Sword in hand, Elisabeth rushed towards the path the Malefict/grimoire had taken and managed to slay the demon, thus saving hundreds of lives. Looking further ahead of her, Elisabeth watched as a grimoire- now turned Malefict- walked towards the village of Summerhall. One night, Elisabeth wakes up only to find the library doors wide open and her beloved Director lying dead with her sword lying by her side. Books were quite literally, her friends as these books can talk, express joy and anger, cause mischief and destruction. If the grimoire is not safely sealed, it could transform into a Malefict(a demon).Įlisabeth, unlike all other apprentices, grew up in the library.
She and the Director of The Great Library are seen transporting a highly dangerous grimoire(book of magic spells) into a vault. The book starts with the introduction of the protagonist Elisabeth, who’s an apprentice at The Great Library of Summerhall but dreams of being a warden. So, did Sorcery of Thorns deliver on its promise? Let’s find out. I also loved the synopsis which promised me a book for bibliophiles/book dragons and there’salong with sorcery, demonic servants, a conspiracy. If you haven’t seen the cover of Enchantment of Ravens or heard about it, you can click on this link.
For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.īoth of Margaret Rogerson’s books have been blessed by the cover gods. 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. 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.
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Buy: Book Depository | WorderyĪll sorcerers are evil.
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