I recently finished reading The Sorcery Code, by Dima Zales. This doesn’t really fit into my
reading challenge list, but I was given the opportunity to review it so I
thought I’d give it a shot.
This is a fantasy book about the land of Koldun where those
who can practice magic are the upper crust of society and (almost) everyone
else is basically a serf beneath them. The protagonist, Blaise, is a sorcerer
who would like to change the status quo and see everyone with the ability to do
magic. He tries to create an object that will do just that, however, his
creation doesn’t turn out as planned, it’s a woman. Gala is born in the Spell
Realm and finds everything in the Physical Realm fascinating. She manages to
get herself into a lot of trouble as she wanders around, discovering her new
world and her seemingly infinite new powers. In the meantime, Blaise works hard
to try to keep Gala a secret from the Sorcerer Council, his ex-fiancée Augusta
and her new love-interest Barson, a member of the Sorcerer Guard.
This book had many aspects of a typical fantasy novel with
the presence of magic, but the way the magic is wielded is new. It’s only
available to the mathematically minded and is sorcerers use spell cards and an Interpreter
Stone to connect to the Spell Realm. While I thought the plot was pretty good, I
unfortunately didn’t enjoy the characters very much. They weren’t given much
depth and Gala was downright annoying. I get that she is literally a few days
old but jeez, use that supposedly big brain and make some smart decisions. The
overall story was interesting, but it was a little slow paced. I found myself
skipping over some parts, mostly because I just didn’t care about the
characters enough.
This is a clean read, although much is implied. If the price
is right (which the eBook is free right now) it would be worth it. And perhaps
the second book digs into these characters more. I’m not sure I’m going to try
to find out.
I received this product for free in exchange for my review,
but all opinions are my own.
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