Hello Readers,
L x
Thank you, Jamie for sending me a copy of The
Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman for free in exchange for an honest review.
The Mortal Word is the Sith title in Genevieve Cogman's
wonderful Invisible Library series
Books in the series
The Invisible Library
The Masked City
The Burning Page
The Lost Plot
The Secret Chapter
A quick round-up on The Invisible Library series is a
multiple-parallel-world fantasy in which our universe contains untold worlds,
many of them inhabited with humans in some alternate version of history, with
only a few beings aware of the multiplicity or able to travel between worlds.
The balance between worlds is maintained by the Library
and its Librarians. Librarians have unique technology, their own form of magic
and the ability to traverse worlds using gateways from their huge and timeless
Library into local libraries on the individual worlds.
As a Librarian, Irene is frequently called upon to steal
specific rare editions of books to take back to the Library. Usually, Irene can
sneakily make off with the said book and the owner is none the wiser. Slight
hiccup this time So now, Irene and Kai are now working with dragons and Fae in
an alternative Vienna to steal a picture so Irene can obtain a book which would
save a world (you following?). Things go awry for the unlikely allies when the
mission becomes more dangerous than it first appeared.
not only am I excited that I got to see Irene and Kai in
action but I got to meet several new characters. As always, when there are lots
of faes involved there are plenty of opportunities for funny, over the top
characters. I enjoyed learning more about how the dragons and how they think
and their political machinations. I adore the magic system in this series where
the Dragons live in high-order worlds & the Fae live in high-chaos worlds.
We also get to meet Irene's parents and learn quite a bit more about her complex
past and meet some more of Kai's relatives.
Some series favourites are missing and I think it's a
brave choice Genevieve has made, I think it worked well and has allowed her to
develop Irene and Kai's relationship. There are also deeper themes at work, around
family and the weight of the past on how we see things now and there are so
many interesting twists and turns that keep you turning the pages. While other
story plotlines in this series have examined the Library and Fae this one had
some bigger developments surrounding the dragons and their origin story.
Genevieve is stupidly clever at not revealing too much at
once but not holding back so much it annoys the reader. This was another
well-written story with new information that will probably build into the next
books and I can’t wait to see what happens next. Genevieve’s writing style is
incredibly witty and interesting, it immediately pulls you in and connects you
with the story right from the start.
This book pushes the world building and lore past the
last book to newer places, setting the stage for some consequences (slightly
worried not going to lie). The writing style also allows you to know a lot of
information without feeling too info-heavy, and without information dumps, it
is cleverly written. I enjoyed my time with Irene and I can’t wait to see how
the revelations about the dragons in this will play into future books.
L x
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