Book Review: Strange the Dreamer

Note- there is a plot twist very early on in the book, so this review may be different than the others, as I do not wish to spoil the book.

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor is one of the most fascinating books I have read in a long time. It starts with the young orphan Lazlo Strange, who loves stories about the Unseen City, a place no one has heard from in two centuries. This place exists at the edge of a vast desert called the Elmuthaleth, on a foreign continent to him, on a foreign world to us, called Zeru. He is enthralled by these stories, but when he is playing a game where he pretends he is one of the Tizerkane (the unbeatable warriors of the city) in an apple orchard one day, the name of the Unseen City is stolen from his mind, and everyone else's across the globe, leaving only the name of Weep in its place. As Lazlo ages, he ends up going to the Great Library of Zosma (Zosma is the name of the continent he lives on), and he is captivated by all the stories there. He then spends the rest of his life there, learning all he can about the Unseen City and writing about it. During his time there, he runs into Thyon Nero, the godson to the Queen of Zosma and an alchemist. Lazlo then helps him with the secret of turning lead to gold (the main goal of any alchemist) out of pity after seeing him beaten by his father in a graveyard. A few years later, Thyon collects all of the books that Lazlo wrote about the Unseen City for an unknown reason.What does Thyon want with Lazlo's books? What are the mysteries of the Unseen City? Read the book to find out.