The Masked City (The Invisible Library #2 ) by Genevieve Cogman

 

From Goodreads

Librarian-spy Irene is working undercover in an alternative London when her assistant Kai goes missing. She discovers he's been kidnapped by the fae faction and the repercussions could be fatal. Not just for Kai, but for whole worlds.

Kai's dragon heritage means he has powerful allies, but also powerful enemies in the form of the fae. With this act of aggression, the fae are determined to trigger a war between their people - and the forces of order and chaos themselves.

Irene's mission to save Kai and avert Armageddon will take her to a dark, alternate Venice where it's always Carnival. Here Irene will be forced to blackmail, fast talk, and fight. Or face death.

My thoughts

I grabbed a copy of this book from my local Library.  This is the second in the Invisible Library series by this Author.

This story follows on with the returning characters of Irene and her assistant Kai.  The duo find themselves in an alternate Venice this time, where it always appears to be Carnival time, as the duo find themselves trying to escape from the claws of Lord Guantes, The Ten and all their acquaintances.  As Lord Guantes and The Ten begin to become interlinked despite the initial instincts of The Ten, it becomes apparent that their combined power could be instrumental in the downfall of Irene, her companions and other members of The Invisible Library.

I quite enjoyed this second instalment in The Invisible Library series.  We the readers are kept engaged in the adventure and predicaments that the characters find themselves.  In my case I was also wanting to find out how Irene and Kai's story progressed together.  I will be reading the next in the series as I already have a copy of The Burning page waiting patiently to be read.

When you're minding your own business reading the story and then you see the name of a character that was in a book that you read last year.  In this instance the name has no relation at all to the book that I read last year.  The Piranesi that is mentioned in this book, is a gentleman who designed prisons back in the mid 1700's, he was an Italian with many talents and interests.