Threadneedle: The magical SUNDAY TIMES bestselling debut novel

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Anna es una chica que pasó toda su vida aprendiendo a controlar sus sentimientos para así volverse encorsertadora y suprimir su poder, pues la magia es el pecado original y solo acarrea problemas. Sin embargo, un día llegan Effie y Attis a su vida y le muestran todo el mundo mágico que le había sido negado. Así Anna descubre lo que podría ser si se lo permitiera y si saliera del terrible control que su tía ejerce en ella, pero las cosas no serán tan sencillas pues mientras más experimenta más verá que su poder tiene algo oscuro que la persigue y que, quizá, está relacionado con la trágica muerte de sus padres. We follow Anna, living in her Aunts care, repeatedly taught that magic is a forbidden sin and dangerous. Why would she questions that, it's what killed her parents after all. She keeps her head down and follows the rules as she moves towards the age when her magic can be bound. New perspectives and friends begin to guide Anna in a new direction as she begins to question everything she has ever been told. The magic both gleams and threatens. There are riddles and puzzles to be solved and there’s a library – trust me, it’s a good one. You’ll want to give this a try.’ The Binders gave me cult vibes throughout the book. I’ll leave it up to you to decide whether you think there’s some truth to what they’ve been saying all along or not. I’m a bit on the fence about this and could argue either way. I suspect there’s some truth there but I definitely question (and that’s putting it nicely) their methods and some crucial core beliefs.

The story is set in contemporary London, so it was nice to see the factual places interwoven with the magical realm. Overall, this was an appealing concept, a good start to a series and it has a fantastic cover . It will be interesting to see where the series goes.Threadneedle had me spellbound - a luminous, captivating fantasy that left me longing to return to Thomas's vividly imagined magical world. With teen witches, hidden libraries, secrets and lies, it's a dream of a book, and I loved it.' - Katie Lowe, author of The Furies The first in a new fantasy trilogy, Anna's aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic and now, aged 16, she is counting down the days to a ceremony that will bind her magic forever. That is, until her eyes are opened to a London she never knew existed one with a shop that sells memories, a secret underground library and nightclubs full of magic.’ Meanwhile London is buzzing about six mysterious deaths and soon rumours of witchcraft start to circulate, fanned by an an academic Institute. Are the Hunters just a myth like Effie and Selene claim or is a force more powerful than them all waiting to rise? I’m usually all for magic, regardless of the form it takes, but some of the magic in this book gave me the heebie-jeebies. I’m not sure if I’ve simply never considered this before or if it was the way some of the magic played out here but it got me thinking about free will. If any spell removes free will from someone, whether it’s their thoughts or actions, then it seems to me that this tramples all over consent. The fantastical world created by the story is superb. The stitching, the potions, the plants, the coven… every idea was creatively constructed. Using threads and knots for magic was an innovative experience to read.

Este libro es el inicio de una saga, así como la primera novela de su autora. En él se nos cuenta cómo Anna, una huérfana que vive con su tía, se ha criado bajo una educación y unos preceptos muy estrictos. Ello se debe a que su madre fue asesinada por su pareja, la cual se quitó la vida posteriormente. Desde entonces, su tía considera la magia y el amor como algo malo y sumamente peligroso y, por ello, somete a su sobrina a una constante vigilancia, llegando a extremos insospechados. (Os vais a quedar ojiplátic@s, de verdad). As a character I found Effie to be quite annoying actually. I don’t think she was likable but I did enjoy how she managed to bring Anna out of herself and form a group of close friends out of girls who were otherwise bullied, lonely outsiders basically. Lo peor: es posible que te cueste un pelín engancharte, puesto que el comienzo de la novela es algo introductorio y pausado. No obstante, esto es necesario para comprender el sistema de magia y conocer a los distintos personajes. Llegará un punto en el que no podrás dejar de leer. One of the things which I think could be better would be some of the cringey dialogues. It reminds me of all the coming of age movies I've ever watched my whole life lol.

Anna’s aunt always said magic was a curse and needed to be bound so Anna always thought that was true… until she met Effie and Attis! Threadneedle is a fantastic series opener and this is surely going into my shelf for keeps and is it too soon to demand book #2? Admito que este libro se me hizo mucho más juvenil de lo que esperaba, y quería, leer. Lo que se sumó a un ritmo lento, que hubiera estado bien si algún personaje me interesara o el mundo en sí, pero al final yo seguí hasta las últimas por el chisme, quería saber la verdad del pasado de Anna (copuchenta se nace).

Fans of HARRY POTTER, here’s another series that is gonna blow your effing mind, make you squeal with joy, and go into raptures with the reading experience. The cast of characters are interesting, intriguing, dangerous, mysterious, and sometimes untrustworthy. First, we have Anna, the central female character, who was orphaned at a young age but knew she had magical powers at the age of seven. The Aunt, a binder, who assumes legal guardian of Anna after the death of her parents. Selena (is like an aunt) and visits her once a year on her birthday and brings the most enchanting gifts, Effie her daughter is known to have magical powers and finally Attis, a family friend. Having a religious girl in the coven initially confused me as I had trouble figuring out how the two could possibly intersect. I don’t think I like Miranda/Manda. There’s something about people who claim religion and then act in ways that fly in the face of their spouted beliefs that make me want to point my finger and hiss, ‘Hyprocrite!’ I know we’ve all been guilty of saying one thing and then doing another at some point in our lives but when it comes from someone who evangelises … I don’t know … it just seems different somehow.Naturally, magnetic Effie and heartthrob Attis do draw Anna into their popular circle, along with two other school outcasts who are revealed to be witches as well. Effie establishes a secret coven, and Anna learns there is so much more to magic than she ever knew. In a well-worn and canny move, Thomas has naive Anna learn the rules of this world, allowing the reader to follow along.

To begin, this story is a contemporary urban fantasy. The protagonists are mostly school girls. The magic in the book is witchcraft, and it presumes that the ability to do this magic is something passed on through families. Much of the tale takes place in an ordinary school, what we would call a high school in the US. Por último, me gustará señalar que el estilo de la autora es muy acorde a lo que nos narra. “El lenguaje de la magia” es una historia compleja y muy ambiciosa, pero que no te dejará indiferente debido a su originalidad y a lo bien dosificado que está todo. Y mucho menos con ese final. Una vez pasamos el ecuador de la novela, las piezas del tablero se van moviendo y el ritmo se vuelve vertiginoso debido a lo que va sucediendo.

Purpose: Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. There was definitely a point in the story where I couldn't put the book down because I wanted to know how it would end and the ending did not disappoint. It all came together in a way I was not expecting and that felt resolved, but also left me eager to read more.