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gcannison's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
4.0
Description
Futuristic Technology they don’t understand, and a growing oppression that is staged as a necessary good – this could be Cleo and Evan’s most dangerous adventure yet.
In the Magical Library beneath their school, Cleo and Evan have lived out numerous stories through the books housed there. But when a Key Hunter from another Magical Library, a sloth, and a giant tree come back with them from their last book adventure, something is wrong.
They soon find out that things are more interconnected than they seem. Will the next book they enter help set things straight, or at least answer some of their questions?
Disclosure
I borrowed this book for free from our library system, it was provided for my personal use. There was no agreement with the author, publisher, or any third party that I would publish a review. The following review is unsolicited, unbiased, and all opinions are my own.
Review – Spoiler Free
Like most of the books in this series (read my review of book 1 here), the story is fast paced from beginning to end. I enjoyed the new world, the story lines that it created and the questions it raised. And I loved some specific lines that communicated valuing and respecting others.
Return characters’ backgrounds continue to develop, and actions played off of their strengths and weaknesses. There was a host of new characters brought in with the world of the new story, while they were interesting and definitely necessary, I felt like they were a little under formed – I would have liked to have had a little more interaction with them.
It seems like this is the last book in the series (thought is there were more, I would definitely read them), and it’s a good series ending. I feel like this book mirrored book #4, The Wizard’s War a lot (read the review here). There is one major story line that is resolved, but doing so opens up more. And I have questions at the end that I don’t think will be answered, but I’m OK with that.
While the ending seemed a little rushed, and there were a few parts where I questioned the ability of a character to do something, Luper does a great job of packing a while lot of story into a short book without making huge sacrifices.
Overall, this is another fun read. The series is exciting and I love how each book ventures into a different type of story. I would definitely recommend giving it a read, even for just some quick entertainment if you’re an adult reader.
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