The Mad Apprentice Continues The Forbidden Library Series

 I received The Mad Apprentice in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own.

In The Mad Apprentice, we join Alice a few months after The Forbidden Library. Her special power realization, still has her studying with her Geryson to be a Reader. the game in The Mad Apprentice becomes even bigger.

An older, well-known Reader is killed by their apprentice, Jacob, and Alice joins the Readers to see if the books are all in order and bring in the killer apprentice--dead or alive.

We enjoyed this book and found that while The Forbidden Library was perhaps a mystery, The Mad Apprentice is more an action genre. It's a fun ride as the Library Labyrinth is quite the character.

The character of Alice is developing and readers really see that she is a thinker who is able to use her head. She is compassionate and deeply cares for the creatures that assist her. There is a dragon that Alice interacts with that made my daughter nearly cry! Alice is a great leader and persistent.

In The Mad Apprentice, we learn the outcome of Alice's father's death.

ABOUT THE MAD APPRENTICE

The dark and thrilling sequel to the book Kirkus called, “Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, and Inkheart all rolled into one”

Alice has her first adventure outside Geryon’s library after he volunteers her to work with five other apprentice Readers, including Isaac, to capture a rogue apprentice who murdered his master. But none of them realize that the library of the late rival Reader is still a working deadly labyrinth, or that the vicious guardian is still protecting it. As they face the fight of their lives, Alice learns much more about Isaac, Geryon (her own master), and the fate of her father.

We really love this series and recommend it. The Mad Apprentice is the second book in The Forbidden Library series.