Eleanor is a young woman, unsure of what to do with her life until a group of witches takes her under their wing. But no sooner does she become part of their coven than she turns her creepy and cocky coworker Stan into a cat. Sentenced to live with her major mistake (no, they can't figure out how to change him back, though that hasn't stopped him from drinking beer, eating tacos, and shooting people who annoy him), Eleanor must also travel to the new country of Liberty (formerly Texas) to investigate the disappearance of a witch there.
If you can't tell from the description, this was a really odd book. It somehow manages to be completely unbelievable (people really can't tell that the talking cat who keeps chirruping at birds is actually a cat and not just a hairy guy?) and way too believable (the politicians, the media, the surveillance of the Liberty populace). I would have liked it to veer into one of the two absurdities; as it was, I just felt too unsettled to really get into the story. But I guess that's what I get for choosing a book by its (admittedly cool) cover.
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