The traumatic events at the climax of The Archived continue to haunt her through The Unbound – in a fine echo of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mackenzie begins to question her sanity even within the lines of her supernatural life. Members of the public can donate towards a certain book. Mackenzie’s point of view is as potent and compelling as it was in The Archived, though the intensity of her circumstances can make her perspective mildly claustrophobic at times. Unbound publishing is a crowdsourcing business model used by authors who otherwise wouldn't have the support needed to publish their book. Related: Interview – Victoria Schwab talks The Unbound and the importance of scars The tension she experiences in trying to balance high school with her duties as a Keeper will resonate with anyone who has struggled through academia. And that makes it timely at a moment when our economy is dominated by giant firms headed by a small handful of men. Wisely, rather than retreading the Archive-centric path laid out in the first book, Schwab takes Mackenzie into the outside world.Įxpanding the setting both adds a helpful degree of realism to the strict and mysterious setting of the Archive, and challenges Mackenzie in new ways. Amazon Unbound is particularly valuable in explaining how the company makes money, and the day-to-day decisions that end up having a big effect on consumers.Significantly, the book is also very much a biography of Bezos.
The Unbound picks up three weeks after The Archived left off, pulling readers back into Mackenzie’s world.
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