The Archived
By Victoria Schwab
Mackenzie Bishop has had to
move an hour away from everything she knows and loves. She has left behind her best friend and
her tangible memories of her dead brother Ben for a dusty life of cardboard
boxes in an old hotel converted into apartments called the Coronado so that her
Mother can begin her latest project.
Her new home has her running with young Histories escaping as she jumps
between the Outer and the Narrows to send them back to the Returns. Mysteriously, however, names seem to be
disappearing off her list without her capturing some of the Histories. What’s going on at the Coronado?
I had the pleasure of
meeting Victoria Schwab at ComicCon New York last week where she was part of a
panel. When she spoke about her
book The Archived, I became so intrigued that I made a note to put it at the
top of my NetGalley review list upon my return home. Unfortunately, as a reviewer I only received a “sneak peak”
of the first 108 pages, but it was enough for me to say that this is definitely
an amazing read. If you liked Neil
Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, you will enjoy this as well. It has the same feel of mixing the
worlds of living and dead that Gaiman used in his book although Schwab’s book
is decidedly different with very different mix of characters. Of course, as a librarian, I can’t help
but love the library theme. The
idea of placing the dead in a library system is just way too cool for those of
us who love things to be organized!
I can’t wait to read the rest of the book when it comes out in January! (And Victoria, if you happen to have a way to swing any of this most awesome swag my way, I'D LOVE IT! It is too cute not to show off!)
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