The Sorcery Code

The Sorcery Code by Dima Zales is set back in the day when kings rule and the gifted are the higher class.  Some serious mathematics is the key to the higher class and some try everything in their power to keep it that way.  While others just want to help.  This is the first book in the series followed by The Spell Realm.

My favorite character would have to be Gala.  She is new to a strange place and is just trying to figure out where she fits in.  She is very compassionate but learns quickly that gets her unwanted attention.  Along with this I have a least favorite, Auguasta.  She judges this by only seeing half of the information.  Always sees the bad first and doesn’t stop to consider the good.  The characters all seem real, like they could actually exist somewhere.  I’m sure everyone wished at some point that they could do magic.

You never knew exactly what Gala would do next, she wasn’t that predictable.  My favorite part of the book is the big battle.  It was hard not to be scared and relieved at almost the same time.  I can’t say whether I laughed or cried during the book, but there were plenty of times I was scared for Gala.

I had to literally tell myself that I couldn’t read during the day, I had things that were piling up.  When I read at night I fought sleep so I could see what happened next.  Never worked, fell asleep with my reader still in my hand.

This was a very good book, even if I did lose a little sleep.  I can’t wait to read The Spell Realm.  If you like urban fantasy they you will love this book.  I would suggest this book for older teenagers and up.  I honestly can’t compare this to another book or series, haven’t read anything quite like this before.

Synopsis:

From a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author comes a captivating tale of intrigue, love, and danger in a world where sorcery is entwined with science . . . 

Once a respected member of the Sorcerer Council and now an outcast, Blaise has spent the last year of his life working on a special magical object. The goal is to allow anyone to do magic, not just the sorcerer elite. The outcome of his quest is unlike anything he could’ve ever imagined – because, instead of an object, he creates Her. 

She is Gala, and she is anything but inanimate. Born in the Spell Realm, she is beautiful and highly intelligent – and nobody knows what she’s capable of. She will do anything to experience the world . . . even leave the man she is beginning to fall for. 

Augusta, a powerful sorceress and Blaise’s former fiancée, sees Blaise’s deed as the ultimate hubris and Gala as an abomination that must be destroyed. In her quest to save the human race, Augusta will forge new alliances, becoming tangled in a web of intrigue that stretches further than any of them suspect. She may even have to turn to her new lover Barson, a ruthless warrior who might have an agenda of his own . . .

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