Books

Books : reviews

Alaya Dawn Johnson.
The Library of Broken Worlds.
Harper Collins. 2023

In the winding underground tunnels of the Library, a terrible secret lies buried.

As the daughter of a Library god, Freida has spent her whole life exploring the Library’s ever-changing tunnels and communing with the gods. Her unparalleled access makes her unique – and dangerous.

When Freida meets Joshua, a mortal boy desperate to save his people, and Nergii, a disciple from a persecuted religious minority, Freida is compelled to break ranks with the gods and help them. But in order to do so, she will have to venture deeper into the Library than she has ever known. There she will discover the atrocities of the past, the truth of her origins, and the impossibility of her future…

Her mission is straightforward: destroy the god before he can rain hellfire upon thousands of innocent lives – if he doesn’t destroy her first.