Title: The Angel's Game (Cemetery of Forgotten Books #2)

Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Publisher: Anchor 2010

Genre: Historical Fiction

Pages: 544

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Sub-Genre -- Historical Mystery; Mount TBR; Dusty Bookshelf; Fall into Reading; 52 Books -- W42

How I Got It: I own it!

In this powerful, labyrinthian thriller, David Martín is a pulp fiction writer struggling to stay afloat. Holed up in a haunting abandoned mansion in the heart of Barcelona, he furiously taps out story after story, becoming increasingly desperate and frustrated. Thus, when he is approached by a mysterious publisher offering a book deal that seems almost too good to be real, David leaps at the chance. But as he begins the work, and after a visit to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, he realizes that there is a connection between his book and the shadows that surround his dilapidated home and that the publisher may be hiding a few troubling secrets of his own. Once again, Ruiz Zafón takes us into a dark, gothic Barcelona and creates a breathtaking tale of intrigue, romance, and tragedy

The next amazing book in Zafon's series focusing on his love of literature.  Just like the first book, this one starts out normal.  We assume that the story will progress and the main character will continue on his journey to write the great pieces of literature he has always wanted. And then things start to get weird.  I love the little bits of weird.  Zafon crafts an intriguing mystery that you don't even realize until you're halfway through the book.  It's a great mystery, full of deceitful characters and a city that seems like a character unto itself.  It took me forever to read this book due to have a baby in the middle of it, but I enjoyed every page of it.  I can't wait to pick up the third book in the series, but first I am going to read the prequel.

Cemetery of Forgotten Books

• 0.5 The Rose of Fire
• 1. The Shadow of the Wind
• 2. The Angel's Game
• 3. The Prisoner of Heaven