"[S]weeping... an epic romance within a secret underground world of lost cities, handsome pirates, and endless puzzles to be solved."
         -- Entertainment Weekly

"[A] gorgeously written epic love story, filled with magic and mystery."
         -- Popsugar

"Morgenstern's new fantasy epic is a puzzlebox of a book, full of meta-narratives and small folkloric tales that will delight readers... Morgenstern uses poetic, honey-like prose to tell a story that plays with the very concept of what we expect and want from our stories... She trusts her readers to follow along and speculate, wonder and make leaps themselves as she dives into tales of pirates, book burnings, and men lost in time, giving the book a mythic quality that will stick with readers long after they put it down."
         -- Booklist (starred)

"This love letter to bibliophiles is dreamlike and uncanny, grounded in deeply felt emotion, and absolutely thrilling."
         -- Publishers Weekly (starred)