The Ten Thousand Doors of January Published by Redhook by Alix E. Harrow
on September 10, 2019
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Magical Realism, YA
Pages: 374
Source: Purchased
Format: Paperback
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ISBN: 0316421995
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In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.
Then she finds a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds, and tells a tale 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.
This book was an, at time, heartbreaking and beautiful story of a young girl who was dealt a rough hand but an amazing imagination and magical abilities that she doesn’t quite understand.
Going back and forth between the tale of January Scaller who discovers a world outside of her own, and a book that tales of lost doors to other worlds–The Ten Thousand Doors of January is wildly creative in the way we get to the answers of who January is, what happened to her father, and what it means to truly be free.
January is a young girl, and as such, she has so much to learn through this story. And, at times, I found myself frustrated with her impetuous ways. However, she grows from a young girl to a worldly woman who discovers a whole other world.
About Alix E. Harrow
A former academic, adjunct, cashier, blueberry-harvester, and kentuckian, Alix E. Harrow is now a full-time writer living in virginia with her husband and their semi-feral kids.
she is the author of hugo-award-winning short fiction, and her debut novel, THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY (redhook/orbit 2019), was a finalist for the hugo, nebula, locus, world fantasy, and goodreads choice awards. her second book, THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES, is out now, and A SPINDLE SPLINTERED, a Sleeping Beauty novella, is coming out in fall 2021!
her writing is represented by Kate McKean at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency.
I’ve always loved the cover on this one! Sounds like it could be a good read!