The Burning Page (The Invisible Library #3) by Genevieve Cogman

 

From Goodreads

The third title in Genevieve Cogman's clever and exciting The Invisible Library series, The Burning Page is an action-packed literary adventure!

Librarian spy Irene has professional standards to maintain. Standards that absolutely do not include making hasty, unplanned escapes through a burning besieged building. But when the gateway back to your headquarters dramatically malfunctions, one must improvise. And after fleeing a version of Revolutionary France astride a dragon (also known as her assistant, Kai), Irene soon discovers she's not the only one affected. Gates back to the Library are malfunctioning across a multitude of worlds, creating general havoc. She and Kai are tasked with a mission to St Petersburg's Winter Palace, to retrieve a book which will help restore order.

However, such plans rarely survive first contact with the enemy - particularly when the enemy is the traitor Alberich. A nightmare figure bent on the Library's destruction, Alberich gives Irene a tainted 'join me or die' job offer. Meanwhile, Irene's old friend Vale has been damaged by exposure to Chaotic forces and she has no idea how to save him. When another figure from her past appears, begging for help, Irene has to take a good hard look at her priorities. And of course try to save the Library from absolute annihilation. Saving herself would be a bonus.

Irene's adventures feature stolen books, secret agents and forbidden societies - think Doctor Who but with librarian spies!

My thoughts

This is the third in The Invisible Library series by this Author.  Having read the first two I just had to follow the story on.  I borrowed this from my local Library and was keen to read it quite quickly in order to see what happened to Irene and Kai.

In this instalment of the continuing dramas and escapades that the members of the Invisible Library find themselves in, we are transported across a number of different worlds from Revolutionary France to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.  Irene and Kai her assistant are once again in the thick of the action, trying to work out who to trust and who to avoid as best they can.

Whilst I quite enjoyed this third book, I don't think that I will be reading the next one in the series.  However, never say never and I may just grab a copy of it at some point in the future.