Where the Library Hides

The first book in the duology, "What the River Knows" had its flaws but was captivating and entertaining overall. It ended on a cliffhanger and so I was waiting quite impatiently for the sequel and read it almost as soon as it became available at my library. Unfortunately, it disappointed. It is quite a page turner as it lives off the many twists in the story. But those twists sometimes come off as rather constructed for the sake of the plot and are sometimes downright absurd. The latter does have some entertainment value of its own, I admit, but is not why I picked up the book. Some of the aspects I liked about the first book (e.g. the excavation, Inez's exploration) aren't present in the second. And on top of that, Whit, the other main protagonist, comes off as a horrible person everyone should stay away from.