Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine - OPTIONAL

Paper and Fire (Great Library #2) by Rachel Caine, 383 pages.  Berkley (Penguin Random House), 2016.  $10.  

Content: Language: PG-13 (20 swears); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG-13.  

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS – OPTIONAL  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Jess and his friends realize that their good friend, Thomas, is not dead but is being tortured by the Library.  They band together and use their resources to try and locate Thomas, and in the process learn how corrupt the Library has gotten.  With the help of old friends and shady characters, Jess and his friends begin to see more clearly their desires for the future.  

I had much of the same feelings about this book as I did the first in the series.  Interesting idea, but a drawn-out plot.  Although there is a lot of action, it still felt slow and uninteresting.  The violence is the death of a friend who is shot.  

Reviewer, C. Peterson.