![]() ![]() The head librarians carry weapons to subdue the most dangerous of books – needless to say, this isn’t a cardigan-wearing, shushing-type of librarian gig. ![]() And if these books are made angry, they’ll transform into monsters. These Great Libraries dot the kingdom and each of them house magical grimoires, books that are living and breathing, holding all sorts of magical secrets and histories. Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonĮlisabeth has grown up in a Great Library. (For the record, I didn’t look at the map in the front until I was completely done with the book). The good news is that Sorcery of Thorns was worth the push – I really enjoyed it and flew through the last 200 pages in just a few hours. ![]() I’ve mentioned before that fantasy is not my genre of choice (in fact, I had a few people send me messages about Sorcery of Thorns after I picked it for the July book for the Everyday Reading Book Club saying “I just want to check this is the right book, because I know you don’t generally go in for fantasy), but just like any book club, I like to push myself occasionally to read things outside my normal reading comfort zone. ![]()
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