The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alex E. Harrow Book Review

 The Ten Thousand Doors of January 

By Alex E. Harrow 

Hugo Award Nominated book, Debut Novel 

Published Year: 2019

Page Count: 347 pages 

Medium Used: Kindle PW 

Genre : Multiverse, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic, Fiction, 2024-read. 

Rating : 4.5/5 😀😀😀😀

This is a well written story. It is filled with endless adventures and lots of surprises. The main character is a young girl, January, who has lost her mother in an escapade when she was a child. She doesn't know, until much later, what has happened to her. Her father is a never present entity that works for a rich man as a rare artifact finder. She is raised, isolated and alone with her books and pet dog, Sindbad, in the house of her father's employer. This is what looks on the surface. But underneath, her father has unsuccessfully been searching, for seventeen years, for 'Doors' which would trace his path back to her mother. 

There are Ten Thousand  Doors in this world where the resonance with other worlds is weaker and inexplicable. At these points, it is feasible to sneak/leap from one world to the other. There is a story of deep love and adventure that brought together January's mother and father. They have a daughter and they are separated again. While the father is leaving a trail in the wake of his search for her mother, someone from a well connected and super rich, secret society is closing/shutting down all those doors he was traversing. Who are they and what do they have to gain from their actions ? What role does January play in bringing her parents back together? What special talents does she have that help and guide her on her solitary path fighting forces of evil and death? 

Intrigued by this story. Will check out the sequel.