Sorcery of Thorns (2020)
Sorcery of Thorns is a 2020 young adult fiction book written by Margaret Rogerson.
Elisabeth Scrivener grew up a foundling in one of Austermeer's Great Libraries, where the books are alive. Grimoires whisper on their chains and, if provoked, tear loose as monsters of ink and leather. She has always believed that all sorcerers are evil. Then an act of sabotage frees the library's most dangerous book and leaves her accused of the crime, with no ally but Nathaniel Thorn, the sorcerer she was raised to fear, and his sardonic demon servant. Margaret Rogerson writes a warm, witty gothic adventure about a girl who trusts her own certainties less the further she travels from home.
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What is Sorcery of Thorns about?
Elisabeth Scrivener grew up a foundling in one of Austermeer's Great Libraries, where the books are alive. Grimoires whisper on their chains and, if provoked, tear loose as monsters of ink and leather. She has always believed that all sorcerers are evil. Then an act of sabotage frees the library's most dangerous book and leaves her accused of the crime, with no ally but Nathaniel Thorn, the sorcerer she was raised to fear, and his sardonic demon servant. Margaret Rogerson writes a warm, witty gothic adventure about a girl who trusts her own certainties less the further she travels from home.
When was Sorcery of Thorns published?
Sorcery of Thorns was published on 30 June 2020.
Who made Sorcery of Thorns?
Sorcery of Thorns was written by Margaret Rogerson.
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A few thoughts on Sorcery of Thorns
Watch Howl's Moving Castle, which shares the crackling pull between a headstrong girl and a magnetic, dangerous sorcerer, plus real warmth under the peril. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood matches the pact-with-a-demon cost and the sense that magic always charges a price. Both trade in genuine wonder without losing their humor or their stakes.
If sorcery should come with real danger attached
Elisabeth grew up believing every sorcerer was a monster in waiting, and Sorcery of Thorns never lets her fully unlearn that fear, it just complicates it. Howl's Moving Castle and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood treat magic as something that costs its user dearly, Harry Potter's wizarding world hides real menace under wonder, and Shadow and Bone shows a gift that terrifies the very empire that depends on it.
Prickly banter between reluctant allies in a fantasy court
Elisabeth and Nathaniel start as enemies by design, a sheltered librarian and the sorcerer she was raised to distrust, before their sparring turns into something neither of them planned. A Court of Thorns and Roses, The Cruel Prince, Caraval, and Serpent & Dove all run on that same charged friction, a heroine paired against her better judgment with the one person who keeps proving her wrong.
Gothic romance where the monster has better manners than the humans
Nathaniel's demon servant Silas is sardonic, devoted, and more trustworthy than most of the humans around him, which is the same trick Fallen and Twilight play with their supernatural love interests. Vampire Academy keeps that danger inside a school instead of a library, and Clockwork Angel and Once Upon a Broken Heart both dress the same bargain up in gaslight and lace.