still feeling quite shocked from that ending…but i’m not sure if i really enjoyed this book. i had relatively high expectations walking into it just because i love stories centering on magical libraries and whatnot, but i don’t think this one did it for me. for starters, it was way too slow and required a lot of time to actually comprehend the setting. because the book starts off with two different storylines, it became easy for me to grow bored at certain points. i wanted more action going on but found myself struggling to stay motivated in finishing—until i made it to the 400 page mark. that’s when things finally started picking up and i could not put this book down until the end! i thought that the concept was so interesting and really loved the plot twists in that middle half, which is why it sucks that i disliked the beginning and middle half for being so slow. overall 3/5 stars