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A review by catpingu
Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
As digestible as the first book, but not as soul-consuming. Incredible fun, and just the right amount of obsesssion.
Jess Brightwell knows he's treading on thin ice with the Library higher-ups, and he's being constantly watched for signs of betrayal. The automatons, who'd always made him nervous, seem to be actively hunting him and waiting for for the right moment to pounce. On one of his illegal runs, Jess finally retrieves enough proof that his best friend Thomas is still alive and secretly being held and tortured in an Library prison somewhere for future exploitation. Carefully and quietly, Jess gets his friends, Scholar Wolfe, and Captain Santi, to uncover more and more of the Library's dark secrets.
I think it's incredibly ironic that Jess Brightwell, book-lover and wannabe Scholar, is now a foot soldier and even more a physical runner than he was before. Especially since we've got multiple ongoing assassination attempts for all of the cohort because of their association with Wolfe and their loyalty to Thomas.
World expansion, world expansion, it's learning more working systems in the Library and how Jess and his young group of new rebels stick unnervingly close with their mentor (like seriously, how many other young people stick to their proctor/mentors this much in real life?) and defend them from assassination attempts because...loyalty and leverage somehow? No, I still find it very weird they're close friends with Wolfe.
I have some lingering questions about the characters of the Iron Tower, because I've read [book:Tigers in the Cage|31942436] and I was under the impression thatGregory is Keria's age, was he actually five years old when Wolfe was born or something? Where is Wolfe's father Eskander? And is Eskander and Iskander related?! I hope this old Gregory is Keria's Gregory's son or something, why else are they recycling names unless there's another secret of the Iron Tower going around?
Another spoiler,OTP OTP OTP Jess and Morgan forgiving each other YES and cute that Dario is probably low-key jealous of Jess's pirate life and trying to be like him. Smart, petty, vindictive, and maybe he's dependable? Jess and Dario are like Harry and Draco, they could turn out to be great friends in the future.
Jess Brightwell knows he's treading on thin ice with the Library higher-ups, and he's being constantly watched for signs of betrayal. The automatons, who'd always made him nervous, seem to be actively hunting him and waiting for for the right moment to pounce. On one of his illegal runs, Jess finally retrieves enough proof that his best friend Thomas is still alive and secretly being held and tortured in an Library prison somewhere for future exploitation. Carefully and quietly, Jess gets his friends, Scholar Wolfe, and Captain Santi, to uncover more and more of the Library's dark secrets.
I think it's incredibly ironic that Jess Brightwell, book-lover and wannabe Scholar, is now a foot soldier and even more a physical runner than he was before. Especially since we've got multiple ongoing assassination attempts for all of the cohort because of their association with Wolfe and their loyalty to Thomas.
World expansion, world expansion, it's learning more working systems in the Library and how Jess and his young group of new rebels stick unnervingly close with their mentor (like seriously, how many other young people stick to their proctor/mentors this much in real life?) and defend them from assassination attempts because...loyalty and leverage somehow? No, I still find it very weird they're close friends with Wolfe.
I have some lingering questions about the characters of the Iron Tower, because I've read [book:Tigers in the Cage|31942436] and I was under the impression that
Another spoiler,