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The Invisible Library

The Invisible Library, Book 1

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The Invisible Library

By: Genevieve Cogman
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
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One spy. One dangerous book. One deadly mission. Discover the first book in this gripping fantasy mystery series – The Invisible Library is the astounding debut from bestselling author Genevieve Cogman.

Perfect for fans of
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair or Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London.

'I absolutely loved this' – N.K. Jemisin, author of
The Fifth Season

Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, whose staff are sent to different realities to harvest dangerous and mystical fiction.

Irene has been posted to an alternative steampunk London along with her enigmatic new assistant, Kai. Their mission: to retrieve a dangerous edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales. But it has already been stolen.

In London's underground, the laws of nature have been bent – supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic stalk the land. The city is home to vampires, werewolves – factions that are all prepared to fight to the death for this book.

Irene must face a web of deadly danger, deception and secret societies. Her new assistant is hiding secrets of his own. Yet failure is not an option – the nature of reality itself is at stake . . .

Continue the journey with the adventurous second title in the Invisible Library series, The Masked City.

©2015 Genevieve Cogman (P)2021 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
Action & Adventure Alternate History Dragons & Mythical Creatures Fantasy Fiction Historical Mystery Paranormal & Urban Science Fiction Urban City Paranormal Emotionally Gripping England
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Intriguing Premise • Imaginative World-building • Great Narration • Engaging Storyline • Action-packed Plot
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Dragons. Books. Crime. Deceit. Adventure Alternate realities in other Worlds, seriously whats not to love ❣️ A great detective story.. read on 😎

Loved it!!

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it turns out stories are vitally important. (but you knew that). there is a library where all the books ate kept. the librarians go to great lengths to preserve stories from a thousand worlds. come visit the invisible library. this is a marvelous beginning to, what promises, a fantastic series.

how important are stories?

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Narrator isn’t great. Story takes random sidetracks that come out of nowhere. It’s just ok.

Meh

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I loved the story but the way it was recorded was not good. The level varies from a whisper to an ear shattering yell. The audio engineer should have applied compression to reduce the audio level swings.

Great story but audio wide range

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I loved Irene and the entire series. I wish they would make it into a show.

A cozy good read

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I really wanted to love this, but about halfway through it descends into clusterfudge and was less fun to follow the story.

Better premise than story

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This series has great promise and I personally really liked several of the characters...so I really tried to give it a chance.

I think the main problem is the narrator. She is overly dramatic and in the wrong places. She makes everyone sound desperate, extremely agitated, and over-reactive- which then makes them sound idiotic (and often juvenile). I was hoping she would work out the kinks (some narrators seem to) but after 2 books unfortunately that is not the case. For a while I thought the writing was lending to the issue, but I can't speak to that as I can't get past the narrator.

I do think the writing could be more polished. it doesn't always seem to hold my attention and if I miss a part I don't bother rewinding, which to me is a significant sign.

I can't continue the series...they all just sound like inexperienced people with poor communication skills.

I really tried (Reviewed after 2.3 books)

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Reminiscent of one of my favorite authors, Jodi Taylor. It was Dr Who meets Sherlock Holmes. Action packed plot with characters that I expect to continue to develop. Looking forward to reading on!

Great start to a series

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The plot was fast paced and surprising. Good and interesting characters and persuasive alternate world. Performance was convincing.

Kept me Engaged

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Glad I ignored the negative reviews as I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. I don’t know why people complained about the narration as I thought the narrator did an excellent job and the sound quality was perfect. As a child I always dreamed of being a book store owner or librarian and just spending my days lost in books so the concept of the “Library” drew me in. Overall, I felt it was an action packed gripping story with a good amount of mystery, a bit of humor, and a whole lot of fun. Would definitely recommend.

Fun story

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