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A review by deedireads
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
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Magical books. Magical libraries. Magical herbs. Magical mirrors. Evil hiding in plain sight. A witchy cat. Sapphic (closed door) romance. Sisterhood. What more could you ask for?
I absolutely loved this standalone fantasy/thriller/dark academia mashup. It’s been a long time since a book made me want to text live updates to someone who’d already read it, but that’s what happened here. I also stayed up 3 hours past my bedtime to finish it, sooo.
The book has three main characters: Joanna, keeper of her late father’s library of magic books; Esther, her sister who’s been on the run from magical danger since she was 18; and (later) Nicholas, who is also magical and lives in England — but I won’t tell you more about him because of spoilers. I pieced some of the things together before they were revealed, but it was one of those books where that doesn’t take away from the experience at all. And there were surprises too!
One thing I really loved about this book was its structure, where one plotline builds the mystery while the other plotline answers it, so you get info you know some characters are missing, and then eventually the two plotlines merge. And yet it’s never frustrating like a miscommunication trope would be. (How!)
Anyway, you should read this. Kbye.
Magical books. Magical libraries. Magical herbs. Magical mirrors. Evil hiding in plain sight. A witchy cat. Sapphic (closed door) romance. Sisterhood. What more could you ask for?
I absolutely loved this standalone fantasy/thriller/dark academia mashup. It’s been a long time since a book made me want to text live updates to someone who’d already read it, but that’s what happened here. I also stayed up 3 hours past my bedtime to finish it, sooo.
The book has three main characters: Joanna, keeper of her late father’s library of magic books; Esther, her sister who’s been on the run from magical danger since she was 18; and (later) Nicholas, who is also magical and lives in England — but I won’t tell you more about him because of spoilers. I pieced some of the things together before they were revealed, but it was one of those books where that doesn’t take away from the experience at all. And there were surprises too!
One thing I really loved about this book was its structure, where one plotline builds the mystery while the other plotline answers it, so you get info you know some characters are missing, and then eventually the two plotlines merge. And yet it’s never frustrating like a miscommunication trope would be. (How!)
Anyway, you should read this. Kbye.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Moderate: Abandonment