Hi Cara,
Today review is Alix .E. Harro debut fantasy novel The Ten Thousand Doors of January.
January Scaller has grown up in a sprawling mansion, surrounded by peculiar treasures, one might say she is a curiosity herself. As she is a mixed-race girl in 1900s America.
As the ward of wealthy Mr Locke, January feels little different from the artefacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.
January finds a strange book. This book carries the scent of other worlds it tells tales of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January is a beautiful emotional historical fantasy.
As I started to read The Ten Thousand Doors of January, I didn’t know what to expect. It seemed like a beautiful historical novel As the story continued it more and more magical. It’s like as January experiences magic, she sees more magic in her world.
The magic system in The Ten Thousand Doors of January is one I hadn’t read before, but I was sold on it straight away.
Alix .E. Harrow writing portrayed January emotion in a way that I felt her loneliness and isolation. The emotional element is strong in this book.
Two stories are weaved throughout the book. Both stories would work as individual stories but also work perfectly together.
As my copy of is an Advanced Reader Copy of The Ten Thousand Doors of January the quote might not be in the finished copy. But I hope it doesn’t as it sums up all writing;
“Who knew writing a story would be so much work? I have a newfound respect for all those maligned dime novelists and romance writers.”
This book makes me hope that every door I open is just as magical as January.
My Rating for The Ten Thousand Doors of January is 4.5 out of 5.
Thank you to Netgalley and Little Brown Books Group UK for providing an e-book copy of The Ten Thousand Doors of January.
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