A Sorceress Comes To Call

A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher is a perfect example of why I love T. Kingfisher’s books so much. I absolutely loved everything! The first chapter is soooo creepy, and with an epic first line “There was a fly walking on Cordelia’s hand, and she was not allowed to flick it away.” you are sucked right into the story. Yet the humor makes it a more easy read, I chuckled out loud several times and that doesn’t happen often to me. I absolutely loved the setting, it seems some sort of regency world with a little bit of magic, and Cordelia’s mother is after security and power and tries to ensnare a rich man. The rich man in question is oblivious to it all, but his sister is epic and I LOVED we had an older heroine (alongside Cordelia) who has knee problems. I loved every character, from Hesters friends to the servants who know vaguely something’s up. The pacing is fast and there is never a dull moment, not even when they have a researching montage (like reading allll the books).
The villain is truly creepy and becomes more terrifying as the story progresses, as you discover more and more. Cordelia is such a lovely person, severely traumatized by her mom yet resilient and you can’t help but love her and want to give her a big hug. She has a lot of character growth, which is lovely to see. Also yay for embroidery besides feminism, for once this is a story where embroidery isn’t scorned by the strong independent woman.
The level of creepiness I could just handle because of all the humor that is thrown in, so it’s not as much horror as What Moves The Dead by the same author but slightly more thriller like than Nettle and Bone. For me, this one moves straight into my favorites, and I’ll definitely be buying my own copy to reread this story many times.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher Titan Books for giving me an e-arc of this book, this has not influenced my opinion.