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by Zen Cho
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Malin
Malin rated it 9 years ago
Bought and liberated as a child, and later adopted by the esteemed Sorcerer Royal, Sir Stephen Whyte, Zacharias Whyt now has the honour of being the first dark-skinned Sorcerer Royal of England. In a time when English magic is waning due to some mysterious restrictions from the Faerie courts and the...
Interrupting Soliloquy
Interrupting Soliloquy rated it 9 years ago
I will admit that I JUST finished reading and I have been reading it more or less non-stop for the last couple of days. If I wasn't coupled with this arduous need to satisfy basic bodily functions and not being allowed to read while driving, I'm sure I would have finished this book sooner because my...
Fangs for the Fantasy
Fangs for the Fantasy rated it 9 years ago
Zacharias, freed slave, reviled by his fellow thaumaturges, is the reluctant head of English magic, the Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers. And he needs to find out why English magic is drying up, why no more flows from faerie But his path crosses with the intriguing Prunella Gentlewoman...
Libromancer's Apprentice
Libromancer's Apprentice rated it 9 years ago
This is a book about the triumph of difficult women, and I mean that in the absolutely best way possible.Zacharias Wythe is a most reluctant and unwelcome Sorcerer Royal, dealing with the politics of the power hungry and those who simply think him incompetent of any sort of intelligence or civilizat...
By Singing Light
By Singing Light rated it 9 years ago
When I first heard the description of this book, I immediately thought, “I MUST READ THIS IMMEDIATELY.” And then, when my library was on the slow side ordering it, I gave up and bought it because it sounded like just about the most Maureen-y book ever written. And reader! IT WAS. Things this boo...
Merle
Merle rated it 9 years ago
I had a lot of fun with this fantasy of manners, featuring a pair of minority protagonists in an alternate Napoleonic Wars-era England. Initially I was skeptical to see yet another fantasy novel with this particular setting: recent years have produced a great number of them, from the fantastic Jonat...
Reflections
Reflections rated it 9 years ago
The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers has as its job the maintaining of magic within King George III’s domain, but lately things haven’t been going so well. Magic seems to be draining out of the kingdom, for one thing, a former slave and possible murderer has been made the Sorcerer Royal, and ...
Romance and other things
Romance and other things rated it 9 years ago
In this sparkling debut, magic and mayhem clash with the British elite...The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, one of the most respected organizations throughout all of England, has long been tasked with maintaining magic within His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the once proper institute has f...
A Sea of Stars
A Sea of Stars rated it 9 years ago
**An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**This was quite a lot of fun, with magical reforms and mermaids and malicious intent strewn about...and that's just the "M"s. But honestly, I enjoyed it greatly. Atmospherically, it had a nice blend of...
bookaneer
bookaneer rated it 9 years ago
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho In Sorcerer to the Crown, comedy of manners meets fairyland, and the result is pure unadulterated fun. The story takes place in an alternate reality where magic, once a primary occupation in the best of families, is slowly falling out of favour as England’s atmosph...
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