Sorcerer to the Crown
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3.6
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Zen Cho
One of NPR's 50 Favorite Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the Past DecadeMagic and mayhem clash with the British elite in this whimsical and sparkling debut.The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers maintains the magic within His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the once proper institute has fallen into disgrace, naming an altogether unsuitable gentleman as their Sorcerer Royal and allowing England’s stores of magic to bleed dry. At least they haven’t stooped so low as to allow women to practice what is obviously a man’s profession… At his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers, ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up, an adventure that brings him in contact with Prunella Gentlewoman, a woman with immense power and an unfathomable gift, and sets him on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery in all of Britain—and the world at large…
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Author
Zen Cho
Pages
384
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2015-09-01
ISBN
0698409434 9780698409439
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"It took a little while to truly get into this story, but soon enough I started to absolutely love it and by the end I feel like I can give it nothing but five stars since it’s definitely an all time favorite. Really I think the talking caterpillars at the end secured without a doubt it’s place among my favorite books. So good!!!"
Reading into the Void
"This was one of the most boring fantasy novels I have ever read"
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Rebekah Travis
"Victorian England meets magic!! I loved it! Familiars, sorcerers, witches, faeries, high society and British propriety combine for shenanigans galore! I loved Prunella and Zechariah. There were a few parts that were a bit slow but the last two hours certainly made up for it! I look forward to the next in series!!"
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Allison Freeman
