I’ve had this on my shelf for a while and am so glad I finally got around to it. Ink Blood Sister Scribe is a delightful standalone fantasy by Emma Törzs. It blends a lot of common tropes and motifs—family ties, the weight of inheritances, magical libraries—while also telling a unique story about standing up to (and standing in) power.
Joanna and Esther are half-sisters who have been semi-estranged for years. Joanna stays put at…