The Library of the Unwritten

 Book 93 of my 2023 Reading Challenge

read from September 16 - October 2

The Library of the Unwritten

by A.J. Hackwith

Summary (via the book jacket)

Many years ago, Claire was named head librarian of the Unwritten Wing - a neutral space in Hell where all the stories unfinished by their authors reside. Her job consists mainly of repairing and organizing books, but also of keeping an eye on restless stories that risk materializing as characters and escaping the Library. When hero escapes from his book and goes in search of its author, Claire must track and capture him with the help of former muse and current assistant Brevity and the nervous and sweet demon Leto.

But what should have been a simple retrieval goes horrifyingly wrong when the terrifying angel Ramiel attacks them, convinced that they hold the Devil's Bible. The text of the Devil's Bible is a weapon in the power struggle between Heaven and Hell, so it falls to the librarians to find a book with the ability to reshape the boundaries between Heaven, Hell...and Earth.

My Opinion

4 stars

Excellent title and premise that made me snatch it off the library shelf quickly and I was not disappointed.  It was a little convoluted at times but the situations kept changing in unexpected but plausible (at least plausible for the story...there's nothing realistic about this setting at all) ways.  There were many twists and turns and I plan on continuing the series but there was enough of a resolution that someone could read this one alone if they wanted to.

Quote from the Book

"We are the dreams that did not die with the dreamer. We care nothing for the dark."