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Ink Blood Sister Scribe

The Sunday Times bestselling edge-of-your-seat fantasy thriller

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By: Emma Törzs
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
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A spellbinding, edge-of your seat thriller, Ink Blood Sister Scribe follows a family tasked with guarding a trove of magical but deadly books, and the shadowy organisation that will do anything to get them back . . . even murder.
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For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of rare and dangerous books. Books that let a person walk through walls, or borrow someone else's face; books of magic.

Now, Joanna Kalotay lives alone in the woods of Vermont, their library's sole protector, while her estranged older half-sister, Esther moves between countries and jobs, constantly changing, never staying anywhere for longer than a year, desperate to avoid the dangerous magic that killed her own mother. She is currently working as an electrician on a research base in Antarctica where she has found love. Maybe, finally, she feels free.

But when someone on-base begins using magic, Esther realizes that she can't outrun her family's legacy. The long-separated sisters must work together to unravel the secrets their parents kept hidden, secrets that span centuries and continents, and even other libraries...
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'A twisty and thrilling fantasy in which both the magic and the characters have real complexity, real shadows. If, like me, you're a fan of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo, pick up this book at once.' Kelly Link, Get in Trouble

'INK BLOOD SISTER SCRIBE is so many things at once: an adventure, a puzzle, a twisty thriller, and a tender romance. It is, she says, a magical book about the magic of books; I adored it.' Alix E Harrow, The Once And Future Witches

©2023 Emma Törzs (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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Critic Reviews

Follow where this novel leads and you will be lost in a bewitching spell, a book of magic about books of magic, and the people who reel from reading them. Go beyond the magic and you're left with a heartbreaking tale of family where truth blurs with lies, and blood isn't thick enough. A bold, new novel from an extraordinary new voice.
Ink Blood Sister Scribe is so many things at once: an adventure, a puzzle, a twisty thriller, and a tender romance. It's a magical book about the magic of books; I adored it.
A twisty and thrilling fantasy in which both the magic and the characters have real complexity, real shadows. If, like me, you're a fan of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo, pick up this book at once.
This edge-of-your-seat fantasy thriller sees two estranged sisters tasked with guarding their family's collection of rare and dangerous magical books. To survive, they have to unravel the secrets their parents kept hidden.
The best kind of books do not simply expand our world, they let in light from new ones. Törz's spellbinding Ink Blood Sister Scribe embodies that completely. Chilling and charming in equal parts, Törz's debut is a love letter to stories everywhere.
Ink Blood Sister Scribe is itself a magical book, brimming with all the elements that make a story sing - an engrossing plot, characters that steal your heart and make you laugh out loud, and a compelling energy that reveals a true storyteller at work. What a gorgeously satisfying read.
Downright irresistible. . . . keeps the surprises and twists coming. . . . Through it all, Törzs stays grounded in her characters' emotional lives, including their tangled family relationships but also their love for the books in their care. By the end you'll gladly follow these people anywhere.
Astonishing and pristine, the kind of debut I love to be devastated by, already so assured and sophisticated that it's difficult to imagine where the author can go from here. . . . It's simply a delight from start to finish.
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There are a wide variety of accents and tones in this book and I think the narrator did a magnificent job! Each character felt fleshed out and real, and the story was very engrossing. I had a lovely time!

Great narrator!

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One of the best books I have ever listened to - had me hooked from start to finish. Narrator also one of the best I have listened to

Outstanding

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Narrator has done a fantastic job. Very interesting story. Definitely looking forward to the author’s future books.

Really good book

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Cold was easier to bear when you’d never been warm.”

Ink Blood Sister Scribe is about a secret library, magical books, and secrets to be discovered. Emma Törzs debut is a little bit of fantasy, a little bit of dark academia and a little bit of mystery, coming together to create a truly engaging story.

We follow two estranged sisters, Joanna and Esther, tasked with guarding their family's collection of magic books. We also have Nicholas, the last Scribe, isolated in a hidden library.
I don’t want to say to much as you I want you to experience it for yourself, but there were so many little secrets, mysteries and twists that really keep you hooked!

What you’ll find in Ink Blood Sister Scribe:
- Magical Books
- Secret Library
- Two sisters
- atmospheric
- Multiple POV

“What was the point of fighting if there was nothing, no one, to fight for?”

I was sucked in!

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I struggled with the first part because there was simply too much telling instead of showing - having to hear about each POV character tell how they grew up and how they felt about it just got boring. There was some mystery and magic and danger and intrigue to keep me going but it was - as said- a struggle. Then the 2nd part started and all the action and characters came together and it got much better- but ended somewhat predictably and quickly. A good read but not great. Praise for the narrator but the Boston accent was really bad.

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