Books from the Backlog #145

Posted January 7, 2021 by Carole in Books from the Backlog / 40 Comments

Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread.  If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.
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This week’s neglected book

 

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
Publication Date: June 4, 2019
 Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. 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. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power.

Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them.

As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught—about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.

Why did I add Sorcery of Thorns to my bookshelf?

I have heard some great things about this book so I added a copy to my shelves a little more than a year ago.  I still think that it sounds fabulous and I am in love with the gorgeous cover.  I think that I have a big soft spot for books about books and I am eager to give this one a try.

What are your thoughts? Have you read this book?  Would you recommend it to others?

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40 responses to “Books from the Backlog #145”

  5. Laurel-Rain Snow

    What a lovely cover! I hope you enjoy this one. Mine has been languishing on my TBR since August 2019, so not my oldest book. But time to read it!

  17. Sophia @ Bookwyrming Thoughts

    Oh, I remember this one a little before release date and after – I kept seeing it all over the community (though it helps it was the book of the month in a few boxes too). I haven't gotten around to reading it though, unfortunately. I hope you'll enjoy it when you get around to reading it!