The Invisible Library by Genevieve is a
fantasy mystery about a reality with alternate universes where the Library’s
purpose “is to preserve humanity from either absolute reality or absolutely
unreality.” The Library interconnects all these alternates and the Librarians
monitor and maintain balance. Irene is a lower-level Librarian who travels to
alternate universes on Library missions—which have unexpected difficulties and
murders.
The world of The Invisible Library has
two opposing forces. The fae, forces of chaos, imagination, and fiction. The
dragons, forces of order and reality. The Library attempts to balance these two
forces, either of which can bring to end to civilization. Many other races are
part of this universe of universes: vampires, werewolves, mutations,
superheroes, and impossible devices.
The Librarians travel between alternate
universes collecting and moving books to keep everything in balance. They all
have the superpower of Language. They can tell things how to behave: unlock
doors, tie shoelaces, animate stuffed museum specimens, with the limitation:
“When I use the Language to tell something to do something which is against its
nature, the universe resists.”
The forces of good are Irene,
protagonist and Librarian, with the cover name of Miss Winters; Kai, assistant
and dragon, with the cover name of Mr. Strongrock; Peregrine Vale, 15th
Earl of Leeds in the alternate universe and renown detective; and Inspector
Singh, law enforcement.
The opposition includes Alberich, fallen
Librarian; Bradamant, nasty Librarian, with the cover of cat burglar Belphegor;
Lord Silver, fae, The Liechtenstein ambassador; and Lord Wyndham, dead vampire.
If you enjoy this series, you will also
enjoy the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde which also features a female
literary detective and time travel. Highly recommended: https://amzn.to/3mvJJT5
If this were a movie, it would be an
action-comedy.
Check out https://amazon.com/shop/influencer-20171115075 for book recommendations.
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