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Review: The God of Lost Words by A.J. Hackwith

Series: Hell’s Library #3Author: A.J. HackwithPublisher: AceReleased: November 2, 2021Received: NetGalley The God of Lost Words is the third, and unfortunately final, novel in A.J. Hackwith’s Hell’s Library Series. I say unfortunately here because I’m not ready to say goodbye to the series. Oh well, at least I can always reread it, right? The Library of Unwritten has not been the same since…

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JOMP BPC - September 17th - Can't Wait to Start

I can't wait to start the Hell's Library trilogy by AJ Hackwith. isn't it always the way with series that you can borrow books 1 and 3 but book 2's gonna be on hold for a while 😅

[violet-prism-creatively]

I finally read the 3rd book in the Hell's Library series by AJ Hackwith and immediately went to scroll through the tumblr tag. It's tragic that this trilogy's fandom is like 3 people because it should be so popular! Heaven and Hell and other afterlife realms! Almost all the main characters are queer POC! Is it found family or a polycule? There's angst! humor! softness! trauma! It's literally about the importance of stories!!

Anyway go read The Library of the Unwritten (1st book) and scream with me.

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Hackwith Design

[goblinchivalry]

with The Lines Between in the newest episode of Neverafter it reminded me of a favourite book series of mine!

If you are craving more stories about the power of storytelling, perhaps even one set in an extraplanar library, or a setting where characters in stories live and can even escape their pages... then you should absolutely read THE LIBRARY OF THE UNWRITTEN by A. J. Hackwith (and the rest of the Hell's Library series!)

I can't speak its praises enough! Look at a review, read the blurb, find a copy!

In short: the worldbuilding is incredible; the writing is glorious, heartwrenching and funny; the characters are sensationally nuanced: the vibes are imacculate! The main lead is a badass WOC librarian!

If you're loving Neverafter (or other d20 seasons) you'll love it. It's a trilogy, so start with Library of the Unwritten!

[the--starless--sea]

There were two parts to any unwritten book. Its words- the twisting, changing text on the page- and its story. Most of the time, the two parts were united in the books filling the Unwritten Wing's stacks, but now and then a book woke up. Felt it had a purpose beyond words on a page. Then the story made itself into one of its characters and went walking.

A. J. Hackwith || The Library of the Unwritten

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Giovanni's Room Summary:

David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David's fiancée returns and, denying his true nature, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. His decision eventually brings tragedy.

Hell's Library Trilogy Summary:

After someone dies their soul sorts themselves into the afterlife they think they deserve, and each afterlife has a library that needs looking after. That includes Hell, where the books that never got finished are forced to reside. And sometimes the characters in those books don’t like to stay there. After all who wants to die before they’ve had the chance to live?

[everlovingdeer]

A lie. A dream. Good stories are both.

The Library of the Unwritten, A. J. Hackwith

[annafromuni]

A Comfy Demonic Autumn Read

I went into Library of the Unwritten purely guided by the premise of a library within Hell for books left undeveloped and a librarian tasked with keeping them together. I stayed because A.J. Hackwith is an incredible author with an uncanny ability to create something so cosy and sweet based in the depths of Hell. Those who are fans of the found-family trope will love this one. Similarly, if…

[quotes-from-the-bookery]

Only books died in Hell. Everyone else had to live with their choices.

[wordswhisperinthedark]

Damn, the Hell's Library trilogy by A.J Hackwith really speaks to lovers of words; writers, readers, poets, singers; storytellers. So good💕💕

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Review: The Archive of the Forgotten by A.J. Hackwith

Review: The Archive of the Forgotten by A.J. Hackwith

Series: Hell’s LibraryAuthor: A.J. HackwithPublisher: Ace BooksReleased: October 6, 2020Received: Library The Archive of the Forgotten is the second novel in A.J. Hackwith’s Hell’s Library Series, and the more I read, the more hooked I become. I’m fortunate to have The God of Lost Words waiting for me to jump right into. The Library of the Unwritten has a new librarian, Brevity. Meanwhile,…

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The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith (Hell's Library #1)

(finished reading February 5 2022)

link to review (no spoilers)

my annotations (spoilers ahead):

(cw for death, suicide references)

this book has a very cool concept

Chapter 9 - LETO

we love anxious human-demon Leto!!

Chapter 10 - CLAIRE

Hero is a bisexual mess, pass it on

Chapter 12 - CLAIRE

Hero is a villain, isn’t he?

Chappen 15 - RAMIEL

Andras is extremely sus

Chapter 23 - CLAIRE

Okay so Claire’s tragic backstory is not what I was expecting - did suspect it though when she was talking about Gregor previously

Chapter 25 - LETO

Claire, a badass queer icon!!

do I like Hero or find him annoying? I can’t decide

Chapter 26 - CLAIRE

called it! Hero is so obviously not a hero

Chapter 27 - CLAIRE

called this betrayal too haha

Claire is just losing friends as fast as she makes them

going off his eagerness to walk into deadly situations and his very low opinion of himself, I suspect that Leto was a teenager who committed suicide

and most likely because he treated the guy who was his friend/brother in the flashbacks badly (perhaps enough for them to kill themselves or end up in a tragic accident) and that guilt has been weighing him down since, so much so that he sent himself to Hell

Chapter 31 - RAMIEL

and now the depths of Claire’s heart is finally revealed

Chapter 34 - CLAIRE

I (platonically) ship one bisexual sarcastic book villain and one pansexual undead librarian

Chapter 36 - RAMIEL

once again, I was completely right about Leto

doesn’t mean I’m happy about it though :(

also does this mean Andras was involved in Leto’s death? was he the one who made Leto act like that to his friend or even the one who made his friend kill himself?

Chapter 37 - CLAIRE

so Walter’s death with a capital D? nice

this whole exchange is kind of hilarious despite the circumstances

Chapter 38 - RAMIEL

Leto is Claire’s grandson?? did not see that coming ngl

Chapter 41 - RAMIEL

I hope this isn’t the last we see of Leto, he’s my fave

Chapter 42 - CLAIRE

“Claire didn’t see books; she saw graves.

She saw a thousand lives on each cindered page. Here, a band of adventurers, suffocating in a forest. There, a pair of lovers, entombed in the moment before a kiss. There, torn beneath the edge of a fallen chair, the teenage outcast that never learns they are something more.”

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after finishing:

okay I’m fairly happy with the ending and honestly, I know it’s the first book in a trilogy, but it could honestly be a stand-alone? like there’s obviously things to delve further into but there’s no big cliffhanger and nothing’s really been left unresolved

that being said, I’m going to start the next book pretty soon, if not right away

I’m surprisingly invested in these characters and this world

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[drastrochris]

So, A.J. Hackwith's The Library of the Unwritten series.

Goncharov.

WTF happens in the library of unwritten stories when the internet steals all the stories that were never written about Goncharov and writes them all? Are entire shelves just vanishing as people shit-post the story into existence? Are entire shelves just appearing as people shit-post half-thought contradictions that will never be finished?

[inlovewithquotes]

How much easier it would be if everyone knew their role? The hero, the sidekick, the villain: our books would be neater and our souls less frayed. But whether you have blood or ink, no one's story is that simply.

- The Library Of The Unwritten

[paradises-library]

You have a library inside you, do you not? Stories, told and untold. That is the power of gods.

The God of Lost Words, A.J. Hackwith