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The Library of the Unwritten

The Library of the Unwritten

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  • Create Date：2021-08-03 09:55:01
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  • Author：A.J. Hackwith
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Summary

Join the library and raise hell in the first book of a stunning new fantasy series， where books unfinished by their authors reside within the Unwritten Wing of the devil's own library， and restless characters will emerge from out of their pages。。。

Every book left unfinished by its author is filed away in the Unwritten Wing， a neutral space in Hell presided over by Claire， its head librarian。 Along with repairing and organizing books， her job consists of keeping an eye on restless stories whose characters risk materialising and escaping the library。

When a Hero escapes from his book and goes in search of his author， Claire must track and capture him with the help of former muse and current assistant Brevity and nervous demon courier Leto。 But what should have been a simple retrieval goes horrifyingly wrong， in a chase that threatens to reshape the boundaries between Heaven， Hell。。。 and Earth。

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Reviews

Killthehumans ，

More yes please。

Mrs S E White ，

Excellent read， I really enjoyed this book。

Sheena Hayes ，

So this book took a lot of perseverance to get through the first half of this book because the writing was just kinda slow。 That wouldn’t have been so bad had things actually progressed。 But， I’m really happy I stuck with it because this book gets very very interesting by the second half and onward。 I’m going to be reading the second book because I really want to know what happens next。

Tonya ，

This book is three or four different story lines that could have been explored but instead they were chopped off in favor of a jumpy move to the next。 Very strange。 Had the author picked and rolled with it， this would have been great。

Eleanor ，

Solidly enjoyable。 A bit poignant at times。

Toni ，

Say what， a library in Hell！！！ Pretty unique concept and I have to say it was executed very well。 I'm not a librarian but I have many friends who are and I'm sure they'll get a kick out of some of the references and banty wordplay！I liked how the author took on misconceptions and tropes within the novels- shots fired！ Especially the "Damsels in Distress"！！ The twist between Claire and Leto I didn't see coming and so totally worth it to make devils， demons， hard asses， hero's and everyone in betw Say what， a library in Hell！！！ Pretty unique concept and I have to say it was executed very well。 I'm not a librarian but I have many friends who are and I'm sure they'll get a kick out of some of the references and banty wordplay！I liked how the author took on misconceptions and tropes within the novels- shots fired！ Especially the "Damsels in Distress"！！ The twist between Claire and Leto I didn't see coming and so totally worth it to make devils， demons， hard asses， hero's and everyone in between - human。 （haha， I see what you did there author！）。My favorite character was Brevity - the Muse。 Ohhh， so interesting。。。I hope she gets a spin-off。Will finish off the series for sure。 。。。more

Samantha ，

2。5 I really only finished this so it would count towards my goodreads goal。 Too obviously pandering to book lovers that it felt corny at times。 I wish for a story about unwritten books in hell it was grittier and darker。

Maya ，

So much fun！ Completely creative， engrossing story。 It took me a bit to get into it， but once I did， I couldn't get out。 It dragged a bit in the last 2/3， but was an overlap excellent， fun read。 So much fun！ Completely creative， engrossing story。 It took me a bit to get into it， but once I did， I couldn't get out。 It dragged a bit in the last 2/3， but was an overlap excellent， fun read。 。。。more

Kristen （belles_bookshelves） ，

RTC

Justine Cogs ，

Didn’t like the god and heaven was described。 So dnf’d

Brigi ，

DNF at 44%It's very hard to bore me， but this book absolutely did it。 It dragged on and on， and honestly it didn't make me care about either character。 :/Great idea， poor execution。 DNF at 44%It's very hard to bore me， but this book absolutely did it。 It dragged on and on， and honestly it didn't make me care about either character。 :/Great idea， poor execution。 。。。more

Carolyn ，

"A fun and truly unique idea of all of the "unwritten" works， books， art， music etc， that have yet to be or never was created， resting in an out of the way wing of a Library in Hell。 The characters all had their charm and though the story was a bit convoluted at times， it was a pretty enjoyable and creative ride。"Pros: Definitely an interesting concept， all the unwritten books/art/creations of a mortal's life are organized within Hell's library， it was unique/Leto was a kind， relatable and likab "A fun and truly unique idea of all of the "unwritten" works， books， art， music etc， that have yet to be or never was created， resting in an out of the way wing of a Library in Hell。 The characters all had their charm and though the story was a bit convoluted at times， it was a pretty enjoyable and creative ride。"Pros: Definitely an interesting concept， all the unwritten books/art/creations of a mortal's life are organized within Hell's library， it was unique/Leto was a kind， relatable and likable character。 Cons: In its uniqueness it was a concept that was almost too difficult to grasp/Claire's rigidity got old rather quickly/It would be interesting to learn more of Claire's life/Leto's life as mortals。 Full Review: Claire Juniper Hadley was mortal， once。 She is now sentenced to spend， however long it takes to repent for her sins， as the Librarian of Hell's Unwritten Wing。 It's where all works of art， books。 paintings， you name it， go when either being created or were dreams that never came to be。 Her assistant is Brevity， a failed muse， who is sunny and cheerful， a sharp contrast to Claire's rigid， somewhat cold exterior。 Most of their days are spent making sure that all the works are sleeping "peacefully" in the stacks。 But everything changes when a young Demon who goes by the name of Leto says that he has a special delivery for Claire's eyes only。 All this， mixed with one character from a book managing to escape from their novel and make it to Earth to meet their author and try to inspire he to get to writing， and everything is flipped upside down。 Leto's special delivery as well as one soul claiming that he has pages from the Devil's Bible before entering Heaven piques the interest of Heaven/Hell and all other realms in between。 Though the narrative fun and creative at times， taking you to different "realms" such as Valhalla and the very Greek Labyrinth guarded by the Minotaur， it was also all a bit hard to grasp。 The subject itself， the idea， was fun but at times it became a little too ethereal and hard to follow。 I think in the end the betrayal and the fighting was all a little convoluted and that's what irked me the most。 It held my interest for the most part but I think the other novels， since this seems to be a series， will be borrowed from the library。 I'd recommend this book to anyone who's ever tried to write or create， since it's interesting and a little inspiring to think that all of our unwritten works are just sleeping， waiting to be woken up when we put paper to pen， or brush to canvas etc。 。。。more

Richard Derus ，

Real Rating: 4。9* of five**I CHECKED THIS BOOK OUT OF MY LOCAL LIBRARY。 SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARIES。。。USE THEM OFTEN！My Review: First， read this:"。。。There’s nothing stronger than an unwritten book’s fascination with its author。 But a book that finds its author often comes back damaged， and the author comes out 。 。 。 worse。”–and–“You surely didn’t think I got duty in the Unwritten Wing by random chance？”Claire’s voice was hollow。 She glanced at Leto with a paper-thin smile。“You know how they say ‘Neve Real Rating: 4。9* of five**I CHECKED THIS BOOK OUT OF MY LOCAL LIBRARY。 SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARIES。。。USE THEM OFTEN！My Review: First， read this:"。。。There’s nothing stronger than an unwritten book’s fascination with its author。 But a book that finds its author often comes back damaged， and the author comes out 。 。 。 worse。”–and–“You surely didn’t think I got duty in the Unwritten Wing by random chance？”Claire’s voice was hollow。 She glanced at Leto with a paper-thin smile。“You know how they say ‘Never meet your heroes’？ For authors most of all， never meet your heroes。 Ruins everything。” Hell's Library is a multivalent torment to its creators， denizens， and those unlucky enough to be possessed by Story。 Claire， our Librarian and an Unwritten Story author many times over， has reason to know the bitterest dregs of self-loathing and the self-knowledge it springs from。 Our story， this one， the one we can actually read， is about the misery of knowing yourself as you are without knowing the way others know you。 A motley band of adventurers is assembled to cope with a character's escape from his book in an ill-fated attempt to get his author to write him， to finish his story at last。 Not only has he left the Unwritten Library， difficult enough to get a book out of there without a Librarian's approval， but he's taken his book with him。And showed part of it， the beginning， to his author。Thereby hangs this tale of rebellion， embattled souls， entrenched positions that must fall， and the startling void that you sense every time you fall， fail， flounder under a burden you don't entirely understand。 When Claire brings the （self-）damned Muse Brevity， her librarian-in-training， on this wild goose chase， she wonders if it's all worth it:In a constant war of immortal forces， ancient demigods， good and evil， the most powerful piece on the board is the fragile pawn of a human soul。 Even if stories and muses aren't given human souls， they originate from and build the stuff of those very souls。She was walking on his ending， and for that， she walked lightly， calmly。 For Claire was not one to throw away her life rashly for vengeance。 She respected vengeance。 Vengeance deserved time。 There is nothing in this book that is easy。 Least of all the demands it makes of the damned beings in its story's ever-tightening coils。But there is so very much to learn， to absorb， to revel in in the words that create it。 I'm so delighted by this story。 A library in a hell made up of the self-judged， the exiles by their own hands and hearts。。。well， what's not going to be delicious about that？ I'm already a vocal fan of The Invisible Library series of YA novels， a lot less shady and unhappy than this story is but equally delicious。 Dragons and Librarians who're out to save worlds？ Yes please！ In this story， the dragons are demons， and a lot more morally grey， but the point still is to protect， to defend， to prevent harm from coming to those who can't defend themselves。 Except for that one story's Hero。 Which is a ratty little thread left untrimmed into tidy story-logic。。。。There is so much pleasure in reading a story that layers in its concepts， like story logic， and leaves you to get on with picking the reasons you want to follow up for yourself。 The main current of the story flows right on to the ending， the inevitability of which kept me turning pages past the moments I thought my heart would break。 But there are dreamy little pockets of reality to poke around。。。vellum， parchment， leather being all the *skins* of dead things？ the role of Malta in the Nuragic civilization， Mdina the Silent City， waitaminnit these bread crumbs are really tasty！。。。there are characters whose sibylline utterances and dulcet blandishments are not the red herrings you'd be forgiven for taking them to be， and there are deeper emotional resonances than you're going to want to look for。This is A Story。 Let it unfold and do your part by fixing its fractal reality as loosely as you can。 Revel a bit， while you're immersed， in the explicit acceptance and celebration of #LoveIsLove as no one with a sexual nature trammels it into just one box。 Letting the roles of the dramatis personae explain the characters to you is a good strategy when you're in these kinds of very deep waters:We seek to preserve the books， of course。 But we forget the flip side of that duty: treasure what we have。 Honor the stories that speak to you， that give you something you need to keep going。 Cherish stories while they are here。 It's very， very good advice from a character we have reason， in front of us， in this story， to trust。What else this is， this carefully carved serving of a soul's prime rib， is a *perfect* film。 A two-hour movie of quite stunning opulence awaits this book。Gloriously meaty roles for Mark Ruffalo， Glenn Close， Henry Golding， a number of talents old and young await within。 The scenes in Valhalla， well， does that need expansion？ And the gorgeousness of the Unwritten Library itself， the Arcane Wing and Andras the Arcanist。。。no question but what there is a delight for the ages to be created from these bones。 I hope someone will see and lust after the fame that would accrue to a big spectacle made from this。But readers， those obsessive little producer/director/screenwriters of the mind， are the luckiest ones。 We get to experience the catharsis of emotional devastation and despair of loss and humiliation without actual risk。“The voice of the book。 The music—the song of the tale。 。。。 Every book has it—you know， the book’s way of talking， the words it uses， the rhythm of the speaker in your head as you read。 Its voice。 Each one a bit unique to the author and the tale。 Before the written word， it was even more important。 Every storyteller worth their salt knew how to create their own voice， mimic others， and find the beat that wove it。” That is what Author Hackwith gives us with both hands in this gorgeous story， this vital and living piece of the stuff we humans have created the Hereafter from。 A gift I hope you'll get into your readerly being and mull over， turn this way and that， study for its subtleties and complexities。As investments of your eyeblinks go， there are few from which you'll derive more sustenance and fuller pleasure than this one。 **（Those three w-bombs aside。） 。。。more

Polly ，

I enjoyed this book tremendously， and found it hard to put down。 This is fantasy at its best， and I don’t understand the negative reviews here。 The story is completely believable and lots of fun too。 I do hope there’s a sequel in the works。

Candyce Kirk ，

Full review to follow soon！

Ciana ，

I would have given this 2。5 stars， but I’ll round up because it’s at least original take on the Hero’s Journey。 My problem with this book is I felt like there was no context or world building。 You have a rag tag group of people tracking down an item， but they don’t know why they are tracking it down until about 2/3 of the way through the book。 I didn’t feel invested in their journey at all。 Every encounter and environment the group runs into seems very random。 If there was a bit more background I would have given this 2。5 stars， but I’ll round up because it’s at least original take on the Hero’s Journey。 My problem with this book is I felt like there was no context or world building。 You have a rag tag group of people tracking down an item， but they don’t know why they are tracking it down until about 2/3 of the way through the book。 I didn’t feel invested in their journey at all。 Every encounter and environment the group runs into seems very random。 If there was a bit more background information or history， maybe it would have been better。 This read like a book for upper elementary kids， but the adult language is not intended for kids that young。 。。。more

Clare Snow ，

It's hard work running a library。 It's hard work running a library。 。。。more

Tanisha Sharma ，

Interesting plot but slow pace。 Maybe things will pick up in the sequel？？ I'm glad I finished it because who knows if unread books also end up in Hell's library （haha。。） Interesting plot but slow pace。 Maybe things will pick up in the sequel？？ I'm glad I finished it because who knows if unread books also end up in Hell's library （haha。。） 。。。more

Vivian Wolkoff ，

I loved this with all my heart！5☆

Zeynep ，

2。5 / 5

Emily Bradley Gloor ，

Such a brilliant concept with such cool characters 10/10 would recommend。 Also can't decide who I like more， Claire or Brevity？ So hard to decide these things。 Such a brilliant concept with such cool characters 10/10 would recommend。 Also can't decide who I like more， Claire or Brevity？ So hard to decide these things。 。。。more

Hanna Tamara ，

I loved the concept of this book， a magic library where books come to life ans can walk out。。。 and in Hell。The story and the characters where well crafted， the thing was that I could not get attached to them， and I didn't care what happened to them。But I would still give this book a try and see if it's for you。 I have to see， but I might continue on at some point when I feel like it。 I loved the concept of this book， a magic library where books come to life ans can walk out。。。 and in Hell。The story and the characters where well crafted， the thing was that I could not get attached to them， and I didn't care what happened to them。But I would still give this book a try and see if it's for you。 I have to see， but I might continue on at some point when I feel like it。 。。。more

Régine ，

I usually love flowery language and heavily descriptive writing but I couldn’t make it past the hours of slow movement due to pausing for every observation， gesture， speck of dust， back story， etc。 The author is obviously very talented at painting worlds but two moments barely happened and it had already been 2 hours of listening via audiobook。This is labeled as adult but it comes off pretty YA to me， which isn’t a bad thing， but just doesn’t hook me in。 Teens would love the awkward， emotional a I usually love flowery language and heavily descriptive writing but I couldn’t make it past the hours of slow movement due to pausing for every observation， gesture， speck of dust， back story， etc。 The author is obviously very talented at painting worlds but two moments barely happened and it had already been 2 hours of listening via audiobook。This is labeled as adult but it comes off pretty YA to me， which isn’t a bad thing， but just doesn’t hook me in。 Teens would love the awkward， emotional adolescents and their sometimes-cringey dialogue。 It’s an interesting concept if you can make it through。 。。。more

Sandra Agus ，

What a terrific book！ There is a neutral Library located in Hell。 Within the Library there is an area of unwritten （unfinished） books。 Sometime one of the characters of the books runs away！ It is the Claire’s （Librarians） job to locate the character and return it to its book within the library。 But this character has removed the first few pages of the book。 So Claire has no idea his name or description。 As the retrieval is going on two Angels show up！ They are also looking for a book and believe What a terrific book！ There is a neutral Library located in Hell。 Within the Library there is an area of unwritten （unfinished） books。 Sometime one of the characters of the books runs away！ It is the Claire’s （Librarians） job to locate the character and return it to its book within the library。 But this character has removed the first few pages of the book。 So Claire has no idea his name or description。 As the retrieval is going on two Angels show up！ They are also looking for a book and believe Claire has the book。 The chase is on！ It’s very exciting。 I highly recommend！！Great narration。 。。。more

Jennifer McCreary ，

This book started off a little slow for me， but push through！ I ended up really really enjoying it and I really enjoyed watching how the characters developed and changed！ I’m excited to read the next installment。

cheesypastasauce ，

please read this book。 please it is so goodthe found family， the fascinating setting （come on a magical library set in hell full of unfinished books that can manifest themselves as characters from the books？？ you have to admit that its awesome）， the action-packed and brilliantly played out plot， the writing， the fully developed characters， and so much more。 everything is perfectly crafted and 100% worth the read！！the remarkable list of characters （all of which are unique and full of surprises - please read this book。 please it is so goodthe found family， the fascinating setting （come on a magical library set in hell full of unfinished books that can manifest themselves as characters from the books？？ you have to admit that its awesome）， the action-packed and brilliantly played out plot， the writing， the fully developed characters， and so much more。 everything is perfectly crafted and 100% worth the read！！the remarkable list of characters （all of which are unique and full of surprises - often turning out to be entirely different from how they appear） and their dynamic really made the book for me claire : the head librarian。 shes tough and witty and a sarcastic character that you will instantly love。 shes experienced in what she does and has a rough no-nonsense attitude that is paired with a fierce protectiveness for those around her and raw humanity。 her character has so many layers and the unraveling of her past reveals such a painful yet beautiful story。 long story short she is super coolbrevity : optimistic muse！ brevity is very fun and entertaining to follow as she gradually grows in her bravery and skill。 shes such a whimsical yet strong character who i absolutely loved （spoiler alert: i loved all the characters）ramiel : fallen angel。 ramiel's character growth >>>> ！！ this man is great alright - he is a caring person who is trying to do whats right （poor dude needs some therapy for the stress hes going through） while battling with his desire to return to his former position in heaven。 he has a good moral code and his point of view in the book added a level of mystery and interest to the story。leto : i am no longer a person， i am a leto stan all the way through。 my favorite character！！ i love him and you better love him too or i will cry。 leto is a precious and polite teenager demon with anxiety。 hes very soft and sweet but also so determined to help and fight for the ragtag crew he loves。 trust me he is adorable and amazing <3 leto also has a ~past~ that is crucial to the story and is so heartbreaking hero : yes his name is hero， just accept it。 hero is a book， or rather a character from an unwritten book， that came to life！ at the beginning he appears to be the stereotypical chiseled-cheekbones hero but his blunt humor and reluctance to perform heroic acts marks him as something way better。 hero has much more to him than meets the eye and his character progression is *chefs kiss*。 his quirky and original character fits right in with the crew the plot itself is so entertaining and full of twists and turns。 our misfit gang is tracking down the "devils bible" aka an evil and dangerous book that can start wars and tear apart realms。 they are being hunted by two angels （how rude of you ramiel） and this journey takes them through some very interesting and mysterious places。 okay im done now go read it。 。。。more

Sarah ，

I wasn't sure about this book at first; the premise seemed a little odd。 But I found myself enjoying it more and more as the story developed， and for a long while I thought it would be a solid four-star read。 But the thing is， it never really loses momentum—the book just keeps getting better， with good pacing and excellent characters all leading towards a conclusion that's quite satisfying。 I enjoyed most of the characters （Hero， Leto， and Claire the most， in that order） and all of them were wel I wasn't sure about this book at first; the premise seemed a little odd。 But I found myself enjoying it more and more as the story developed， and for a long while I thought it would be a solid four-star read。 But the thing is， it never really loses momentum—the book just keeps getting better， with good pacing and excellent characters all leading towards a conclusion that's quite satisfying。 I enjoyed most of the characters （Hero， Leto， and Claire the most， in that order） and all of them were well-done; they make for a delightful little found family。 The trek through the underworld（s） and various realms was intriguing; the fantasy elements were executed quite well。 All in all， this was an unexpected treasure of a book。 。。。more

hager Elshazly ，

It's good book and underrated， I'd like to read it again。 Highly recommended It's good book and underrated， I'd like to read it again。 Highly recommended 。。。more

Eule Luftschloss ，

trigger warning（view spoiler）[ suicide， trauma， grief， mention of slavery， violence， gore （hide spoiler）]After reading book two as an arc I finally came back to this series to see how it started， and now am very excited for the third one。 trigger warning（view spoiler）[ suicide， trauma， grief， mention of slavery， violence， gore （hide spoiler）]After reading book two as an arc I finally came back to this series to see how it started， and now am very excited for the third one。 。。。more

Margaret Randlett ，

I knew nothing of this book so I went in with low expectations but I loved it。 The characters are excellent and well written。 I enjoyed the plot line of Heaven and Hell going against each other。 I am looking forward reading the rest of this series。。

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