The Burning Page (Invisible Library #3)
Librarian spy Irene has professional standards to maintain. Standards that absolutely do not include making hasty, unplanned escapes through a burning besieged building. But when the gateway back to your headquarters dramatically malfunctions, one must improvise. And after fleeing a version of Revolutionary France astride a dragon (also known as her assistant, Kai), Irene soon discovers she's not the only one affected. Gates back to the Library are malfunctioning across a multitude of worlds, creating general havoc. She and Kai are tasked with a mission to St Petersburg's Winter Palace, to retrieve a book which will help restore order.
However, such plans rarely survive first contact with the enemy - particularly when the enemy is the traitor Alberich. A nightmare figure bent on the Library's destruction, Alberich gives Irene a tainted 'join me or die' job offer. Meanwhile, Irene's old friend Vale has been damaged by exposure to Chaotic forces and she has no idea how to save him. When another figure from her past appears, begging for help, Irene has to take a good hard look at her priorities. And of course try to save the Library from absolute annihilation. Saving herself would be a bonus.
Irene's adventures feature stolen books, secret agents and forbidden societies - think Doctor Who but with librarian spies!
My Review:
Our favorite villain, Alberich is back with a vengeance. Irene and the Library have a real challenge on their hands in this third book in Genevieve Cogman's Invisible Library series. Just like the previous book in this series, the events follow on the heels of previous novel, in this case "The Masked City". Irene and the Library have to deal with an old threat in new ways in this fast-paced and action-filled story.
Ms. Cogman doesn't introduce us to too many new characters in this story, but chooses rather to flesh out and build up her existing characters that we've been introduced to in her previous books. We find out a little more about Irene's parents and receive another good look into other character's motivations.
I'm very pleased how Ms. Cogman continues to work on her world building and this book teaches us more about alternate dimensions and gives us a better glimpse of how the relationship between Order and Chaos works.
The author's use of dry humor is spot on, and her similes (I think Irene at one point schools us in similes in the book) are certainly grin inducing. The book moves in a very fluid way and the author doesn't include any superfluous descriptions or dialogue that would slow the book down.
Ms. Cogman's third book, just as her previous novels, is a fun, action packed, nail-biting, fantastical story with wonderful fairy tale elements that will appeal both to young adults and to the older crowd.
Genevieve Cogman's 4th book in the Invisible Library series, titled "The Lost Plot" is expected this December 2017 from Pan Macmillan/Tor.
Ms. Cogman doesn't introduce us to too many new characters in this story, but chooses rather to flesh out and build up her existing characters that we've been introduced to in her previous books. We find out a little more about Irene's parents and receive another good look into other character's motivations.
I'm very pleased how Ms. Cogman continues to work on her world building and this book teaches us more about alternate dimensions and gives us a better glimpse of how the relationship between Order and Chaos works.
The author's use of dry humor is spot on, and her similes (I think Irene at one point schools us in similes in the book) are certainly grin inducing. The book moves in a very fluid way and the author doesn't include any superfluous descriptions or dialogue that would slow the book down.
Ms. Cogman's third book, just as her previous novels, is a fun, action packed, nail-biting, fantastical story with wonderful fairy tale elements that will appeal both to young adults and to the older crowd.
Genevieve Cogman's 4th book in the Invisible Library series, titled "The Lost Plot" is expected this December 2017 from Pan Macmillan/Tor.
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