Completed: January 14, 2024
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody
Review:
I am easily drawn in when a librarian is the protagonist. This is a different twist in-so-far as the books the librarian maintains are books that have never been written--so these are the ideas for novels that never made it to the page and happen to be stored in an annex of Hell. I truly think that this opens up a ton of supernatural interactions and it is fun to romp through "afterlives" of a variety of religions. In some ways the maturity of the characters happens through revelation. In others, the characters seem to return to character traits that they felt had been left behind. All together, though, this is a fun read which considers what might happen if authors meet the characters from their own books and, to a much larger extent, what happens to characters who manage to leave the pages of a book. Meanwhile, angels (both current and fallen), demons, and a variety of other supernaturals (including the inhabitants of Valhalla) provide a colorful background for interesting adventures. A dual of quotes from famous novels? Got it. Face off with hell hounds? Got it. Lots of jokes at Lucifer's expense? Got it. I enjoyed it.
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