Will never not be impressed by a VE Schwab book!

This was the perfect standalone fantasy for me, and I loved it even more for the way I could just see this unfolding as a TV series in my head.

We had a complex protagonist with a dry sense of humour and a complicated relationship with her family, a self-centred entirely lovable sidekick (love interest?), and a whole host of mysterious immortal librarians. Anyone who's ever read any of my reviews before knows that I love books about books, so a library of the dead had my attention immediately - particularly when that library starts malfunctioning.

I read this in a day and sort of wish we'd had a duology or trilogy from it, since the universe had so much opportunity for expansion! But I also feel that VE Schwab tied up loose ends very nicely, but left enough unanswered general spookiness to keep you thinking about the book long after it was done.

Not sure what else I haven't read by VE Schwab but determined to make my way through her whole canon!