The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1) in Around the Year in 52 Books

Aug 09, 2015 Nancy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, books-about-books, steampunk

I want to be a librarian! The Library of the title is a place which exists between thousands of alternate worlds. The job of the librarians is to enter those worlds in order to acquire books for the library. Each world varies in how much magic exists in it, but what remains is the 'language' which only librarians know and which can be used to control aspects of all worlds. Irene is a junior librarian who is given a student to mentor, Kai, and then sent on a mission which turns out to be in a wor ...more

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Dec 10, 2021 Cora rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, kindle, dragons, library, young-adult, detectives, fairies, mystery, europe, london

This was a fun book to read. The world building was interesting and well done. The characters were fun to route for, each with their own share of secrets to discover. There were a lot of action/battle scenes in this book, which are not really my cup of tea. But if you do like fun battles with interesting creatures and weapons, this could be the book for you. Overall it is a promising start to a series with some good characters with the potential to develop as the series continues.

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Aug 05, 2021 Lee Simpson rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Invisible Library

I don't read much fantasy, but I enjoyed reading this one. This story is about alternate worlds and people of the library that travel to these worlds to retrieve books. ...more

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