I wanted to wrap Charlie in a blanket, Jenny takes care of everyone in Jackaby's household, Douglas was just fun because of his backstory, and I genuinely hated Chief Inspector Marlowe at times. The side characters - Charlie Cane, Jenny, Douglas the duck who used to be one of Jackaby's former assistants, Chief Inspector Marlowe - are all terrific.
He's odd and funny and just an absolute riot.
Certainly, Jackaby can tend to say what he's thinking without checking himself, but more in the way that one of the Doctor's might, and not Sherlock. Jackaby ticks Chief Inspector Marlowe off, but mostly because Marlowe refuses to believe in the supernatural, and not because Jackaby is rude. Jackaby lacks Sherlock's social anxiety, bipolar swings (at least, that I've seen), and sometimes downright rudeness.
But unlike Sherlock, Jackaby only notices clues that are supernatural hence why Abigail is so useful to him, because she notices the mundane - the natural, such as mail boxes and the victims' personal items. Jackaby is Sherlock Holmes with the personality of, maybe, David Tennant's Doctor in Doctor Who. After all, who in their right mind would just accept the existence of fairies without proof? Thank you, William Ritter, for writing such a fantastic protagonist! I could spend hours with her and never get irritated! Her questions are sensible and her doubts understandable. There is nothing to dislike about her! She has all of those qualities The Practical Female must have, and it is so rare for Authors to write Practical Females! What a refreshing change Abigail is from the run-of-the-mill female protagonists nowadays! No chip on her shoulder, no flip-flopping emotions, no attitude, a genuine interest in adventure, and practicality! I cannot stress enough the importance of practicality. She is practical, sensible, humorous, intelligent, and in short everything a female protagonist ought to be - especially in this sort of story. New England wasn't exactly her first destination, but she ended up there regardless, and then somehow ends up being Jackaby's investigative assistant. Meet Abigail Rook, our protagonist and a young seventeen-year-old woman who has escaped the confines of her life in England to seek adventure in New England.
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