The Bookbinder's Daughter: An absolutely gripping page-turner filled with magic and family secrets

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4.1
7 reviews
Ebook
350
Pages

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‘I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!… perfection… FIVE STARS allllll the way!… Mind-blowing… so much to love… make sure you get it!’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

On her first day as a bookbinder at Ayredale Library, Sophie gazes in awe at the grand, turreted building nestled deep in the English countryside. It’s where her mother Elizabeth worked too: before she disappeared. Clutching her leaf-shaped necklace – all that Elizabeth left behind – Sophie hopes to finally find the truth, and soon feels strangely at home alongside her fellow binders.

 

But everything changes when a beautiful door – engraved with a leaf matching her mother’s necklace – swings open at her touch. Sophie gasps at the impossible sight inside: a silver tree growing higher than the library itself. Amidst the gentle rustling leaves Sophie hears a familiar whisper. Although there’s no-one to be seen she’s certain it’s her mother’s voice:

 

‘There you are, my Sophie. I knew you’d come back for me.’

 

Could the magical library itself have stolen her mother away? And could the necklace unlock the secrets of the tree?

 

Asking the enigmatic Keeper of the Library for answers gets her nothing but dire warnings – and when another face from her past appears at the grand doors of Ayredale, Sophie’s blood runs cold at his sinister smile. Will she ever find the truth about her mother – or will Sophie be the next to disappear?

 

An absolutely unputdownable read about long-hidden family secrets and the magic that lurks between the pages of every book. Perfect for fans of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Night Circus and The Binding.

 

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‘Amazing, magical book… pulls you in and keeps you on your toes the whole time… when it finally ends you wish it didn’t have to… phenomenal… omg… I cannot wait to read this book again.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


“A beautiful tale… drew me in from the first page… must-read… I absolutely loved this book. Gorgeous… a treasure to read and reread for years to come… I can’t recommend it highly enough. Cuddle up and completely fall into this one.” A Day in the Lifestyle, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

‘Enchanting… Unputdownable… I loved everything about this book… Brilliant!… captured me from the beginning… I really loved the ending.’ Goodreads reviewer

 

‘What a magical story! It caught me and did not want to let go until the end… You can lose yourself to this story!… Highly recommend.’ Goodreads reviewer

 

“I was hooked from the first page. This was everything I want in a book. It has magic, romance, mystery, heart. A perfect read.” @jessicatreads, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

 

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Ratings and reviews

4.1
7 reviews
Annette Johnson
September 20, 2021
Sophie still grieving her father goes to work for her Uncle restoring books. She spent a lot of time in this library growing up. It’s a magical place, she hears whispers and is able to read books no one else can. This place and the people in it have secrets and all is not what it seems. This was a really good book, I enjoyed it so much! It was fast paced and kept my interest to the end Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the early copy
Kriti Dalmia
September 20, 2021
"They're written on your soul. It's the language of the birds." I am in awe with the library and want to go there and immerse myself in that world, that time. This book is intriguing and a definite page turner which made me want nothing but to learn the library's secret. It will draw you in immediately, so will the cover and title of the book. Sophie is a binder, an excellent one. She is amazing person but is stuck in her past. The past which took her mom from her leaving her with a trauma that has blocked all her memories. She only gets glimpses of them in her dreams. She is someone who needs protection but comes out strong by the end of the book. I loved her character. A letter from her uncle brings her back to Ayredale, a place that took her mom, the same place where she will get all the answers to dreams that haunts her. "Creativity is born in chaos." Jessica Thorne has written a beautiful book with vivid descriptions of a world that will expand your imagination and keep you
Claire McPartlin
October 5, 2021
This was an intriguing read, something a bit out of my comfort zone, I like magical realism but this was definitely a bit darker than I'd normally read. Sophie is a bookbinder and after a split from her boyfriend ends up back in Ayredale Libary, with it's collection of the finest rare books in the world, but also where her mother disappeared one day never to be seen again. Sophie and her parents used to live there, but after her mother disappeared her father moved them both away and wouldn't speak of it ever again. But Sophie's uncle still works there and persuades her back there to work, but also because she's meant to be there. There's lots of undercurrents and not all the people are quite what they seem, and Sophie slowly starts remembering events and people from her childhood there and realising that she has certain abilities that she hadn't realised she had. So whilst intriguing I did lose a little bit of interest in the middle, but there was certainly lots happening towards the end! More fantasy than magical realism with some very strange things happening.

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