Recommended Age:
13
+
Best for readers who like immersive, mysterious worlds with suspenseful, character-driven storytelling.
About the Book
Sixteen-year-old Mackenzie Bishop is a Keeper, tasked with returning escaped Histories—dead people stored as records in a vast supernatural library—but when violent Histories start escaping in her new apartment building, Mac must uncover the truth while processing her own grief. A YA urban fantasy with horror elements and noir atmosphere.
Content Ratings
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Intense Themes
Mac is grieving the death of her younger brother and struggling with guilt and trauma; the Archive deals literally with the storage of the dead; themes of grief, memory, the weight of loss, and the question of what we owe the dead are emotionally intense and handled with literary sophistication.
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Moderate Violence
Hunts and returns of historical texts; some are violent; deaths occur; violence is fantasy-supernatural and intense but not graphic.
