The Invisible Order: The Fire King
The Fire King (Invisible Order, #2)by Paul Crilley
With humans threatened by otherworldly creatures, orphans Emily and William Snow, and their friends—the pickpocket Spring-Heeled Jack and the wisecracking Corrigan—find themselves two hundred years in the past, trapped in the London of 1666. Desperately in need of help, they go in search of Sir Christopher Wren, who was head of the Invisible Order, an organization dedicated to fighting this threat. But Wren’s never even heard of the Order and has no interest in their story.Stranded, the four cannot agree on their next step. But they’ll have to decide quickly, because their enemies are on the move and the Fire King is ready to attack and burn London to the ground. (goodreads.com)
Yet another fantastic piece of historical fantasy from Paul Crilley. This series continues to entertain and surprise me! Although I found it difficult to get into at first because of how limited my reading windows were, once I finally carved some time to sit down and do nothing but READ I was happily back on track. Yay!The one thing I love about this series is the darkness of it all. It's not really dark and morbid, but it's not light and fluffy either. There's something to be said for the manner in which death is written into the story. It makes everything seem much more realistic even though you're reading about faeries and time travel and magic. The deaths are not gratuitous but very well handled and add so much to the excitement and surprises in the story.I get this inexplicable feeling when I read these stories. It's as though I am transported to 1800 and 1600 London and everything feels so solid and real around me. I am fully immersed and completely enamoured with The Invisible Order books which doesn't happen to me for many books.Well told and extremely enjoyable, I am looking forward to the next book, or at least am hoping very strongly that there will be another book. Paul Crilley has created a historical London that I am eager to revisit on a regular basis.(This post is ridiculously short, but I am short on time and I don't want to give away too much of the story at the same time. If you haven't picked up this series yet, go out and do it now!)The Invisible Order