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Where the Library Hides by Isabel Ibañez
4.0
This rating has more to do with how I feel about the book emotionally than technically. The setting, like the first book, was done wonderfully and I truly felt like I could see and feel the ambience of the streets of Cairo in the 1800s. Picking up where the last one left off, this book is an above adequate ending to the Secrets of the Nile duology.
This is going to read like a negative review, but please be aware that I actually did love this book. The vibes were immaculate and there was just a hint of magic to make the plot more interesting and that was really all that I was looking for with this series.
Despite the fact that the library that is in the title doesn't even come up until like 65% of the way into the book, my main issue this time around was the characters. What made both Inez and Whit interesting in the first book made them annoying and childish in this one and it felt very old. Inez's ability to see the best in everyone has now come across as airheadedness and gullibility. I also felt that there was way too much forgiveness when it came to what Whit did to Inez at the beginning of the book regarding her finances.
Some bits of the plot near the end felt a little messy but overall worked. I don't know why, but I felt the stakes needed to be higher. I felt more of a rush at the climax of the first book than I did this one.
This is going to read like a negative review, but please be aware that I actually did love this book. The vibes were immaculate and there was just a hint of magic to make the plot more interesting and that was really all that I was looking for with this series.
Despite the fact that the library that is in the title doesn't even come up until like 65% of the way into the book, my main issue this time around was the characters. What made both Inez and Whit interesting in the first book made them annoying and childish in this one and it felt very old. Inez's ability to see the best in everyone has now come across as airheadedness and gullibility. I also felt that there was way too much forgiveness when it came to what Whit did to Inez at the beginning of the book regarding her finances.
Some bits of the plot near the end felt a little messy but overall worked. I don't know why, but I felt the stakes needed to be higher. I felt more of a rush at the climax of the first book than I did this one.