Again, after the last book, I read most books I see that are about books. This one is mostly not about books, it sort of fits into the Rivers of London type of “What if London were more magical?” genre only with fewer cops. There is a whole magical London backstory and a lot of magical creatures, some benevolent, others much less so. I liked the bones of this story quite a lot also (the loose plot where the protagonist is trying to track down her father who has left a LOT of mystery in his wake), but ultimately I am not much of a fantasy reader and it felt too “dragons vs wizards” for me at the end (i.e. magical conflicts where it all feels kind of random) but a good book overall.