Maybe better than the first
5 stars
Booksellers, magic, history, mythology, the 1980s, London, art, architecture…this book truly has an embarrassment of riches. Thoroughly entertaining!

Garth Nix: Sinister Booksellers of Bath (2023, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)
English language
Published June 23, 2023 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
Booksellers, magic, history, mythology, the 1980s, London, art, architecture…this book truly has an embarrassment of riches. Thoroughly entertaining!
Enjoyed this a bit more than the first but was still disappointed overall. I feel like the feeling of plot armor is super transparent here, and the plot retraced many of the steps from the first book.
Interesting to read the original book was supposed to be a standalone novel. Like I say I'll probably check out the third, but I wouldn't recommend this series to adult readers of Nix.
Enjoyed this a bit more than the first but was still disappointed overall. I feel like the feeling of plot armor is super transparent here, and the plot retraced many of the steps from the first book.
Interesting to read the original book was supposed to be a standalone novel. Like I say I'll probably check out the third, but I wouldn't recommend this series to adult readers of Nix.