This is an absolutely fascinating book that I am glad to have found. The second of this series came upon my friend and we both required to read the first befre entering the second. It is truly well thought out, complex, and thought evoking. It is not for someone who isn't into a bit of fantasy/just wants a light bit of reading.I found the writing to be incredibly unique and well purposed. Although there were many words that I did not recognize and needed to look up, there were even more that I needed to truly use context clues in order to understand their definition. Indeed, it is a book I will need to reread in order to truly gain such a full and complete understanding of said words. The illustrations only added to the book, giving only a few slight hints as to what things might be like, but still leaving many details to the reader's mind. Add in the famous author references, such as Aleisha Wimpersleake and Doylan Cone and you are in for a literary masterpiece that was certainly well thought out.This is a book I would love to see used in a high school english class. The reader can rarely guess what will happen next and doesn't truly know what will happen in the end unless they have already been spoiled for it by The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books. The language is that of a young adult, with enough variances to make the reader have to focus and occasionally have to seek solace in a dictionary for meanings unrecognized. Not only that, but to discover each reference inside is an amazing feat and some anagrams are easier to work than others.In a world where books are everything and writers, authors, and publishers reign supreme, the main character must find his way after his "authorial godfather" passes. Alone in a mysterious city with nothing but an unnamed manuscript to guide him, Optimus Yarnspinner searches for the writer to tutor and mentor him as well as to begin his own journey into the world of writing. Met with mystery and intrigue, Optimus finds himself in the way of danger accidentally and must try and survive, although curiousity is ever so tempting.