The Library of the Unwritten - A.J. Hackwith

Title: The Library of the Unwritten
Author: A.J. Hackwith
Genre: Paranormal
Rating: 3/5
# pages: 440
Date read: February, 2022

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.


VERY different from what I had expected from reading the back blurb and the first chapter. There was a lot less focus on the library and a lot more focus on the 'quest' Claire and her companions went on. Which unfortunately meant I was less enamored by the book than I had expected to be. It was still good, but as a general rule I don't really enjoy reading about demons and angels. I had hoped this would be the exception that proved the rule, but unfortunately that didn't turn out to be the case.

For the same reason I have no desire to continue on with the series, but will leave it behind here. Fortunately it works pretty well as a stand-alone novel.