Sorcerer to the Crown
Sorcerer to the Crown has been bouncing on and off my to-read list since it came out in 2015. There was a whole lot of buzz initially, and then it never quite died away. I was excited to finally get my hands on it and find out what all the fuss was about. I have to admit that it wasn't quite what I expected. Both the title and the cover made me think this would be more action-packed. Somehow I thought it would be high fantasy. Despite the fact that I was so wrong about this book, I found it absolutely delightful. The story initially reminded me of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell . Magic in England is dying out, and it appears to be because of a falling out between fairies and humans. There's a lot of intrigue and politics - Napoleon even shows up on the edges of the story. But this book has so much more going for it. For one thing, it's not 1000 pages long with 200+ footnotes. (Okay, I loved those footnotes, but they do take a damn long time to read. Sometimes you wa...