Apex Magazine Issue 105 by Jason SizemoreMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Review for A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies.
Librarians as magical figures are a staple in fantasy literature, and I think the reasons are easy enough to discern--most writers spend a lot of time in them and develop a real attachment to the atmosphere. I am a serious library user myself, but am also a librarian, and am pretty sure our magic is confined to locating books right in front of the noses of patrons (I no longer practice and have lost some of the mojo--a library aide did this for me just the other day). The idea of books responding to the patrons (in ways only the librarians can see) was a fun one. I thoroughly enjoyed the story and would recommend it to anyone.
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