Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonAll sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeers Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcerymagical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power. Then an act of sabotage

is severely limited

I've never been good at following rules

Katee reluctantly agrees to the musical

The more they work as allies

Raina Bloodgood

as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books

Called a "fierce and darkly magical thrill ride" by acclaimed author Ava Reid

Animal companions with a lot of ~opinions~

She’ll have to embrace her own monstrousness if she is to save herself

My contract is up at the end of the season

but maybe it's "perfect" Gage's flaws that are what she's really drawn to

a secret society descended from King Arthur’s knights—only to discover her own ancestral power