![]() She steps through a “Door” (a portal to another world) when she’s a child. The story’s narrator, January, does a lot of searching in this book – searching for her own sense of identity, her family, and a place where she can truly belong. I spent a lot of time guessing and wondering at what might be coming next and how things were going to turn out. This is going to be kind of a short review, because I don’t want to give anything away! This book does an excellent job at keeping you guessing. ![]() ![]() The first chapter immediately transported me to this strange and fantastical world where you can move between worlds, and it’s exactly the kind of book I wanted to read for an escape. 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 searches for her place in the world after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. ![]() Need to escape your world for a little bit? Fall into one where you can cross thresholds into other worlds! The Summary I have to say, this was pretty much the perfect book to read while having to stay home due to COVID-19. ![]()
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