Both are fast-paced, suspenseful, and well-written, with beautiful descriptions and minimal repetition. There is a story, actually a story within a story. When her father goes missing, January feels an increasingly personal connection with these doors and a compulsion to keep them open. In addition to telling who her parents really are, the book describes a large network of doors, strewn all over the world, leading to different times and places. When she finds a book hidden away in the attic, January reads what turns out to be her own story. In a nutshell: Told in the first person by a young girl who is raised in a Vermont mansion by the older, wealthy man for whom her father works, January Scaller has no idea whether her mother is alive or dead, what her father actually does, or why the man who calls her his ward collects seemingly ancient relics to share with an oddly evil group of friends. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. I can’t read it all the time, but when an interesting one comes along, I’m game. Harrow, check out The Once and Future Witches.Let’s talk fantasy. 'A love letter to imagination, adventure, the written word, and the power of many kinds of love.'― Kirkusįor more from Alix E. 'Devastatingly good, a sharp, delicate nested tale of worlds within worlds, stories within stories, and the realm-cracking power of words.'―Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author Here you will find wonder and questions and an unceasingly gorgeous love of words which compasses even the shape a letter makes against a page.'― NPR Books Here is a book to make you happy when you gently close it. Praise for The Ten Thousand Doors of January: Harrow's spellbinding debut-step inside and discover its magic. Lush and richly imagined, a tale of impossible journeys, unforgettable love, and the enduring power of stories await in Alix E.

Each page turn reveals impossible truths about the world and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure, and danger. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.

In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER! Finalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Awards. Description 'A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers, and the doors they lead us through.absolutely enchanting.'-Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice and Lost Boys

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