I’ll look forward to seeing where the story goes in the next book (lucky for fans of the book, there are seven more books so far).Ī similar fantasy book that involves a huge library is Ink and Bone, though it lacks the lightness of this story.

Kai is a great foil for her and it’s interesting finding out what his secrets are. Irene is a fairly young Library operative, so she doesn’t have a lot of experience, making the challenges she faces particularly difficult, but she is sharp and determined and willing to think outside of the box. That holds true for the reader: it’s entertaining watching this brilliant private detective wield his deductive skills in a world that’s full of monsters and magic. Irene and Kai end up getting help from a man who is much like Sherlock Holmes, and Irene thoroughly enjoys getting to pair up with a clever person like one of her fictional heroes.

This book has magic of different kinds, adventure, mystery, and a little touch of potential romance. If you’re a book lover, stories about secret libraries tend to be quite irresistible, for one thing. The Invisible Library is a really fun fantasy book. On top of it all, Irene suspects Kai is hiding something. Irene and Kai have to figure out where the book is and how to smuggle it out without being stopped by any number of very dangerous foes. And plenty of other people in that London want the book, including a powerful faerie. The book they plan to steal as quickly as possible and bring back to the Library has already been stolen. And soon after they arrive, it becomes even more clear that this mission is far from typical. She’s disturbed and confused to find out that they are being sent to an especially dangerous world where Library operatives would not normally go. When Irene gets a new assignment to bring an important book back from an alternate London, she is paired with a young man named Kai who’s new to the Library and needs mentoring on his first outing. She takes on different identities and faces a fair share of danger, but to her the most important thing is just to have the opportunity to read good stories. She gets regular assignments to enter various realities to procure particular books and bring them back to be housed in the Library. The Library is enormous, but it’s in a place outside of all the worlds, outside of time.

Irene has worked for years for the Library, a secret organization that collects works of fiction from all of the alternate worlds.

IN SHORT: Book lovers will enjoy this fun fantasy book about a secret library.

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