The Dark Archive is the seventh book in the Invisible Library series. Genevieve Cogman’s heroine, Librarian Irene Winter, has to juggle mentoring a Fae assistant who wants to be a Librarian, her love-life with Dragon Kai, and the investigations of a vast conspiracy with Vale (a Sherlock Holmes-type character).
The Library that Irene works for is an inter-dimensional agency that tries to keep a Balance between Chaos worlds and Order worlds. At the moment, the Library negotiated truce between the Dragons and the Fae is barely holding. Forces of Darkness are at work to destroy the Peace in bring in a new Order.
Assassination attempts, arsons, kidnappings, and secrets make up the mix of plots in The Dark Archive. If you’re looking for a fun, exciting, and old fashioned High Adventure, the Invisible Library series checks all the boxes. GRADE: B+
The Invisible Library Novels:
- Book 1: The Invisible Library London: Pan Macmillan, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4472-5623-6
- Book 2: The Masked City London: Pan Macmillan, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4472-5625-0
- Book 3: The Burning Page London: Pan Macmillan, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4472-5627-4
- Book 4: The Lost Plot London: Pan Macmillan, 2017. ISBN 978-1-5098-3071-8
- Book 5: The Mortal Word London: Pan Macmillan, 2018. ISBN 978-1-5098-3072-5
- Book 6: The Secret Chapter: Pan, 2019. ISBN 978-1-5290-0057-3
- Book 7: The Dark Archive London: Pan Macmillan, 2020. ISBN 978-1-5290-0060-3
My library has these under YA.
Steve, the entire INVISIBLE LIBRARY series seems aimed at a younger audience. It gets a little silly at times, but for diversion during a Pandemic, Genevieve Cogman knows how to distract me with fun and frivolity.
First time hearing of this series and am glad you enjoyed it. In fact, I might start on something YA too. I need some diversion too.
neeru, one of the biggest markets in publishing is the Young Adult segment. You’ll find plenty to like!