

Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery-magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything.

“If you loved the Hogwarts Library…you’ll be right at home at Summershall.” -Katherine Arden, New York Times bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingaleįrom the New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens comes an “enthralling adventure” ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about an apprentice at a magical library who must battle a powerful sorcerer to save her kingdom.Īll sorcerers are evil.


“A bewitching gem.I absolutely loved every moment of this story.” -Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series Kiera Thompson, The River's End Bookstore, Oswego, NY You won’t be able to pull yourself away from the magic and wit this story holds!” When a deadly mishap throws Elisabeth to the mercy of the royal courts, she must seek help from her sworn enemy, a sorcerer. Elisabeth is a librarian’s apprentice, sworn to protect the mystical tomes from the world - and the world from them. “Prepare yourself for a world where books live and think as we do, and whose pages hold both fantastical wonders and menacing enchantments. Danica Ramgoolam, Townie Books, Crested Butte, CO Summer 2020 Reading Group Indie Next List The love story is quirky, steamy, and not cheesy, which I loved, and I grew so attached to the characters and their struggles.” Elisabeth Scrivener is an awesome, strong, brave character who doesn’t need rescuing and is determined to fight evil, even though her definitions of evil keep shifting as she discovers the truth. “A beautiful, dark, atmospheric YA fantasy that kept me guessing and my heart pounding, Sorcery of Thorns is set in a world where libraries are full of magical books that contain all the mysteries of the world.
