperaware of their skin tone? In any case, I really liked the main character, and the twist at the end did come as something of a surprise. There ar ...more

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Dec 15, 2015 Julie rated it really liked it

I loved this amazing book! Now I understand why everyone raves about it! It felt like the best parts of Harry Potter, Dickens, and Jane Austen all rolled into one with a multicultural cast

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