Zen Cho
Hardcover | Pages: 371 pages Rating: 3.75 | 10358 Users | 2222 Reviews
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| Title | : | Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal #1) |
| Author | : | Zen Cho |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 371 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2015 by Ace |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Magic. Historical Fantasy |
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Magic and mayhem collide with the British elite in this whimsical and sparkling debut.At his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, freed slave, eminently proficient magician, and Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers—one of the most respected organizations throughout all of Britain—ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up.
But when his adventure brings him in contact with a most unusual comrade, a woman with immense power and an unfathomable gift, he sets on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery in all of Britain—and the world at large…
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| Original Title: | Sorcerer to the Crown |
| ISBN: | 0425283372 (ISBN13: 9780425283370) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Sorcerer Royal #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2016), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (2015), British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer (2016) |
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Ratings: 3.75 From 10358 Users | 2222 ReviewsAssessment Regarding Books Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal #1)
It's never a good sign when it takes well over 150 pgs to get the story started....really...truly not.This book dragged. Nothing really worked for me. Nothing. If I could get that time back, I would. I want it back so much. THE PREMISE - aka not a bad start The British elite conquest consist of magicians (called thaumaturges) who are racist, sexist and all have all sorts of petty, bullying behavior. They are all jerks.And they are all pissed. Why? The new Sorcerer Royal, Zacharias Wythe,This is a very delicate story. I truly appreciated the writing style and the hyperbolic characters, the novelty of integrated people of foreign birth as protagonists and all the little idiosyncrasies of this alternative Regency London society.I agree that the atmosphere, the presence of an association of thaumaturges, fairies and a crisis regarding English magic are reminiscent of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Ive not read the book, only watched the TV show). This said, while this story has
Copy provided by NetGalleyThere have been a plethora of fantasy-romances-in-the-Regency of late, not surprising considering there's a good chance that a lot of these authors grew up reading Georgette Heyer, and possibly Jane Austen. Except for Susanna Clarke, I don't find Austen's sharp characterization, wit, or style of satire in any of them, however there's a strong feel of Heyer's mix of modernity and her idiosyncratic version of Regency era language in most, and I think that the homage to
Set in a Regency style Britain. An enjoyable and farcical magic infused romp. The author uses the language of the Regency period very well (says I, who gets all her ideas about Regency phrases from Georgette Heyer novels - therefore an expert!). It has similarities in tone to Novak's Temeraire series.The main characters suffer from the racist attitudes and gender inequality of the times as well as setting the magical world to rights as open to all, not just the priviledged. Sorcerers, magicians,
*YELLING*What a DELIGHT of a novel. I hate using the words "charming" and "quirky" in reviews, but THIS WAS SO CHARMING AND BRILLIANT. Regency England plus dragons plus Malaysian witches. Eat your heart out, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell!This took me a couple chapters to get into, as I'm completely out of practice in reading anything convincingly Regency in flavor, but then it really takes off and goes in a few really wonderful directions. Zacharias and Prunella are both entirely engaging
Delightful books are delightful.I am completely, utterly enamoured with Sorcerer to the Crown, Zen Chos first novel. A wonderful and charming book that pays homage to Regency romances and Fantasy novels at the same time that interrogates some of the problematic aspects of those genres in regards to race and gender. Its like this book was written for me.Zacharias Whyte is a freed slave and a talented magician who just so happens to have recently become Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers
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