The Librarian of Crooked Lane
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Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she's just an ordinary woman who loves books. She seeks answers from a member of the most prominent family of magicians, but she quickly learns that finding the truth won't be easy, especially when he turns out to be as artless as her, and more compelling and dangerous than books.
War hero Gabe is gifted with wealth, a loving family, and an incredible amount of luck that saw him survive four harrowing years of a brutal war without injury. But not all injuries are visible. Burying himself in his work as a consultant for Scotland Yard, Gabe is going through the motions as he investigates the theft of a magician-made painting. But his life changes when he unwittingly gets Sylvia dismissed from her job and places her in danger.
After securing her new employment in a library housing the world's greatest collection of books about magic, Gabe and Sylvia's lives become intwined as they work together to find both the painting and the truth about Sylvia's past before powerful people can stop them.
But sometimes the past is better left buried...
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I really enjoyed it. Normally I'm not into historical fiction that much but I liked the 1920s magic-is-everydaylife-London. The main characters are very likeable and fit the story. I'm really interested in their development. Sylvia is a rather independent woman who wants to understand something about her past but her life is thrown off track after she gets entangled with Gabe. I loathed the misogyny from most male characters at the beginning. But you can learn some things about Sylvia through it. I couldn't find out who the bad guy was because we had an amount of people to choose from. But I was excited about the revelation. In my opinion there where to many names. I finished the book within a few days and I couldn't remember most of them. I'm going to start book 2 very soon. Trigger/Spoiler: Misogyny Attempted kidnapping Murder mentioned Man threatens and attacks women People being mean to financially weaker people Death of family member mentioned War (1.WW) mentioned
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Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she's just an ordinary woman who loves books. She seeks answers from a member of the most prominent family of magicians, but she quickly learns that finding the truth won't be easy, especially when he turns out to be as artless as her, and more compelling and dangerous than books.
War hero Gabe is gifted with wealth, a loving family, and an incredible amount of luck that saw him survive four harrowing years of a brutal war without injury. But not all injuries are visible. Burying himself in his work as a consultant for Scotland Yard, Gabe is going through the motions as he investigates the theft of a magician-made painting. But his life changes when he unwittingly gets Sylvia dismissed from her job and places her in danger.
After securing her new employment in a library housing the world's greatest collection of books about magic, Gabe and Sylvia's lives become intwined as they work together to find both the painting and the truth about Sylvia's past before powerful people can stop them.
But sometimes the past is better left buried...
Book Information
Posts
I really enjoyed it. Normally I'm not into historical fiction that much but I liked the 1920s magic-is-everydaylife-London. The main characters are very likeable and fit the story. I'm really interested in their development. Sylvia is a rather independent woman who wants to understand something about her past but her life is thrown off track after she gets entangled with Gabe. I loathed the misogyny from most male characters at the beginning. But you can learn some things about Sylvia through it. I couldn't find out who the bad guy was because we had an amount of people to choose from. But I was excited about the revelation. In my opinion there where to many names. I finished the book within a few days and I couldn't remember most of them. I'm going to start book 2 very soon. Trigger/Spoiler: Misogyny Attempted kidnapping Murder mentioned Man threatens and attacks women People being mean to financially weaker people Death of family member mentioned War (1.WW) mentioned