The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
The first installment of an adventure featuring stolen books, secret agents and forbidden societies...Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from different realities. Most recently she and her assistant Kai have been sent to an alternative London. Their mission: retrieve a particularly dangerous book. The problem: by the time they get there it has already been stolen. London's underground factions are prepared to fight to the very death to find the book before Irene and Kai do.
Adding to the jeopardy, this world is chaos-infested - the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic. Irene's new assistant is also hiding secrets of his own.
Soon Irene is up to her eyebrows in a mix of danger, clues and secret societies!
What an interesting story, there is excitement, danger, and weirdness at the turn of every page. Irene makes a strong heroine and refuses to give up her quest even when the dangers are overwhelming.
She never knows for sure who are trusted friends or adversaries, in this strange alternate universe. She is not only a librarian, but a trained spy. Kai has been training in the invisible library for 5 years and is excited to be on his first mission as Irene's assistant. He is a great assistant and trusts Irene's decisions and stands by her no matter what, I really liked that about him.
I do have many questions concerning the Invisible Library, how does one become a librarian there? Irene's parents were librarians, so that gave her an in, but how do other people qualify? Why are they collecting all the important books, and how did all the alternate universes develop? Anyway, maybe I will find out in the next installment, which I am looking forward to reading!
This book can be found in the adult fiction section of the library.
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