Genevieve Cogman continues the Invisible Library series with The Burning Page. Librarian spy, Irene, has to work with her fae and dragon allies and battle her nemesis, Alberich, to preserve the Library. Order versus chaos through the multi worlds. Strong characters, paranormal action. Read as a standalone or go back and read the previous books in the series. I strongly recommend this fantasy.

I was really, really looking forward to this book, and for the most part, I wasn't disappointed. It continues to be a fun romp, centring around that idea of an interdimensional library preserving all kinds of variant texts. The warmth and love of books is still a key feature, and the characters are the same group we've come to love. While the last book was a bit of a break from overarching plot, this one returned to it: in this one, Irene has to confront the rogue Librarian, Alberich -- and he has some very big targets in mind this time.

I especially loved the visits to alternate worlds; I'd love to see more of that. The visit to a Russia ruled by an immortal Catherine the Great was pretty awesome, and there's so much room for Cogman to play with all kinds of alternates. They aren't the main point of the book or plot, but they're still fascinating little microcosms of things that could be.

I'm relieved that this isn't the last book, because there are a few more mysteries introduced here. Irene's parentage, where the Library is going now... it feels like the beginning, rather than the end of a plot line. And if I have any disappointment about this book, it's in that: somehow, the seeming end of the story arc didn't feel final enough. There may be good reason for that, in which case this book would work better on a reread after reading sequels; for now, it just felt a little odd. It felt like a return to the status quo, without being knocked as far away from it as I'd expected.

There's still plenty to wonder about, and plenty of room for more stories, thank goodness. I think I sound more critical than I really am; I enjoyed the book a lot, and read it in almost one gulp. The whole series is a lot of fun, and I definitely recommend it -- especially if you need a break from reality.

Link is live on my blog from 13th March 2017.

Happy January! I can't believe that is my first WIR of 2017 already. Hopefully, I will have lots of fantastic books to tell you about this year. I am going to give you the review 'sandwich' again. For those of you who aren't familiar with this it's the same concept as giving feedback - good news, bad news, good news. I have used this before on my WIR and here it is again. So what did I read?

I will admit that I read Genevieve Cogman's The Burning Page back in October when I received it via NetGalley. However, I couldn't tell you about it as it won't be published until January 10th. I was really having to bite my tongue not to let anything slip out....or should I say bite my fingers? Anyway, I was really looking forward to the next instalment of the Invisible Library series and Cogman doesn't disappoint.

In this instalment The Library is in lockdown. Librarians are being killed, doors to the library are being rigged to explode...and worse and it's all down to Library's arch nemesis Alberich. Our favourite Librarian Irene is still on probation after the events of the previous book but that doesn't stop her and her side kick Kai from finding themselves in more danger than they can handle. Alberich is determined that the Library dies and Irene with it so she will need every trick up her sleeve and the help from her friends to keep both herself and her beloved Library from falling to Alberich's malevolent plot.

I love this series and The Burning Page is very good. I enjoy the growing friendship between Irene and Kai and we learn more about the inner workings of the Library in this instalment. It is very action packed with Irene pulling off one escape after another from the evil Alberich. However, I didn't love it as much as I have loved books 1 and 2. Where I felt the teeniest tiniest let down was Irene's dubious choice of romantic partner. It just didn't seem like something she would do or someone she would be attracted to and came out of the blue. I also thought it could have easily been the final instalment of the series so I am a bit concerned what future books will hold when the over arching plot seems to be wrapped up. I am really splitting hairs though as it was quite good.

For the middle of this review sandwich was Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners by Larry Correia and John Ringo. I started this new spin off series focussing on the memoirs of the monster hunter Chad back in December and I found book 1 Grunge a bit disappointing. However, I almost gave up on book 2 partway through. What I liked about the original series was that Owen was very likeable and I liked him and the other supporting characters. In contrast Chad is egotistical, maniacal womaniser and quite frankly a bit of a jerk. The plot consisted of - kill monster, eat bourbon chicken or barbeque (he has moved to New Orleans now), pick up a lady, kill monster, repeat. It was just a tad dull. I don't think I will continue with this series.

Book 3 of this WIR was a real book! The lovely Qwill sent me a care package and in it was Belle Chasse by Suzanne Johnson. I don't often read actual books anymore so this was a real treat..plus it was hardback so made it even more 'treatier'. This is book 5 of the Sentinels of New Orleans and the now unemployed wizard DJ has been shot, has a death sentence hanging over her and is in hiding in the Beyond. A war is about to break out between the wizards, the Fae and the Elves and guess who is caught in the middle? DJ is desperate to clear her name, keep her pregnant friend safe and get back in the arms of her hunky shapeshifter boyfriend.

I enjoyed Belle Chasse and I definitely loved the cover. I don't think I liked it quite a much as the other books. I felt this was a bit of a filler book and not a lot happens until the final few pages and even so this didn't really advance or resolve the over arching plot that much. I am not saying that nothing happened but I felt that Johnson could have been a bit bolder in drawing this series to a close. I am a bit worried it will continue and continue and continue with not much happening apart from DJ saying how much she misses New Orleans. Although, Johnson doesn't mess around and bad things still happen to good people in this instalment so definitely worth a read. Plus love the cover!

That is it for me for my first WIR of 2017. I have read a couple of crackers this week that I am looking forward to telling you all about next week. Until then Happy Reading!

The Invisible Library series continues to be an action-packed delight full of humor and bossness. The Burning Page steps up the tension and increases the squad goals.

My favorite thing about this series is how much I love the cast and how much the cast loves each other. It’s one of those series, like The Raven Cycle or Jellicoe Road where the whole cast is basically in love with one another. I ship Kai and Irene a bit more than anything else, but like omg there’s so much sexual tension coming from every corner. And the fact that Kai said he would be open for an OT3 about killed me tbh.

Plot-wise, Irene’s facing down Alberich again, but he’s scarier this time. Mostly because now he’s taking on the whole Library and the Library’s not just slapping that challenge down like nbd. Discontent’s beginning to foment among the ranks big time, and I think there could be some fascinating internal strife to come. The whole series has been about Irene beginning to question some of the ways in which she’s lived her life. It began with her closeness to Kai and to Vale, with having people she loves more than her orders and more than books. Now, much as she distrusts Alberich, she’s starting to wonder if there are things she doesn’t know about the Library. Big stuff! <spoiler>And apparently her parents aren’t actually Librarians soooooooo.</spoiler>

Seriously, though, these books are massively fun. Fellow book nerds, you will enjoy the shit out of them, so get on it.

Another Fabulous installment in the adventures of Librarians Irene and Kai . They are fighting to save the Library from the threats of Alberich, a Librarian gone rogue who seeks to kill Irene and destroy the Library. Irene defeated him in the last installment and he is back with a vengeance. Irene must face him and outsmart him.
This series is an entertaining fun read and I look forward to future installments!!!!

I couldn't wait for this next installment and I wasn't disappointed. Genevieve Cogman has a flair for gripping you from the first page to the last. The story is full of fantasy set in different worlds but with strong historical references, some that could have come straight from our own. If you haven't read the first two books in this series, then I suggest you do so first. You will be hooked, and like me, impatient for the next one to be published.

This is book three in the Invisible Library series. By this point the characters are all very well developed, and easy to become attached to. We pick up shortly after the events of the last book. Irene and Kai are returning from an assignment only to find things in chaos. They are quickly sent on another assignment as the library finds itself under attack. In what is becoming quite common for Irene (in a good way) things quickly take a bad turn, and she must find a way to save the day. The story keeps you hooked from beginning to end. I am really looking forward to the next installment.

*I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. And then I went out and bought a copy as soon as it was available because this series is THAT. GOOD.IMG_1018.JPG

I struggle to write a coherent review every time I read the next installment in this series. My vision gets blurry, and I struggle to find the right words, and all of that isn’t to say that there is nothing wrong with the book. It’s just that I don’t care about the flaws. I so desperately enjoy reading these that trying to maintain any amount of objectivity or clarity is improbable.

Let me also throw it out there that I read this months ago, but am just now sitting down to tell the Internet about it, so I’ve had some time to digest the story. There will be no spoilers from here on out for The Burning Page, but if you haven’t read The Invisible Library or The Masked City yet, proceed with caution.

Librarian Irene and her assistant (also dragon) Kai are reunited and back to work, though on probation. The fallout from Kai’s imprisonment is still being acutely felt, but there are new problems to contend with. When a gateway back to The Library malfunctions, Irene and Kai must make a hasty and dangerous escape from an alternate Revolutionary France. And they’re not the only ones having problems. Glitches and failures are being found throughout the library, and it is quickly discovered that The Library is under attack. Cue series baddie: Alberich.

There is a lot going on in this book. All of the threads that have been carried through the novels since The Invisible Library are still in play, and it makes life for Irene more and more challenging. Kai’s relationship to dragon royalty always seems to complicate things, and her friend Vale is suffering from Chaos poisoning/withdrawal. As always, the plot races along, and in hindsight, it’s hard to choose which threads I cared about most. Cogman is upping the ante and complexity with each book, but hasn’t (to date) dropped any balls.

I am,however, always left feeling like I want more character development. I get that all the worlds are ending and all, but I really care about interpersonal relationships, feelings, and yes, a little romance. I relish those bits of the story, and could always stand to have more of them. We’re just getting into it, and then some catastrophe is sprung on whoever is involved so we quickly transition back into the main action. If I wrote fan fiction, this universe would be ripe for some side-stories. Since I don’t, I’d be happy if the books were half as long again to make room for these stories.

My single concern about the series as a whole at this point is that this pace will continue in a way that ends up making things slightly ridiculous. There are only so many times you can bring the main character, all of her friends, and all the worlds to the brink of annihilation, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that she can keep the series feeling new and interesting without resorting to the end of days in every book.

To be clear, this hasn’t happened yet. I’m just ready for the next book now so I’m thinking ahead.

[I also talked about this book and series on Litsy, and my blog automatically promotes to Twitter.]

Irene is a Librarian, a member of an organization that moves between parallel worlds to obtain rare and unique books to be kept within the safety of the Library. The Librarians are all well versed in the Language, a means of commanding others or subtly changing the world around them to achieve their goals. Irene and her apprentice Kai have gotten into trouble before, and as a result, she is on probationary status. There's trouble brewing in the Library, however, and it's a danger that can threaten not only countless worlds but the Library itself. Irene has to do her best to contain the damage, but there's uncertainty at every step.

As a fan of the TV show "The Librarians" and the made for TV movies that they were spawned from, I was excited to see the summary of The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman. I hadn't read the prior novels in this series but had no trouble getting the idea of the Library and the powers that the Librarians had. Irene refers to events from the prior novels (so I'll be spoiled for them when I go back to read them!) but there's enough of an idea about what happened that I could still continue with the current story. It's a fascinating mix of recognizable characters and subtle changes to show the differences between worlds. Vale lives at 221B Baker Street, for example, and is a detective that needs to solve complicated puzzles of cases. The magic of the Librarians, dragons, and fae described in the book is fascinating. There's so much action, and moving through the underbelly of London and the different worlds also reminded me of Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere," another favorite of mine. It's a wonderfully detailed book but isn't bogged down by those details, either. If anything, that makes it feel immersive, as if this is a movie unfolding. Irene is a plucky and likable character, and I really liked Kai. A number of other characters aren't described as well, though it could be because more time had been spent with them in the prior books. There's such a sense of history in Irene's interactions with the other characters, but not knowing that history in detail doesn't ruin the flow of the story. Instead, it adds to the air of mystery and the almost claustrophobic sense that permeates the book as Irene is trying to figure out who is trying to kill her and help destroy the Library. I heartily recommend this book, especially to bibliophiles.

The Burning Page isn’t coming out until tomorrow, but THIS was the book I wanted to read over the weekend. And I’m glad I did.

Irene is a representative of the Library. That Library, and her missions for it, are described in the first madcap book in the series, The Invisible Library. The Library binds all the worlds of the multiverse together in invisible chains, linking all of them to Library, to reality, and to each other in a powerful and symbiotic weave.

The various worlds exist on a loose continuum between total order and absolute chaos, and the Library exists to preserve the balance, attempting to make sure that neither faction ever gains complete ascendancy.

This isn’t purely altruistic, or purely in the pursuit of power. Living beings, particularly living humans, need a bit of both to survive and thrive. Humans do best in those worlds that are somewhere around the midpoint. Worlds that are too orderly fall into tyranny and stagnation, to the point where even the avatars of order, the dragons, cannot survive in them. Likewise, worlds of complete chaos, the realms of the fae, are also anathema to humans, who become mere puppets of the most powerful fae and have no wills, lives or identities of their own. They are all supernumeraries in other beings’ dramas. Even the fae need at least a tiny bit of order, even if it is only the framework provided by the stories they act out.

Neither is a good way to live. At least if you are human. And the Librarians, at least so far, are all human.

Irene, on probation after the events in The Masked City, is still the Librarian-in-Residence on the chaos-tinged world where Peregrine Vale exists as the local avatar of the “Great Detective” in a London shared with fae and werewolves, and where zeppelins navigate pea-soupers that never quite thin.

Irene’s apprentice Kai, the dragon who would be a Librarian, is there with her. But who is mentoring whom, and who is protecting whom, is always a point of negotiation.

Meanwhile, Irene is being hunted by the rogue Librarian-turned-chaos-agent Alberich, who hopes to recruit Irene and replace the Library with a chaotic institution of his own invention. Alberich wants power, and Irene wants stability. Or so she thinks.

What she has discovered is a taste for adventure – and it might be the death of her and all she holds dear – if she can’t manage to be adventurous enough.

Escape Rating A-: The wild ride begun in The Invisible Library continues with death-defying adventures that span from a too-orderly Imperial Russia to a werewolf den under Irene’s own London. She is kidnapped, drugged, jailed and very nearly seduced, always jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

If you like your adventure as a series of disaster-defying feats of derring-do (with occasional forays into politics and idiocy) this series is an absolute winner from beginning to end. But start at the beginning, not just for the setup, but because the roots of the story here in The Burning Page were planted in the first two books, and are just coming into bloom in this one.

There’s a lot going on in this story, as there is in all of the books in this series so far. The action pauses only briefly, and then just to lay down potential plots for the next books. Not to mention potential plotting in this one.

While The Burning Page is a story where all the chickens from the previous books in the series come home to roost, it also further the develops the strange and often strained relationship between Irene, Kai and Vale. No, we’re not at a threesome. We’re also, thank goodness, not in a love triangle. Kai, as a dragon, wants to protect Irene. As much as he cares for her, he is still having a difficult time recognizing that while protecting her would make him feel better, it would make her either run far and fast or become something and someone she has no desire to be. It would be a negation of her essential self. On that other hand, Irene took her nom-de-guerre because she has an understandable fascination with Sherlock Holmes analogs. How much of what she feels for Vale has to do with him, and how much with who is resembles is not something that she is able to resolve.

She is also a person who has generally preferred the company of books to people, and while her people skills are rusty, she is making her way along as her worldview markedly changes. She is supposed to care for the Library above all, and is discovering that perspective altered.

Personally, I think she’s finally figured out that a good job won’t love you back, but we’ll see how that turns out in future books.

But the bloom is definitely not off this rose. While chaos has not, and never can be, defeated, its current schemes have been temporarily put into abeyance by the end of The Burning Page. I was very happy to discover that there will be more to come in future books, even if we have to wait a bit. The next chronicle of Irene’s adventures, The Lost Plot, can’t be found soon enough!

This is turning out to be one of my favorite series. It’s just so much damn fun!

Once again, we find ourselves even deeper into the world that the previous books have begun to build for us. Irene has grown closer to Kai and Vale, and the romantic questions of “if” and “whom” come further to the front. Her skills as a Librarian are once again put to the test as she faces her nemesis Alberach. As is par for the course, we traverse a few alternate universes, face all types of death and dismemberment scenarios, face off with werewolves and Fae, and learn more about Irene and the Library itself. We’re also presented with information (or misinformation?) that leaves us wondering if there isn’t something the Library might be hiding. And we learn a little more about Alberach and his past crimes.

For me, aside from the funtastic adventure I’ve grown to expect from this series, this book was a lot more introspective. Irene is a character who has always been very sure of who she is, what she wants, what her purpose is, and in the past, she’s been relatively inflexible in that regard. However, as she cultivates relationships outside of the Library, she begins to question the truth, not just about the Library, but about herself. As she is repeatedly faced with tough decisions throughout this installment, she is forced to confront her real priorities. Watching her grow and flex was immensely satisfying.

A wonderfully entertaining book. By far my favorite in the series, and I cannot wait for the 4th book, The Lost Plot, to be released in the US!

The Burning Page is book 3 of the wildly entertaining and extremely witty series The Invisible Library. The Fae controlled action is bigger than life and just as strange a fiction. The dragons’ influence is intense and majestic. The mere humans —– well, luckily with Irene Winter in the room, the humans can out-think any being they might encounter.

Irene is sort of a nerdy super-spy. Although she would say:
“I’m not a secret agent,” Irene said…….“I just collect books.”
The problem is, the books that Irene collects are usually not for sale and often stored in heavily guarded places. So “collect” is not the correct verb Irene. Steal, purloin, nab, pilfer, swipe, snitch, thieve….. Irene, you are a librarian – supposedly. It is your job to inform, not misinform.

Oh, that is not the only problem. Irene says she works for a library. No just any library. The Library. Another incorrect word, this time a noun. Libraries make their collections accessible, so that others may benefit from the information contained there. The Library does not ever lend it’s books. The theory is that the books are key to maintaining a certain stability in the world that the book comes from. As long as the book is in the library, all is good. Well, that is fine and dandy, but The Library is not a library. Nouns such as warehouse, vault, archive, cache or repository spring to mind, but not library. Even Alberich, the villain of the story remarks on this:

“..don’t you feel anything for the books that you give the Library? It swallows them up and keeps them and will never let them go.”
Well, I guess I got that off my chest. Despite the fact that certain key elements are misnamed, I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. The Burning Page has many of the elements that delight me so much.

For example, the fae and their insistence on playing out their own stories and somehow pulling in the people around them.

“All fae were convinced they were heroes of their own stories. The dangerous thing was that in the more chaotic alternate worlds, the universe conspired to agree with them.”
The dragons are quite the opposite and tend to frequent the more ordered worlds. Logic, decorum, and symmetry make them occasionally predictable, but only so far as they don’t allow emotion to cloud their actions. Hmm. Maybe they are not as stoic as they would have you believe.

Irene’s cohorts in The Burning Page are her apprentice Kai and her friend Vale. Kai comes off a bit whiny. He is young, so we can blame it on youth. Plus, he has been through a lot, being kidnapped and all (The Masked City), so maybe I can give him a break. Vale, having gone to a high chaos world in The Masked City, is suffering back in his own world. I missed him in this book, as it seemed he was not completely there in mind.

Both Kai and Vale are potential heroes in their own right, but, so far, The Invisible Library series is all about Irene Winters. She is like the fae, creating her own story, gaining power with each chapter. Alberich and the fae nemesis/collaborator Silver may not know their stories are Irene-centric, but eventually, even they will figure it out. Indeed, Irene knows it too:

“With a nasty shock, she realized that he [Kai] was gazing at her as though she could wave her hand and sort everything out. As if she knew how to fix things.”
The Invisible Library has the potential for a million stories because of it’s multi-dimensional setting in space and time. Personally, I am satisfied with three books. Even though each is a 5-star tale, I’m ready to fill my reading time with something new. But if you are a die hard fan, don’t worry! The series will continue.

Sometimes I see this series classified as young adult. Here is my take. The characters are adult. The writing is mature. There is no sex, but there is plenty of violence. I say it is adult. I have also seen the series classified as steampunk. Vale’s world, which is where The Invisible Library takes place, has that steampunk feel. But otherwise, I would call it fantasy.

To end this review, I would share this quote with you that proves the library does not always take itself so seriously:

“In fact, we wish to remind all Librarians that they are here to collect books, not dinosaurs. Those Librarians who have problems distinguishing between the two should take a refresher course in Library basics.”

ARC provided by NetGalley

Originally posted at Whiskey With My Book.

This was a great book! The whole series has been wonderful so far. Librarian spies, dragons, and alternate worlds are just some of the things that make this series great. This book gave me exactly what I have come to expect from this series. There was so much going on and I couldn't wait to see how things would turn out.

This book starts shortly after the events of the previous book. The action starts right away and I knew that this story would be a lot of fun to read. Irene and Kai are in trouble again and things look pretty serious. The library is in danger and a lot of that danger seems to be aimed directly at Irene. To make matters worse, someone is trying to kill Irene and Vale is in danger of losing his mind. There is no shortage of excitement in this book but there is an equal amount of smart problem solving that adds a nice element.

I love the characters in this series. Irene is smart and isn't afraid to make decisions. She is tough and can quickly analyze a situation to figure out the best option to achieve her goals. Kai is amazing. I mean he is a dragon so of course he is amazing just because of that. He doesn't hesitate to follow Irene's lead. He is highly competent and sometimes add the key piece to their plans. Each of the characters in this series are well developed and quite colorful.

The world building in this series continues to be top notch. We get to see some parts of the reality that Irene and Kai spend most of there time in that we haven't had a chance to see before. We also get a chance to see how some of these realities are connected in a way that I had never imagined. One of the best things about this series is that every time Irene and Kai go on a new assignment, we get a chance to see a unique world.

I would highly recommend this book to others. This is the third book in The Invisible Library series and I do recommend that this series be read in order. This book does have its own plot but so much is built upon events from the earlier books that I think readers new to the series will be at a disadvantage if they haven't read the earlier books. I can't wait to see what happens to Irene and Kai next!

I received an advance reader edition of this book from Berkley Publishing Group via NetGalley.

Another thrilling adventure! I love the characters Irene, Kai, Vale, and the Library. The mix of magic, alternate worlds, technology, and books is so seamless and believable.

Irene is back! After the adventures in Venice (The Masked City), Kai and she are stuck with routine book retrieval missions as their punishment. However, knowing Irene, routine never lasts. So when an acquaintance shows up in London and informs her that several people are trying to kill her, it is just one more day in Irene's life. This time though, the one nemesis who fills Irene's nightmares is among the list, and things get serious quickly. This time, Irene must use all of her knowledge to defeat the Library's biggest threat.

With this third novel in the Invisible Library series, Ms. Cogman provides a few more answers while hinting at future areas of conflict for Irene and her beloved Library. Lines become blurred, and political machinations make themselves known for the first time in Irene's career. It makes for an interesting drama, more than the formulaic adventure the story could so easily become. In this way, the entire series reminds me of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series. Each book is relatively stand-alone with a clear conflict and resolution, but there is overlap among the books in the cast of characters, the answers Irene uncovers, and the mysteries she finds. Plus, there exists an overarching drama of which we are only now catching glimpses. It is going to be fun watching all of this potential unfold.

The Burning Page is a fun addition to Irene's adventures and one that adds some depth to the series as a whole. Irene and Kai make for great partners. Plus, it is satisfying to watch Irene begin to lean on others and come out of her shell a bit more. Watching her work through her fears and ideas is always interesting as her mind does not necessarily follow the most rational paths. Irene's love of books is equally satisfying, making her the type of character you wish you knew in real life just so you could discuss books over brandy. I am already eagerly anticipating book four!

In the Masked City, Irene saves Kai from a high Chaos world, having to abandon her role as Librarian to do so. At the start of The Burning Page Irene is on probation and given the lowest level of book recovering jobs because of that decision. She and Kai on one of those jobs in another world finds the door to the Library booby trapped and discover that Library doors all over the universe are being destroyed, and Librarians along with them. Their arch nemesis Alberich is to blame and Irene and her friends take it upon themselves to stop him before he destroys the Library.

We have seen Irene grow from a woman who was all business, not wanting friendships or close ties, to a woman who cares deeply for the people around her. In the Burning Page, Irene takes her feelings for both men in her life to another level. She cares deeply for Kai and has slotted him in the “apprentice” and untouchable category, yet she comes closer to revealing those feelings to herself. Yet she also has a tendre for Vale, the Sherlockian investigator, who at risk to himself, helped them out of The Masked City. He is now infected with levels of chaos that he is having trouble dealing with, becoming more addicted to morphine in order to put his mind at rest. It takes all of their combined efforts to stop Alberich giving each of them purpose and allowing them to look beyond themselves to save the Library.

If you have not read the Invisible Library or The Masked City, I would highly recommend starting at the beginning as this is a continuing storyline. These are excellent mysteries set in Victorian London, but a fantastical London that can only be found in Genevieve Cogman’s imagination. This novel felt like a conclusion to the storyline but left the door open for Alberich to make a return and I feel like we have more of Irene to discover, and certainly more books to recover.

i received a copy of this book through NetGalley for my honest review.

I would have preferred to read book two, The Masked City before I read this book. But, it just didn't turn out that way. Did the mentioning of the events from The Masked City make me want to read that book? Oh yes, so I will definitely try to get the book one day.

I found this book's story just as captivating as the first book in the series The Invisible Library. All my favorite characters are back in this book Irene (of course), Kai and Vale. Vale has been to a chaotic world in the previous books and it's affecting him badly and Irene ponders over how she could help him without damaging him in any way. I have a favorite scene in this book where they are discussing his condition and, well let's say the tension rises between them. It will be interesting to see what the future has in store for them.

The Burning Page is a wonderful mix of adventure and humor. I love the characters, and I love the idea of an invisible library that collects books from alternative worlds. In this book, the Library is in danger from an old foe and Irene, of course, happen to cross path with this old foe and perhaps she is the one that could save the library? There is never a dull moment, it's action from the beginning until the end. And, it was with a bit of bittersweet that I came to the last page. I want more!

Can you read this book as a stand-alone? Well, yes, but I think reading the first book will make it easier to come to grips with the story in this book.

This series is fantastic, it's thrilling, humorous and adventures and I just saw that book four is going to be released in December. Can't wait to read it!