Das unsichtbare Leben der Addie LaRue

Addie LaRue's deal with the devil comes at a moment of panic in rural France in 1714: she does not want to marry, and she wants more time. The bargain gives her immortality and takes away her place in people's memories, so nobody she meets will remember her afterward. She learns to steal food, find beds and leave faint traces in paintings and songs across Europe. Everything shifts in 2014 in New York, when a bookseller named Henry recalls her name the second time they meet.

Choose this if you enjoy character-driven fantasy that is as much about art, loneliness and identity as about magic. It is long but moves through its centuries briskly, and its final chapters reward patience.

Inward-looking; a moderate read.

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