

Like, wrapping yourself in a cozy blanket in front of a fire with a warm (boozy) drink on a cold, rainy day level of comfort. This is like, the most perfect comfort novel that was ever written. Plus, there is something about the master of the orphanage, Arthur Parnasus, whose mysteriousness and clear love for/protection of the children pulls at Linus in a way he never would have anticipated.

Linus arrives at the orphanage expecting the worst, only to find that, no matter their incredible abilities/appearances, the six children are just that: children. But his attention to minute detail catches the eye of Extremely Upper Management and he is given a highly classified special inspection project – a month long visit to an orphanage where particularly dangerous magical children are sent.

Linus Baker is a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, extremely rules-conscious and comfortable with doing his job and returning home to his small house with his cat and his records as company. It’s also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.” “A home isn’t always the house we live in. Because that’s how this book made me feel. Am I cheesing hella hard in this photo? So hard that the selfie is blurry? Yes.
