Nothing she did ever stood out making the me question why she did something. If you take out Mackenzie being a Keeper, she has many characteristics and motives of a real teenager. There are reasons why the characters are being annoying, and their backstory serves for that purpose. The characters are the right mix of being very likable and annoying at the same time. Schwab does a fantastic job of building the suspense that this place organically has, but add in some intense action sequences, and you will catch yourself holding your breath. There are times where you will feel legitimately creeped out when you visit the Narrows. In the book, you visit the Narrows, where the woken up Histories go until a Keeper catches them and sends them back to the Archive. There are many scenes in this book that gave me chills. Victoria Schwab does a wonderful job at world building and setting the mood. Mackenzie also learns of the dark history of the Archive itself. However, once she moves into the Coronado and starts learning the history of the building, her Keeper duties start becoming dangerous. Now, Mackenzie’s job of being a Keeper is fairly routine and not life threatening. Her parents move into the Coronado and open a cafe in the building. Things start getting really weird, really fast for Mackenzie when her family decides to move to a new city to escape the memories of Ben. This fact becomes blurred for Mackenzie when her grandfather died years ago (he is the one who passed on the job of Keeper to Mackenzie), but even more so when her little brother, Ben, tragically dies. Even though the Histories may look like real people, they are not they only hold the memories of that person. Think of it as a library for the dead where each History has their own spot on a shelf. The Archive is where Histories are laid to rest for eternity. When the deceased, known as Histories, become restless and “wake up,” it is her job to catch them and bring them back to the Archive. She knows that the dead aren’t always well rested. Mackenzie has a special insight of what happens to you when you pass on. This is not the typical of job of anyone, let alone a 16 year old.
Her biggest secret is that she is a Keeper. On the outside, Mackenzie seems like a typical 16 year old. But what happens to us then? Do we stick around? Do we move on? Mackenzie Bishop has those answers for you.
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