A review by bookthia
Ex-Libris by Ross King

3.0

2.5 stars. I wanted to like this book so much more. It started out so promising and I really liked the main character, bookish and bumbling Isaac Inchbold. But the author includes a confused backstory (that could have been one chapter and not ten), an overuse of didactic historical fact telling, and too many loose ends that lead nowhere. Who were the 3 riders in black? What does the horned symbol mean? Who killed Plessington? Why did Alethea lie? Combine these with an unsatisfactory mystery that was only somewhat resolved, the result is a unfulfilling reading experience.