A magical journey in a magical library.

4 stars

~ I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own ~

The Bookbinder's Daughter by Jessica Thorne.

Sophia takes on a job are the library in Ayredale. She loves the place and all the books within it.
It also holds a special place in her heart as it was the last place her mother , a bookbinding was seen before disappearing.
The plot thickens when Sophia finds a door which has the same markings as jewellery she has of her mother's. We are then transported to a different place entirely.
Wow , what a great book this is - magical and heart rendering , it's a cosy hug.
First time reader by this author. She is a delight .

When Sophie takes on a job at the Ayredale library the magic and mystery grow, I could not put it down, I wanted to find out what happened next. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for giving me a copy of the book. I enjoyed it immensely.

The magic of libraries and collections is illustrated beautifully in The Bookbinder's Daughter by Jessica Thorne.

This was a magical read I finished in one session. When Sophie is offered a job at the Ayredale Library – the finest collection of rare books in the world, and the last place her bookbinder mother was seen when Sophie was just a teenager – she leaps at the chance. Will she finally discover what happened to the woman she’s always believed abandoned her?
Gripping ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jessica Thorne writes a beautiful fantasy book about magic and the magic of libraries. The Bookbinder's Daughter may be Me Thorne's best novel yet.

Sophia is thrilled to have a job at Ayredale Library. It’s an amazing place filled with gorgeous antique books, and it’s also the last place her mother, also a bookbinder, was ever seen. Sophie enjoys her work at the library even if the Keeper of the Library refuses to discuss her mother and she’s stymied at her ability to read and understand the arcane language in the spell books that no one else understands. When Sophie finds a door with the same carvings that are on the pendant her mother left behind, she enters the room to find a place so magical, so unexpected, that when she hears an oddly familiar voice, she’s not surprised. A lovely book about the real magic that books create for all of us