While January is somewhat shielded from some of this because of her placement with Locke, she is still kept in a gilded cage, and eventually put in an asylum under guise of hysteria when in actuality she is more inconvenient for Locke and his contemporaries when she becomes a perceived threat. We see the struggles of life in Edwardian-era England for not only women, but also women of color within a certain social stature.
What I will say about this book that I did like was the way that Harrow incorporated social issues of the time period into the book. I am almost never going to be able to vet a fantasy title super well because as a genre it’s not my bag, baby (a phrase that was tossed around in book club during the discussion). So going into my review of “The Ten Thousand Doors of January”, you need to take all of this with a grain of salt. We’re back to a familiar statement from me during a Book Club post and discussion: I am not really a fantasy reader outside of a few specific exceptions, be it titles (“The Lord of the Rings” “The Neverending Story”) or sub-genres (dark fantasy). 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. Where You Can Get This Book: WorldCat | Amazon | Indieboundīook Bingo Prompt: A book with a misleading titleīook Description: In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. Book: “The Ten Thousand Doors of January” by Alix E.
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