Summary: 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 … Continue reading Book Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Category: Portal Fantasy
Book Review: Master of the World by Edward Willett
Summary: Shawna Keys has fled the world she only recently discovered she Shaped, narrowly escaping death at the hands of the Adversary who seized control of it...and losing her only guide, Karl Yatsar, in the process. Now she finds herself alone in some other Shaper's world, where, in her first two hours, she's rescued from … Continue reading Book Review: Master of the World by Edward Willett
Book Review: Peter Darling by Austin Chant
Summary: Ten years ago, Peter Pan left Neverland to grow up, leaving behind his adolescent dreams of boyhood and resigning himself to life as Wendy Darling. Growing up, however, has only made him realize how inescapable his identity as a man is. But when he returns to Neverland, everything has changed: the Lost Boys … Continue reading Book Review: Peter Darling by Austin Chant
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Can’t-Wait Wednesday, aka Waiting on Wednesday, is a weekly meme originating from Jill at Breaking the Spine and now hosted by Wishful Endings. If you’re interested in participating, stop by Wishful Endings to link up your posts. In the summer of 1901, at the age of seven, January Scaller found a Door. You know the kind of door–they lead … Continue reading Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Book Review: In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Summary: This is the story of a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should. When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she … Continue reading Book Review: In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Book Review: Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
Beneath the Sugar Sky is the third novella in Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series, published by tor.com. It's a little hard to review this book, or even give a summary without spoiling parts of the first book, so if you haven't read the series at all and are thinking about checking it out, I'd suggest … Continue reading Book Review: Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
