Review posted at SoManyBooksSoLittleTime ( )

Eu amei a mitologia desse universo, mas a história demorou pra desenvolver e eu demorei pra engrenar nessa história.
Mas no fim fiquei empolgada e terminei apaixonada pela escrita da Victoria Schwab! Já quero ler outros livros dela. Que mulher criativa! ( )

The concept is a pretty cool one, even if the reasoning is vague. With the myriad underworld/afterlife myths, why not a library? What I didn't get is why do the Histories wake up? It would make more sense (to me) if the Histories were being stolen or something.

Whichever it is, the writing itself is really beautiful and the story is just interesting. I didn't love that Ben's death was basically just Mac's motivation (Stuffed Into the Fridge to be exact), even though there was an attempt to give him more personality than "tragically young dead boy".

The arc in this book is resolved, so no cliffhangers, but with plenty of room to keep exploring this universe. I'll be reading [b: The Unbound|13638131|The Unbound (The Archived, #2)|Victoria Schwab|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1361898093s/13638131.jpg|19250879] when it's released. ( )

I might be in the Minority here but I completely understand why Owen did what he did. ( )

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