The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman – a Review
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Description:
In this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep into a tangled web of loyalty and power to keep her friends safe.
Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he’s her father. But when the Library orders her to kill him, and then Alberich himself offers to sign a truce, she has to discover why he originally betrayed the Library.
With her allies endangered and her strongest loyalties under threat, she’ll have to trace his past across multiple worlds and into the depths of mythology and folklore, to find the truth at the heart of the Library, and why the Library was first created.
Review:
The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman is the 8th and possible final book in her fantastic historical fantasy, Invisible Library series. Refresher: Irene Winters, our heroine, is a Librarian and a professional spy for the mysterious Library; which collects all kinds of important works of fictions from different realities. Irene is one of the best there is, having very powerful abilities as a librarian to use to protect and defend; she has great abilities using her voice (special language) to do amazing things, such as open or lock doors, make people do what she says, drop books down on attackers, disable bombs, etc.
In The Untold Story, we finally get answers to many questions, especially who are the true origins of the library. The story starts when Irene finally gets Lord Silver (Fae) to agree to the Fae, Dragon, Human charter, and returns home. Irene is quickly sent on a mission to find and take down the traitor, Alberich (who is her biological father); she is secretly ordered to play rogue from the library. In a short time, as she with the help Kai, her lover (Dragon), Vale (best detective), Catherine (Fae apprentice), to find the villian, Alberich, as well why the worlds are disappearing. Along the way, secrets are unveiled, the danger is intense, and a conspiracy needs to be unraveled. Who can Irene trust?
What follows is an intriguing, exciting, intense, action filled adventure that pits Irene and her friends in danger quite often. The group try to find clues, but walk into a trap, as everything falls apart, and Irene must deal with Alberich, and keep her friends safe. From start to finish, the action was nonstop all the way. To say too much more would be spoilers, and that would ruin it for you; especially with this possibly being the finale.
The Untold Story was a fantastic amazing, fun, exciting story, that was very well written by Genevieve Cogman, and kept me glued to my seat until the wonderful finish. Irene Winters was a wonderful fantastic heroine, smart, savvy, brave, and loyal. The end was a wild climatic finish, which if it is the finale, was very well done
Reviewed by Barb
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