Then there was all Irene's internal monologue and deliberation, not to mention the amount of time the gang spent just talking and theorizing about what was going on. All these threats seemed rather excessive and repetitive, and there just to stretch out the story. It wasn't that there wasn't action going on, but I found myself getting rather bored of people constantly showing up and threatening Irene and the gang, and interrupting the more interesting driving narrative of the story. For a start it just took so long to really get to the real story here, with a lot of procrastinating and just going round in circles. Having been such a fan of the series overall, and also having very much looked forward to previously teased mysteries finally being revealed, I have to say that overall I was rather disappointed with this final installment.

With a familiar face returning in the last book, and the revelation that went with this, there are of course other loose strands to tie up here with Alberich with Cogman very much interconnecting Alberich's past with the discoveries about the Library itself. In the last few books there have been hints that there may be more to the origins of the Library than its Librarians have generally been led to believe, and here at last the secrets of the Library are finally revealed. Where they started off with Irene usually assigned a particular mission for a book retrieval, as the series has gone on, the Library has definitely assumed a more political role in the ongoing power struggle between Dragons and Fae Irene herself being assigned the role of a peace treaty representative. The books are usually quite fast-paced and action-filled, intertwining mystery, magic and adventure, and of course always at the series' heart a deep love and appreciation for books and stories in themselves.Īn eight book series, there has been a sense of a change in course as the books have progressed. It's a fun and light-hearted series with some great characters, who I have over the years become rather attached to. I've been a fan of the Invisible Library series since I discovered it a few years ago. Of course such a quest is bound to be filled with danger and excitement, the group encountering many old friends, and a few old enemies along the way.

In this final (for now at least) installment of the Invisible Library series, Irene and her friends delve deep into the history of the Library itself, discovering the truth behind its creation.

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