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The Burning Page
by Genevieve Cogman
This book was significantly stronger, for me at least, than the one just before it.
I still had some problems with it, but they were things that I, personally, don't care for, and can't fault the book for having things that I don't enjoy.
Irene, while dealing with her punishment that is the aftermath of the events of The Masked City discovers something that shakes her to her core: Library gates are being destroyed. The Library itself has come under threat.
And to top off her worry for the place that has been her home, she has her own personal concerns. Primarily for her friend Peregrine Vale, who has found himself to be... less than himself, to avoid spoilers.
And... that's really it. Not much happens in this book, and I found that it wasn't hard to put it down, and very easy to go for days at a time not touching it in the slightest. The entirety of the book is spent discovering the threat to the Library, and worrying for Vale.
And despite that, despite how absolutely annoyed some parts of this book made me, not least of all Irene's constant need to point out, every time she and Kai have to don a disguise, how incredible Kai looks and now not incredible she looks in comparison (perhaps my largest pet peeve with this series as a whole; I get it, Kai is hot and looks good in everything, all humans pale in comparison; we can move on, now), I really enjoyed this book. The plot was interesting, and while Irene aggravated me at many points, the fact that there are only two real plots happening in this book lent itself to a narrative that flowed fairly well.
While so far, neither the second nor third books can compare to the first in this series, while the glowing praise I gave it at the end of book one hasn't been lived up to, this is still a series I highly enjoy, and would recommend.
I still had some problems with it, but they were things that I, personally, don't care for, and can't fault the book for having things that I don't enjoy.
Spoiler
And I'm not talking about the giant arachnids.Irene, while dealing with her punishment that is the aftermath of the events of The Masked City discovers something that shakes her to her core: Library gates are being destroyed. The Library itself has come under threat.
And to top off her worry for the place that has been her home, she has her own personal concerns. Primarily for her friend Peregrine Vale, who has found himself to be... less than himself, to avoid spoilers.
And... that's really it. Not much happens in this book, and I found that it wasn't hard to put it down, and very easy to go for days at a time not touching it in the slightest. The entirety of the book is spent discovering the threat to the Library, and worrying for Vale.
And despite that, despite how absolutely annoyed some parts of this book made me, not least of all Irene's constant need to point out, every time she and Kai have to don a disguise, how incredible Kai looks and now not incredible she looks in comparison (perhaps my largest pet peeve with this series as a whole; I get it, Kai is hot and looks good in everything, all humans pale in comparison; we can move on, now), I really enjoyed this book. The plot was interesting, and while Irene aggravated me at many points, the fact that there are only two real plots happening in this book lent itself to a narrative that flowed fairly well.
While so far, neither the second nor third books can compare to the first in this series, while the glowing praise I gave it at the end of book one hasn't been lived up to, this is still a series I highly enjoy, and would recommend.