Rory Hawthorne is struggling alone to make a go of a family owned bookshop since her dad’s death three years ago. But things aren’t going so well and when she is attacked by three vampires who want her to give them her dad’s journal. Rory resorts to a pen-paper with incantation that results in a magical fire and puts out an alert to her aunts that she has discovered her magical powers. Rory begins magical training and moves into her family’s home above the family owned library. Her new family includes her aunts Candace, Estelle, and Adelaide and a cousin, Cassandra. When dead bodies begin to show up in the Library and books are returned with curses. Vampires continue to attempt to get her father’s journal from her and destroy the Library in the process. 

This book was a fun read with lots of twists, turns and false starts. The characters are quirky but lovable. The town for magical beings is a nice place to visit. All in all a comforting read and I will look forward to some future volumes. Recommend to readers of mysteries, paranormal, witches, magic, fantasy, vampires, books about books.