Fantasy. Magical. Books characters have few days to break a spell that binds them to their owner after she dies or else they lose their humanity. Read 2018-2019.

[Andie]

Fantasy. Magical. The characters have a few days to break a spell that ties them to the witch who created them or else become inanimate forever after their owner dies. Main character is female and has a name that begins with an A. Anna is most likely. The witch’s name had a V in it. I read this book in 2018 or 2019. Book was probably written after 2013.

[SBC]

Do you remember why the witch created them to start with? Were they designed to perform certain tasks or functions?

[Andie]

No, but I do remember the main character was her favorite, she treated her like a daughter and kept her locked up in the house all the time.

[Rainbowheart]

Was this book for kids, teens, or adults?

[Astra]

Nightbooks
by J. A. White?

[Becca]

It might be on the Books in Which Characters Know They're in Books list