The Masked City (The Invisible Library, #2)

by Genevieve Cogman

Irene mentally raised the draconic capacity for hypocrisy by several thousand points and took a deep breath.

The coffee shop was a den of snobs, and it wasn’t one of Irene’s favourites. Which made it perfect for a possible confrontation that might result in her being permanently banned and never darkening its doorway again.

This is a place built to store books, by people who wanted to preserve books, and used by people who want to read those books. I am not alone.