Reddit reviews The Forbidden Library

The Forbidden Library

Hmm, I'd be a bit concerned that the age and tone were reading more MG than YA (and if that was the case, I'd be recommending The Forbidden Library as a MG comp title because the tone and world seem similar), but from below, it sounds like this is a flashback/prologue. I'm one of those people who usually skips prologues, by the way.

Twice you mention her nervous stomach - could the second reference be another lurch instead of a lurch to tie them together? (Nitpicky.)

As this stands, I would probably read it as a MG novel, but if it ends up being about a much older protagonist and the writing style changes its tone, I would be confused.