#marget rogerson

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These are some of my favourites

(Some have romance but as a side plot)

Akarnae by Lynette Noni

The bear and the nightingale by Katherine Arden

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

Forest of souls by Lori M. Lee

Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska (can’t remember how much romance, but does have lesbians from memory)

Does anyone know of any fantasy books (YA or above please) that aren't an excuse for someone to write a romance novel that just HAPPENS to have a fantasy setting? I liked The Hunger Games and The Uglies because they have a well fleshed out universe AND drama, and romance was literally a sideplot/something that meshed. It didn't take away from the important beats of the drama and wasn't the absolute center of plot.

I mean,,,, if it's high fantasy with lesbians I will not complain. But I picked up like three different popular YA series and the main poin in the summary was a romance. New girl, scary/cool guy who she can tame wooaaaww

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Read 7/15-7/23

Four Stars

I really enjoyed this! I know quite a few people didn't love Marget Rogerson's first book, An Enchantment of Ravens, but I really enjoyed the setting and the magic. It was a nice short read. For the people who wanted more and a bigger story, Rogerson has come back with Sorcery of Thorns as her sophomore novel. The world of Sorcery is one of the neatest I've read about in a while. There are libraries around the country of Austermeer that hold grimoires, books that are created using sorcery and hold sorcerer's spells. These books aren't just inanimate objects on shelves, they have personalities and quirks. Some of the more powerful grimoires are actually quite dangerous and must be locked up in vaults surrounded by salt for they have the potential to become Maleficts, dangerous monsters hellbent on death and destruction. I also found the depiction of sorcerors very interesting in this book. No one just has magic, you must make a pact with a highborn demon. In exchange for years of your life, you gain a demon servant and magical powers. Those who make a pact with a demon also end up with a demon mark on their person that marks them as a sorcerer.

I love Elisabeth Scrivener, she was an amazing character. She was bold and unafraid to do what needed to be done in order to save lives. I just loved her tenacity even when what she was doing went against all the ideals she had been taught growing up in a library. I also really liked Nathaniel, he was just so sweet and loveable. Silas was my absolute favorite character of the bunch. I'm such a fan of morally gray characters and Silas is nearly a morally black character. He stole every scene in my mind and was just the real stand out in this story for me. I'm not quite sure why this wasn't a five star read for me. There were some moments in the middle that were just a little slow for me. Overall though, it was a really great read!

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Eeek

So exciting

OH MY GAAAWWWD THERE'S GONNA BE A SEQUEL TO SORCERY OF THORNS 🤩🤩🤩🤩