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"After being commissioned to find a rare book, Librarian Irene and her assistant, Kai, head to Prohibition-era New York and are thrust into the middle of a political fight with dragons, mobsters, and Fae. In a 1920s-esque New York, Prohibition is in force; fedoras, flapper dresses, and tommy guns are in fashion: and intrigue is afoot. Intrepid Librarians Irene and Kai find themselves caught in the middle of a dragon political contest. It seems a young Librarian has become tangled in this conflict, and if they can't extricate him, there could be serious repercussions for the mysterious Library. And, as the balance of power across mighty factions hangs in the balance, this could even trigger war. Irene and Kai are locked in a race against time (and dragons) to procure a rare book. They'll face gangsters, blackmail, and the Library's own Internal Affairs department. And if it doesn't end well, it could have dire consequences on Irene's job. And, incidentally, on her life."--… (mais)
Two dragons are vying for high office and it's a rare book that's their target. When this starts to intersect with the Library Irene and Kai are assigned to investigate and there are things that Kai can't really talk about but what he can is very relevant to the case, they have to deal with this and the repercussions of what has happened is going to linger for a while. It was interesting but there were moments where it lagged a bit and I easily put it down but overall it was an interesting read. ( )
Not the worst of the series. I don't love these but I keep reading them occasionally... I think I just want to know ultimately how this world structure shakes out. ( )
This was fine to borrow from the library and skim through. I wouldn't want to pay actual money. At least Cogman is allowing herself to have fun in the different settings her conceit allows. ( )
As someone who was rooting for Kai I was delighted with this book - but "there might even be time for more than that" as the ending? Not to sound like a perv but I was hoping we would have been able to see what that "more" was... ( )
"After being commissioned to find a rare book, Librarian Irene and her assistant, Kai, head to Prohibition-era New York and are thrust into the middle of a political fight with dragons, mobsters, and Fae. In a 1920s-esque New York, Prohibition is in force; fedoras, flapper dresses, and tommy guns are in fashion: and intrigue is afoot. Intrepid Librarians Irene and Kai find themselves caught in the middle of a dragon political contest. It seems a young Librarian has become tangled in this conflict, and if they can't extricate him, there could be serious repercussions for the mysterious Library. And, as the balance of power across mighty factions hangs in the balance, this could even trigger war. Irene and Kai are locked in a race against time (and dragons) to procure a rare book. They'll face gangsters, blackmail, and the Library's own Internal Affairs department. And if it doesn't end well, it could have dire consequences on Irene's job. And, incidentally, on her life."--
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