Took a while to get into, but about half way through I became hooked. The characters are so complex and I loved them deeply. Through 3 different time lines, Labuskes explains the powers of words and storytelling. Labuskes’ writing left me breathless in so many ways- this story is personal to her, I could tell, and I couldn’t help but make it feel personal to me, too. Historical fiction, sapphic, high stakes, and ultimately a book about books, The Librarian of Banned Books checks off all my favorite things. I can’t wait for it to come out for everyone else to read it.