The Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is amazing! I really enjoyed it once I got going. Irene is a librarian for the Invisible Library. The Invisible Library basically is a hub at the center of of L-space (Pratchett fans will get this) which allows librarians into alternate universes to collect unique pieces of literature and where time does not pass.
Irene is a librarian who is sent on a standard mission of search and retrieval. However, this time, she has a student with her named Kai. The librarian who meets them, Dominic Aubrey, gives them the information they need to retrieve the book, clothes, etc. However, things soon go down the drain as Irene and Kai get caught up in the politics of this world and then find out that Alberic, the one librarian who betrayed the Invisible Library, is also in the world and determined to get his hands on the text. Events reach a climax as all the different factions in this world who are determined to get their hands on this book clash.
This book is a good mash-up of sci-fi (steampunk), fantasy (magic, vampires, fae, werewolves) and action/adventure. Fans of steampunk, specifically Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series, will enjoy this. Librarians and archivists will also love this book as it involves trans-dimensional travel in order to save books. Overall, I would say that the book isn't terribly gritty except in a few parts where it becomes violent and the descriptions get gory.
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