The Secret Chapter
by Genevieve Cogman
Book 6 in The Invisible Library
I have loved this series from the
beginning. Irene is a cross between a librarian and a secret agent. Such fun!
In Cogman’s world, or worlds, there
are humans, which includes librarians, Fae who are chaotic, and Dragons who
represent order. There are a multitude of worlds, exactly like the Earth, that
can be traveled between. Events on the worlds often diverge at different
points in the timeline, and Librarians can travel in time as well. Librarians
can also travel to, and through, The Library, where books from the different
worlds are held. This helps to keep the balance between chaos and order in some
way.
There is a truce in force between
dragons and Fae, and the librarians are the neutral party. Irene is the library
representative to a tripartite commission to handle irregularities, Prince Kai,
son of His Majesty Ao Guang, and Irene’s live-in lover, is the dragon
representative.
We start with a Fae party, with all
the debauchery and danger inherent therein. Then Kai and Irene arrive home to
find her parents there. This is the first time we are meeting them and they are
surprisingly ordinary. She has some very serious questions for them regarding
her parentage. She knows she was adopted but she wants to know how it
happened.
Irene is sent on a mission to
negotiate for a book and Kai decides to accompany her. This is where it gets
really interesting. Irene and Kai head to a high chaos world where a Mr. Nemo (who reminds me very much of a certain villain in old movies like the
James Bond classic Goldfinger) entraps them in a plot of his own. (The Fae tend
to take on stereotypical archetypes, it’s part of their nature.)
Of course, it’s not as simple as that
but the action and intrigue only get better from there. I highly recommend all
the books in this series and this one is perhaps a little more light and fun.
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