![]() However, I bought this book through Book of the Month, and I wanted to see it through because I’d paid for it. To be honest, I was ready to DNF it around the 60 page mark. I had a hard time because the first 150 pages of the book really dragged for me, and it was filled with pet peeves of mine: a first-person narrator who addresses the reader directly, a narrator who’s aware she’s in a story, and stream-of-consciousness writing. When I finished this book, I had to sit with it for a day before I could give it a rating. ![]() Note: Trigger warnings for this book include self-harm and animal violence. If you haven’t read the book already and want to try it out, you can read the first fifty pages on the Orbit Books website. Harrow’s spellbinding debut–step inside and discover its magic. Lush and richly imagined, a tale of impossible journeys, unforgettable love, and the enduring power of stories awaits in Alix E. 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 embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. ![]()
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