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Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

11 reviews

kshertz's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

What a cute book. It’s a YA coming of age but with an orphan hero. There are demons and sorcery. It was interesting that this hero saves the whole world with the help of her love interest. It’s mostly a hero’s journey. Not much romance. But still interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death, and Abandonment

blingokitty's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Forced institutionalization

arshiya_amreen90786's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Abandonment, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Violence, Child death, and Murder

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Sexism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Police brutality, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Abandonment, and Body horror

books_and_coffee_vibes's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved this book with all my heart. I love the development and how the author takes time to build up to the ending and how she builds up the relationship between Nathaniel, Elizabeth and Silas. I must say Silas was Definitely my favorite character. He was incredibly funny without trying and I love the comments on how Nathaniel dresses. I loved him so much. This book bought me so much joy and I’m definitely buying the new one 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment

mirrorcover's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Classism, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Misogyny, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Vomit, Bullying, Medical content, Blood, Abandonment, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

jfield351's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

I read this book from the 1st-4th of February, as part of the Dymocks challenge for ‘award winning’ - it has won best book of the year by amazon, kirkus, and bookpage, as well as being in top ten picks for certain communities. I really enjoyed this book, although I really wasn’t captivated by the first few chapters. The romance sub plot started pretty early on and that was interesting! I did seem to figure out a lot of the plot reveals before they got revealed, such as the

 criminal being chancellor ashcroft and the libraries being a pentagram  

.  Some things I didn’t like were how chapters jumped several hours in time without depicting how Elisabeth got out of whatever situation she was in. the chapters are long which would usually be fine but i’ve got a cold at the moment and it’s hard for me to concentrate for that long. also in this edition it’s really annoying that most of the words on the edge of a line cut off so that the text can be a perfect square but i really did not like that. i also didn’t love the character of nathaniel, i feel like with his backstory he shouldn’t have been so charming and joking. idk maybe he was just in love. The description in this book is beautiful, I can see everything so vividly as I read. The concept of magic and the grimoires was fascinating and so developed! It was a really good book! 4.25 stars.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Murder, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Torture, Violence, and War

zombiesheep's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Confinement, Grief, Sexual content, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

delz's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

In this beautiful fantasy that centers around the protection of books, Elisabeth is an apprentice in training to be a Warden of grimoires in the Great Library. The Wardens keep and maintain the Grimoires while providing protection against sorcerers who might try to use them to control people and lower demons. We meet Elisabeth who has the reputation as an outcast, since she was an orphan left at the library as a baby. She’s been Director Irena’s ward for 16 years. Irene is very fond of the girl, taking her under her wing and giving her the apprenticeship. One night Elisabeth is woken out of a dream, feeling as if something is wrong. What ensues is a fantastic adventure and a little romance that will keep you glued to this book. Sorcery of Thorns is a book I hadn’t heard about- my daughter put it in my hands- and I will definitely be recommending it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Violence, and War