The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer
There is a specific kind of reader who has, at some point, loved a fictional character so fiercely that closing the book felt like a small grief. Meg Shaffer built an entire novel around that feeling, and the result is one of the stranger, warmer, more genuinely affecting reading experiences of recent years. The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer follows Rainy March, a third-generation Book Witch from Fort Meriwether, Oregon, who protects works of fiction from people who want to erase them from the inside out. She has faced Cthulhu, dodged gangsters in Depression-era Chicago, argued with the ghost of Marley. She carries a magic umbrella, travels with a Russian Blue cat named Koshka, and operates under a strict code of rules. The most important rule: never fall in love with a fictional character. She is already, very much, in love with the Duke of Chicago. The Voice Carries the Whole Book First-person narration lives or dies by the narrator. Rainy March earns her place on the page from the opening line. Her voice is …
