Kind of Jasper Fforde-ian.
Lawyer Rob Sutherland's literary genius of a younger brother has the ability to "read out" or summon characters from the books he's reading. One such character, Uriah Heep, warns him that a rival summoner is afoot, determined to create a new world that threatens reality.
We have a heroine straight out of Famous Five, several Mr. Darcys, Heathcliff, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray and a number of Dickensian figures. Fun.