“The Library of the Dead” by T. L. Huchu
I finished reading this and thought I’d share. I have to admit, Ropa got on my nerves for the first couple of chapters. I don’t know what it was but I didn’t exactly like her at first. But that quickly changed and I ended up liking her. She’s a tough cookie but she has to be given her circumstances. However, she’s human enough to make her seem believable (if that makes any sense at all). I thought the author did a good job portraying Ropa throughout the book.
The story is good as well. There was enough to keep me engaged, especially sitting there watching Ropa handle different situations and seeing her figure everything out. This book is also the first book in a series so I’m interested to see what happens in the second book.
Synopsis: When a child goes missing in Edinburgh’s darkest streets, young Ropa investigates. She’ll need to call on Zimbabwean magic as well as her Scottish pragmatism to hunt down clues. But as shadows lengthen, will the hunter become the hunted?
When ghosts talk, she will listen…
Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghostalker. Now she speaks to Edinburgh’s dead, carrying messages to the living. A girl’s gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone’s bewitching children–leaving them husks, empty of joy and life. It’s on Ropa’s patch, so she feels honor-bound to investigate. But what she learns will change her world.
She’ll dice with death (not part of her life plan…), discovering an occult library and a taste for hidden magic. She’ll also experience dark times. For Edinburgh hides a wealth of secrets, and Ropa’s gonna hunt them all down.