The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

So, I’ve figured it out. People who read tend to have well developed imaginations. People with well developed imaginations like to daydream about being action heros. Librarians, as a group, are big readers. Therefore, Librarians like to imagine themselves as action heros. Ta Da!

This explains this recent trend of Librarian action heros. Between “The Mummy” and “The Librarians,” it is starting to become ‘a thing’. Highly enjoyable though.

The Invisible Library posits a universe filled with alternate realities and a somewhat mystical library situated in the space inbetween the alternates. Agents of the library (i.e. librarians) go on missions to the alternate versions of earth to collect up rare literature. So....spy-librarians.

Irene is one such librarian and she takes her student, Kai, to a quarantined world to find a rare text. Only the mission isn’t what it seems, the library’s biggest threat is on site, and Kai is something other than he appears to be. Oh...and there is a Sherlock Holmes analog knocking about. Good times.

If you are looking for a fun action packed read, this is a good pick. It’s fluff, yummy fun fluff.


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