Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Hello Books Lovers,

how are your good intentions for this new year going? In terms of reading I’m doing great, but in terms of studying for the upcoming university exams … better change the subject. And then let’s move on to Sorcery of Thorns, released yesterday by Oscar Vault, written by Margaret Rogerson author of An enchantment of ravens, a book that has officially become part of the best books of 2021, and I know that we are only in January but this really deserves it.

As a genre we are on high fantasy, with a map attached that makes everything even more intriguing, young adult because our protagonists despite their tenacity and their survival skills are only teenagers, and even a little romance come on, the looks between Nathaniel and Elizabeth don’t lie at all.

Comparing Sorcery of Thorns with other books I have read I noticed a very pleasant detail. Even if in others the protagonist was always the female character, the male character was always present, ready to lend a hand, in this instead we arrive at more than half a book in which Nathaniel wants absolutely nothing to do with Elizabeth’s mission for reasons you will only discover if you read the book. Only later does he decide to help her and until then Elizabeth gets along very well on her own, saves herself and survives from various threats, for days, alone. Occasionally she requires the help of Silas, the wizard’s demon servant, but she is always the one doing the hard part, and this is a plus that adds to the many who have made me love this book.

Another point is absolutely the setting, a little from ancient times with gorgeous clothes, dances, carriages, and nobility blended very well with high fantasy with wizards, demons, good and bad, and librarians in charge to check the grimoires held in the kingdom’s largest libraries. Dangerous grimoires, with their own will, able to get offended, shut themselves up for decades, self-destruct and in the worst case become Malefict, beings capable of destroying entire villages. And these books are preserved according to their degree of danger, many times even hosts of giant book lice, a detail that made me fear for my own books at the mere hypothetical thought of their real existence XD.

And then there is the romance factor, which is by no means at the center of the story, it’s always there, behind the scenes, lurking, ready to manifest itself, but in due time. In the first part of the book we will not see much Nathaniel, but that little will be enough to make us understand something about him such as the fact that he is fascinating, and has had his tragic past that does not allow him to get too close to other people, the only one who always remains by his side is Silas and it is strange to Elizabeth that the two of them have this friendship since he is a demon who has made a deal with Nathaniel, he has served his family for decades but when their contract expires he will suck the boy’s life force by killing him, as happens to any magician with his demon.

Sorcery of Thorns is stand-alone but it packs so much into it, a full story full of details that it almost makes you feel like you are reading a saga that has spanned centuries. With each page it becomes more and more familiar, every detail revealed almost seems like a detail we already knew. Rogerson’s writing hits straight to the heart in every imaginable sense, because there will be happy moments, but also sad moments.

Throughout the book it’s almost a living together with the characters and that’s why I decided to add this book to my top 10 favorite books ever. I bought the hardback in English a year ago without reading it, then I saw that soon Oscar Vault was to publish it in Italy and I wanted to wait, every minute of waiting was rewarded with this breathtaking and flowing story. I would like to say many other things about this book but I would end up making spoilers, I can only say that if you are a book lover, and just that, then you must read it, because after all the real protagonists in this story are the books themselves because it’s them to have all the power, the rest is just a well-defined background.

And now I return to my readings because tomorrow I will talk to you about Leigh Bardugo’s Siege and Storm and the day after tomorrow Juan He’s Descendant of the Crane, and I still have to finish reading them …

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

 

 

 

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Pubblicato da Me and Books

Mi chiamo Miriam e sono l'amministratore di Me and Books. Ho tante passioni, ma le più grandi sono la lettura e la scrittura, ed ho creato questo blog proprio per poter condividere le mie passioni. Penso che recensire un libro sia una cosa molto importante che richiede tempo e dedizione. A volte un lettore prima di scegliere un libro vuole sapere che quello che sta scegliendo è quello giusto, e le recensioni servono proprio per questo, per aiutare il lettore a scegliere. Ma questo è anche un modo per aiutare autore e case editrici a farsi conoscere. È anche per questo che pubblico gli articoli sia in italiano che in inglese, per non lasciare nessuno fuori. Vi chiedo di non esitare a pormi qualsiasi domanda sul mondo dell'editoria, spero solo di riuscire a fornire la risposta perfetta.