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In this second book of the Hell's Library trilogy, Claire, the former head librarian, has been reWheIn this second book of the Hell's Library trilogy, Claire, the former head librarian, has been reassigned to the arcane wing after the battle of the library which left many books burnt and destroyed. Brevity, Claire's former assistant, has been promoted to head librarian, assisted by Hero, a character whose book was destroyed leaving him homeless.

When a pool of mysterious ink is discovered in the libary several characters have different approaches regarding its future use. Hero hopes that it can be used to restore his story. Recent representatives of the Muses Corps believe that the ink might be a medium for muses to be creators like humans rather than simply providing inspiration to humans.

Although I thought this book read slower than that first, I did enjoy it and its descriptions of a library located in Hell where unfinished books reside. I especially enjoyed the peppering of periodic commentaries on books, storytelling, and libraries in the previous librarian's logs and in the conversation of several characters, such as:

"Humans always come for the stories first. It’s their warm-up, before they start burning other humans. It’s their first form of control, to burn the libraries, to burn the books, to burn the archives of a culture. Humans are the stories they tell."

I look forward to reading the final book in the series: The God of Lost Words scheduled to be published in Nov 2021.