Weekly Reading List #267

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Vividly Written and Addicting | Review of ‘Paper and Fire’ (The Great Library #2)

By Cynthia Ayala

Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine
NAL
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The Great Library controls knowledge around the world with an iron first with ruthlessness where books are everything and life means nothing. For Jess Brightwell, he knows this too well. After surviving his introduction, losing his best friend and love of his life, he strives to fight for what it right. Banding together with his friends, hunted by automata, he is forced to flee Alexandria, but London is no safer. Secrets come to life, and the path to the Library’s ultimate destruction has been set. Jess and his friends just need to survive it.

Published on July 5, 2016, by NAL, Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine, The second novel in the young adult fantasy series, The Great Library, follows Jess Brightwell as he deals with the aftermath of his friend’s death and the power of the Great Library of Alexandria.
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Strong Realism within Historical Fantasy | Review of ‘Ink and Bone’ (The Great Library #1)

By Cynthia Ayala

Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
NAL
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The Great Library of Alexandria holds all the power in the world. Knowledge is power, and for the library, their power means more than any book and any life. For Jess Brightwell believes in the library, and the profit he can obtain by smuggling out valuable books. But when his closest friend is imprisoned for heresy, his loyalties are put to the test as his life is put in danger.

Published on July 7, 2015 by NAL, Ink and Bone is the first novel in New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine‘s new series The Great Library.
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