Booklog 54/2021: Genevieve Cogman: The Secret Chapter – The Invisible Library #6

[jacey]

Irene, a librarian of the Secret Library, is sent to acquire a book which could prevent the world she went to school on from falling into chaos. Along with Kai, her dragon prince companion they contact a mysterious fae trader of rare objects, Mr Nemo, and are invited to dinner on his secret Caribbean island where they meet unlikely company. Mr Nemo requires them to bond as a team and steal a painting for him from a 21^st Century museum in Vienna. There's a dragon techie, a Fae thief, a gambler, a driver, and the muscle. In return Nemo will give all of them what they want. One complication is Kai's estranged sister – one of the team. This is a heist story with added politics. Somehow I missed Book 5 in this series where a peace treaty was signed between the dragons and the fae, but (having read Books 1 – 4) I was able to pick up the threads. I would suggest that this is not a starting point for this series, but it's well worth reading the earlier books.