The Ten Thousand Doors of January - by Alix E. Harrow
Release Date: September 10th, 2019
ALERT: DESTINED TO BECOME A NEW MODERN CLASSIC!!
This is a fantastical story that weaves a book inside of a book, so it's two stories in one, and those stories intertwine in a really lovely way. One young girl, January, raised by a wealthy philanthropist, orphaned by a mother assumed dead and a father who travels the world for this "philanthropist" procuring rare items for his employment, is at the center of this story. January, leading a solitary and lonely type of life, missing her father, feeling resentful, one day happens upon a door. In fact, the story starts with her explaining that when she was seven, she found a door. From this very first chapter, I was charmed. Charmed by the character - her sense of adventure and longing. Later, she finds a book, which leads her on a massive journey. This story becomes an adventure, with January on a quest, to enter multiple doors, in search of ...... (can't give you spoilers!) Besides January's point of view, we also read the diary-type book she's found along with her, in alternating chapters, which is so much fun - who doesn't love a book within a book?
If you'd like to taste this wonderful first chapter, click on the following link:
This book was generously given to me ahead of publishing by NetGalley in the form of an E-book. I really wasn't reading much in that format, until I became a NetGalley reader and was given 30 plus e-books to enjoy (most pre-release date).
I've pre-ordered this book because I will one day re-read it, and just look at the lovely cover!
This book was a fabulous 5-star read, it has already become one of my all-time favorite reads, for all of the following reasons: great lovable characters, fantastic story-telling, beautiful writing, and great plot. I highly recommend that you step over the thresholds with January, and may you never fall into the void that is in-between worlds.
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