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This book was an interesting take on DID (Disassociative Identity Disorder) and it's effects when doctors either don't believe you or think you're just making things up. You have Carly, who is present during the day and Kaitlyn, who is only present at night. The entire premise of the book is based on what happens when one of the identities, in this case Carly, disappears altogether. The psychiatrist, Dr. Lansing, believes it to be a good thing, but Kaitlyn disagrees.
I was excited, but wary of reading this book. Excited because I absolutely loved The Hunger Games as it's one of my favorite YA book series. Wary because I didn't want to see Snow being portrayed as a protagonist, or even anti-hero. Fret not though, because this book doesn't give any kind of redemption, but rather an origin story to his villainy.
To start with, I loved the setting. The author did a really good job of establishing the tone and overall aesthetic of the story. The story, like Les Mis, takes place in 1830s Paris. However, in this book the French Revolution was a failure so the monarchy is still in power. In the book, there are 9 total criminal courts that have arisen due to this, but only 5 of them are ever truly explored: the Guild of Thieves, Guild of Letters, Guild of Flesh, Guild of Beggars, and Guild of Assassins.
The world building in this book was absolutely phenomenal, but there were a lot of info dumps right off the bat. By the time you reach page 20 you've already been given a basic history of the world and info about the war, which sets the background for the rest of the story. It definitely sets a clear path for the rest of the series.
Title: Sorcery of Thorns Author: Margaret Rogerson Page count: 456 pages Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ "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… Continue reading Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
Escaping from Houdini is the third book in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series. It follows Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell as they try to solve the mystery of a string of murders happening on board their ship to New York.
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