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A review by kokechii
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
4.0
Edit: giving it four stars after all!
This felt like reading a different version of Howl's Moving Castle, with Nathaniel being Howl and Elisabeth being Sophie and of course Silas being Calcifer. I LOVED the world imagined, even the ghastly grimoire books. Overall I think I was a tad bit too old for this, as the character ages constantly kept rising up in my mind, but the action and the writing pulled through. The solution, once it came, with Elisabeth realizing what she needs to do at the Royal Library - I was so happy in a indescribable way. For sure, Silas was the outstanding character in the book for me, he was not charming at all and yet... here I am, charmed thoroughly. And I loved loved loved the ending, got goosebumps reading it.
This felt like reading a different version of Howl's Moving Castle, with Nathaniel being Howl and Elisabeth being Sophie and of course Silas being Calcifer. I LOVED the world imagined, even the ghastly grimoire books. Overall I think I was a tad bit too old for this, as the character ages constantly kept rising up in my mind, but the action and the writing pulled through. The solution, once it came, with Elisabeth realizing what she needs to do at the Royal Library - I was so happy in a indescribable way. For sure, Silas was the outstanding character in the book for me, he was not charming at all and yet... here I am, charmed thoroughly. And I loved loved loved the ending, got goosebumps reading it.