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Thief of Lies (Library Jumpers, #1) (edició 2016)

de Brenda Drake

Sèrie: Library Jumpers (1)

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Gia Kearns would rather fight with boys than kiss them. That is, until Arik, a leather clad hottie in the Boston Athenaeum, suddenly disappears. While examining the book of world libraries he abandoned, Gia unwittingly speaks the key that sucks her and her friends into a photograph and transports them into a Paris library, where Arik and his Sentinels-magical knights charged with protecting humans from the creatures traveling across the gateway books-rescue them from a demonic hound. Jumping into some of the world's most beautiful libraries would be a dream come true for Gia, if she weren't busy resisting her heart or dodging an exiled wizard seeking revenge on both the Mystik and human worlds. Add a French flirt obsessed with Arik and a fling with a young wizard, and Gia must choose between her heart and her head, between Arik's world and her own, before both are destroyed.… (més)
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Títol:Thief of Lies (Library Jumpers, #1)
Autors:Brenda Drake
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Gia spends her time with her two best friends, her nana, and her Pop. She focuses on school, her hobby is fencing, and she's more than awkward around boys. Until she sees Arik in the library, in all leather he stands out among the books, and when he disappears, leaving only a book behind open to a Paris library, she can't stop thinking about him. Upon finding paper with Italian scrawled across it Gia finds herself, and her two best human friends, in the middle of that Parisian library, with a giant hound causing destruction. While trying to save Gia and her friends Arik realizes she's more than just a human with a knack for Italian, she too is a Sentinal like he is. There's an evil wizard plotting to take over the mystikal and human world and it turns out Gia is just the thing everyone's been waiting for. She holds the key to the destruction of the mystikal world in one hand and in the other she holds the key to saving it. Mix in betrothals, magic, and a family she never knew about and Gia is overwhelmed with her role in a world she never knew about.

Library Jumpers, just take a minute and let the title of the series just grow in your imagination. I would be all over this if I could jump libraries in real life, even if it means learning to wield a sword. This first novel, Thief of Lies, will either grab you or will miss the mark for you, but it's a standout novel nonetheless. With amazing writing, details, and a unique plot I can only see good things in the future for this series. Gia, the main heroine, is a bit too awkward for her own good, she's judgemental and overly smart, but she's also the 16 year old child of two sentinels. She's actually part of a world she could never have dreamed of, the magical stuff your mother weaves into stories at night time. Sentinels are the magical knights that protect the human world from the mysikal world and Gia isn't just one of them, she the most important. There's also hot Sentinal, Arik, she man she both needs to avoid and wants to know more, Bastian the handsome wizard, some seriously badass Sentinals with unique gifts, and a family that makes you want to know more. I was completely enamored with the story line of human girl turned magical knight, I certainly didn't predict her being a knight, but I really enjoyed her training, her growing strength, and reading from her POV as she discovers the world she could never have imagined. Plus, her smarts are what bring this book to life, I couldn't picture anyone else from this book just knowing the right Italian words that could lead to destruction or savior for the mystikal and human world.

Hello world building! Brenda Drake probably does the best job at creating a new world slowly, but beautifully in any book I've read in a long time. The reader isn't just dumped into this magical world, it's given to you in bits and pieces and grows to include not only library jumping and demonic hounds, but faeries, sprytes, laniars, sentinals, wizards, and more. There are beautiful havens, libraries aplenty, and some wonderful secondary characters. The fantasy elements are just amazing and it really made me love reading fantasy novels again, I've been in a big slump.

There are some differences when you look at the synopsis versus the actual book. Gia isn't quite as badass as she's made out to be, she doesn't know how to handle boys, let alone fight them, but she definitely learns. There's also no fling, though I really wanted one! Can I just have Bastien to myself? It's actually a clean young adult crush turned pseudo love triangle. Unfortunately, the romantic side of this first novel really takes away from the overall story line, it felt like an addition to an already successful book. I'm not against romance for the characters, but it needed true development and I think could easily weave into future novels in the series. There was a lot introduced in this first novel, which is a given in a new fantasy series, but it's hard to take on all the new and cope with the ever-changing mind of 16 year-old Gia. There is also so much going on that some characters fall flat; I almost couldn't picture Gia at first, because she's underwhelming. However, I found myself loving all the characters, really enjoying the action, and completely enthralled by the library jumper's world.

I am definitely excited to see what comes next in the sequel, I can only hope for more action and meeting more unique characters. The story is unique, the magic is interesting, and there's beautiful libraries! Here's hoping the sort of love triangle plays out with more depth and feels like an actual part of the characters and their growth. This is a fast-paced book that I think readers of all ages could enjoy, the romance is clean, the action is intense, and if you're into fantasy this has everything you could hope for and more. ( )
  CarleneInspired | Jun 14, 2019 |
Okay, I really didn’t want to rate this one bacause it’s me not it. No line, I promise. This book was well written and pretty unique plot wise, and I mean come in it took place in libraries!!!! It should be a slam dunk... I just didn’t feel it. I don’t know if I’ll pick it back up and the book 2 or not. :/ ( )
  NerdyHousewifey | Feb 1, 2019 |
Thief of Lies is the first in Brenda Drake’s Library Jumpers series. While at the library with her friends, Gia Kearns meets a mysterious guy who disappears. While looking at the book he had been using, she finds a scrap of paper with a single phrase in Italian. When she reads it, she and her friends get a most unexpected surprise. In the blink of an eye, they find themselves halfway across the world, in a Parisian library, with a beastie defying imagination running loose. Gia’s mystery man, along with several others, arrives to save the trio.

Gia Kearns she is a child if the world of Mystik, a Sentinel to be exact. A guardian of the library gateways like Arik and his team. But Gia was never meant to know the world. She was meant to remain hidden and live her life never knowing. Now that she's stumbled onto the Mystik world, events have been escalated. The wizard Conemar desires the Chiavi that will unlock the Tetrad, a terrible creature that can control the elements. Now Gua, and companions new and old, must race to find the Chiavi first.

Drake has woven a mesmerising world, rich in detail. Here, the human and Mystik worlds are separated, accessible only through gateways found in libraries. These gateways are guarded by Sentinels, a group descended from knights granted magic abilities. There are many different Mystik races, from Laniars to Writhes. I was quite pleased that they were unique beings, rather than being the default werewolves and vampires. No, son. Done with that nonsense. There are also fey beings, but they are pretty cool. No cutsie faeries a lá Disney here.

Gia was a likeable protagonist. While capable of fighting, she doesn't usually prefer it and she is reluctant to kill or maim. She was also a very phobic person, yet handled most phobias well when necessary. That shows a well of stubbornness and grit. Despite the phobias, she does seem a highly adaptable person, which is good in her position.

Magic manifests in the form of energy globes that have differing effects. All can summon a light globe. Most Sentinels can call only one type of battle globe, though. These can be any of the elements- fire, wind, water, earth- or a number of other things like healing or stunning. Gia has two, both incredibly rare.

I really like Gia’s friends, Afton and Nick. They get pulled into the conflict too, and end up guests of the Mystik world. That Afton love architecture is awesome. There turns out to be more to Nick than meets the eye. I really hope it doesn't change him too much. Arik and the rest of the Sentinels are pretty cool too. They kinda remind me of magitek knights, or other Final Fantasy characters. Arik was my favourite. Haha, I immediately pictured him as a younger James Purefoy. I think it was the description of his crooked smile. It brought to mind Coleville from A Knight's Tale specifically.

Overall, a great read. I'm looking forward to reading the next two books in the series! Perfect for fans of the Shadowhunters series, urban fantasy in general, or the film Jumper.

***Many thanks to Chapter by Chapter Blog Tours and the author for providing an egalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. ( )
  PardaMustang | Feb 17, 2018 |
I was drawn to the beautiful cover of this book (it really is a thing of beauty) and the intriguing description. Unfortunately, this was a DNF for me. I read the first 200 pages but just couldn't get into the story. The author's writing style was too disjointed and she jumped around too much. It was just very hard for me to read, which is disappointing because I liked a lot of the ideas and concepts presented in this story.

The book is about a young woman, Gia, who ends up getting sucked into a book (literally) and teleported to a far off library. There she finds out about crazy demons and the Sentinels that guard humanity from these demons. The fact that Gia can teleport means that she is something other than human and she quickly learns about her mysterious past and the expectations of her.

I had a couple big issues with this book. The first is that the writing style just doesn’t flow well and “sounds” very choppy; I really struggled with this. The second is that a lot of big ideas and things are thrown at the reader really quickly. For example you think Gia’s past is going to be this big mystery and then, bam!, her father shows up. Then while you are still reeling from the whole teleporting to libraries thing and the demon thing...all the sudden Gia is in another dimension and undergoing all this training. It was just a lot very rapidly and it wasn’t put together very well.

The last issue I had was the conflict between Gia’s voice and how she was described. She’s described as being this super hardcore chick who likes fighting but then she comes across as really girly and bookish in the way she acts and the things she says. My mind was constantly struggling to reconcile the way Gia was described with the way she acted and spoke throughout the book.

Overall this is an okay book. I really liked some of the concepts but the writing and way the story was put together was very jerky and hard to read. I struggled with this pretty much from the beginning and decided it just wasn’t for me. This book does have one of the most beautiful covers I have seen though; I really love the artwork and the matte texture to the cover. ( )
  krau0098 | Dec 31, 2017 |
Check out even more book review on my blog: https://www.lifeofafemalebibliophile.com/

Thief of Lies is a fantasy YA novel about a teenage girl name Gia with a passion for book and all things literary. One day Gia and her friends Afton and Nick get sucked into a library book prompting them on a adventure-filled, but dangerous journey. Gia and her friends learn about Sentinels, fighters who protect humans from the creatures that lie within the book gateways, and find themselves caught between the two worlds: mystic and human.

Throughout the book Gia, our main character, deals with the truth of her magical background and it shatters her world . She is an anxious girl who feels she is not girly enough and struggles with her insecurities. She’s fierce, but vulnerable and that’s what makes her character not only realistic, but likable too. I enjoyed her friends Nick, who is sarcastic and Afton who is a brain both are loyal friends of Gia’s, but they constantly butt heads giving the story some comic relief.

Gia feels very vulnerable but does her best to put up a brave front when training with her new powers even though she feels left-behind because the other Sentinels are more advanced than her. Luckily, she finds new friends that become a shoulder to lean on and trustworthy allies. But she still has to be on her toes as enemies constantly lurk in the shadows.

The story itself moves fast, but the world building was a bit jumbled at some parts, some of the fantasy aspects got a rushed, explanation at the beginning and as a result I was confused while reading the book. The book felt like one big roller coaster to because there where moments where the story was really exciting and other parts that fell flat. I felt that the plot definitely improved in the latter half and the story was a lot smoother.

Overall, I thought this book was entertaining from Gia’s magic training scenes to the library battle scenes, but it just doesn’t have that special spark that I was looking for. I felt like there was too much insta-love in this book. I wanted less love triangles and more focus on building relationships rather than just jumping into them. I also was more interested in the secondary characters than Gia’s narrative. But I did like that the author adds some new fantasy elements that are unique when compared to other books in the same genre.

There’s a 50/50 chance I’ll continue with this series. ( )
  Rlmoulde | Nov 25, 2017 |
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Gia Kearns would rather fight with boys than kiss them. That is, until Arik, a leather clad hottie in the Boston Athenaeum, suddenly disappears. While examining the book of world libraries he abandoned, Gia unwittingly speaks the key that sucks her and her friends into a photograph and transports them into a Paris library, where Arik and his Sentinels-magical knights charged with protecting humans from the creatures traveling across the gateway books-rescue them from a demonic hound. Jumping into some of the world's most beautiful libraries would be a dream come true for Gia, if she weren't busy resisting her heart or dodging an exiled wizard seeking revenge on both the Mystik and human worlds. Add a French flirt obsessed with Arik and a fling with a young wizard, and Gia must choose between her heart and her head, between Arik's world and her own, before both are destroyed.

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