A review by jfield351
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

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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