The Book Witch

By Meg Shaffer
** Publication Date 7 April 2026 **
4 stars




Book witches protect novels from those who wish to burn the books. Essentially burners can hop into a novel, burn up pages within, and then the books will disappear forever. Book witches all over the world monitor for burners and call on the Ink & Paper Coven to repair the book before something terrible happens.


Twenty-seven year old Rainy March (both a weather forecast and a name) is a book witch. Rainy resides in Rainy Port Meriwether, Oregon with her Pops and Hannah, their housekeeper. Rainy was raised without parents. Her father is unknown and her mother died shortly after Rainy’s birth.


What got Rainy through some very tough times were the books about the Duke of Chicago. When there is an incident with the Duke’s books, Rainy volunteers to hop in and fix it. After all, who knows the books better than Rainy? Only things don’t go quite as planned. Duke doesn’t want Rainy to leave. Rainy doesn’t want to leave, but rules are rules. Can Duke and Rainy find a way to bend those rules?


This is an adorable book. It is so much fun to bring book characters and book settings to life with Rainy in them. Rainy herself is a young woman who has spunk, and she’s almost fearless. She’s also dealing with a lot of trauma in her past. This novel, while lighthearted, deals with some dark themes. Life isn’t perfect for the heroine Rainy. Still, it is a sweet story about love, life, and fiction vs the real world. 


Absolutely worth a read. Quick one