#BlogTour-‘The Ten Thousand Doors Of January’ by @AlixEHarrow from @orbitbooks

About the book…

‘A gorgeous, aching love letter to stories, storytellers and the doors they lead us through . . . absolutely enchanting’ Christina Henry, bestselling author of Alice

EVERY STORY OPENS A DOOR

In a sprawling mansion filled with exotic 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.

But her quiet existence is shattered when she stumbles across a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. As each page reveals more impossible truths about the world, January discovers a story that might just be the key to unlocking the secrets of her past.

‘A gorgeously written story of love and longing, of what it means to lose your place in the world and then have the courage to find it again. This book is a door I’m glad to have opened’ Kat Howard, author of An Unkindness of Magicians

‘A tantalising quest through strange and beautiful places and a love story that spans time, worlds and magic. I couldn’t put it down’Peng Shepherd, author of The Book of M

Many thanks to the incredible Tracy Fenton of ‘Compulsive Readers’ and the team at Orion publishing for the blog tour invite and my paperback copy of this wonderful book!

‘The Ten Thousand Doors Of January’ is available in audiobook,ebook and hardback formats from all good book sellers.

January is traditionally seen as a closed off, unendearing month full of regret for the excesses of Christmas with very little to look forward to.

In this book, January is the key to everything that happens, she is a literal doorway for the reader to another life , a reality where the books which readers regard as doorways to fantastic, incredible worlds actually lead there.

There are a finite number of these doorways, and as January writes her stories about the doors she sees, she finds herself changed in subtle ways. She lives with her guardian, the appropriately named Mr Locke in a houseful of recognised treasures where she, herself, goes unoticed until her discovery of a unique book.

This book shows her the power of doors, all ten thousand of them, which will lead you to different places if you just believe in them enough. Soon she is completely immersed in a world where her stories open doors, whilst doors themselves reveal stories.

She suddenly becomes not an encumberance, or a duty to Mr Locke but altogether something else…

As an allegory of why we read, this is an absolute gem of a love letter to the redemptive and altering power of the written word. As a book which centers the hopes and dreams of a young girl trying to find her place in the world, it is redolent in passion, love and so much warmth from the equisitely constructed prose.

To read this book is to experience it -Alix E Harrow draws you in from the very first page. January stands there, complete and original and ready to embraced by a believing reader, prepared to suspend disbelief and immerse themselves fully in the narrative.

It ends perfectly, at a place where it could exist as a stand alone novel or potentially a series opener -I,myself ,am hoping for the latter!

I love January because it poised at the very start of the year, laden with potential, ambition and scope.And January Scaller represents all those qualities and so much more. Love, regret, grief, bravery and representation-all are here in living, breathing colour. She is a startling character,and The Ten Thousand Doors Of January’ is yet another fantastic work from Orbit which is producing some incredible genre books in 2019

About the author…

I’ve been a student and a teacher, a farm-worker and a cashier, an ice-cream-scooper and a 9-to-5 office-dweller. I’ve lived in tents and cars, cramped city apartments and lonely cabins, and spent a summer in a really sweet ’79 VW Vanagon. I have library cards in at least five states.

Now I’m a full-time writer living in with my husband and two semi-feral kids in Berea, Kentucky. It is, I’m very sure, the best of all possible worlds.

My debut novel–a historical fantasy called THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY–will be out in Fall 2019 from Orbit/Redhook.

My writing is represented by Kate McKean at Howard Morhaim Literary Agency.

Links-https://alixeharrow.wixsite.com/author

 https://www.compulsivereaders.com/

Twitter @AlixEHarrow

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