The Secret Chapter by Genevieve Cogman

The Secret Chapter (The Invisible Library, #6)

by Genevieve Cogman

In this bookish fantasy adventure, a Librarian spy must fall in with a villainous group to achieve her goals. Imagine Ocean’s Eleven meets James Bond with a pinch of magic. The Secret Chapter is the sixth novel in Genevieve Cogman’s Invisible Library series.

Irene and Kai have to team up with an unlikely band of misfits to pull off an amazing art heist. Or they must risk the wrath of a dangerous villain, in his secret island lair. . .

As Irene tries to manage a fraught Fae–dragon truce and her overbearing parents, she’s given a hot new mission. The world where she grew up is in danger and only one book can save it.

This is held by Mr Nemo, secretive Fae villain and antique dealer, so Irene and Kai travel to his Caribbean retreat to strike a deal. But in return for the book, they must steal a painting from twenty-first-century Vienna. They’ll join a team of dragons, Fae gamblers and thieves, so their greatest challenge may be one another. And some will kill to protect this painting, which hides an extraordinary secret from a past age.

Genevieve is also the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Scarlet - which reimagines the tale of the Scarlet Pimpernel, but with vampires, mages and magic. . .

Reviewed by bumblingbookworm on

4 of 5 stars

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What more can I say about this series, now we're at book 6?  It's hard to review without giving away spoilers or just squealing in glee, but I'll try to be somewhat coherent.  Just when I thought this series couldn't get any better, Cogman adds in a heist storyline... A heist!!  I adore heist stories and this was so much fun to read.  It was fast-paced, action packed and very difficult to predict what was going to happen next.  It had Ocean's 12 vibes for me, which I won't complain about!

For those who don't enjoy the political aspects of this series, I think you'll like this instalment as it's more focused on the adventure and the character development of Irene and Kai.  I'm so sad I've finished all the books in this series so far - I'm kind of regretting my decision to read them all so quickly now there are no more left for me to read.  Luckily book 7 (The Dark Archive) is supposed to be published sometime in 2020 so at least I have that to look forward to :)

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