Here's another book that has been on my TBR list for months. I'm so glad I finally got around to reading it this weekend. I'm going to go ahead and say it, I was not a big fan of her Morganville Vampires series. I just couldn't get into it and so when I saw that this book was about friends at a sort of boarding school, I cringed. Never fear though, this first book in the Great Library trilogy is fast-paced, has great characters and introduces you to a very unique world where Gutenberg's plans for a printing press were considered dangerous and led to the Great Library in Alexandria controlling all books and manuscripts. Individuals with money who wish to own physical books and scrolls resort to buying them on a black market from book thieves. Jess, the protagonists, comes from a family of these book smugglers and while he's smart enough to get into the training school to work in the Great Library, his parents have actually sent him there as their spy.
I thoroughly enjoyed this read! The world-building is fantastic and there are enough interesting supporting characters to keep the action moving at a good clip. The second book comes out soon and I will be sure to pick it up.
