The Ten Thousand Doors of January

At some point this night I decided I'd try the r/fantasy bingo again, after getting about halfway through last year (or was it 2 years ago?). For starters, I read this one for the “Books about books” square, with “No library” hard mode.

It's a good book. It reads like a modern fairytale, but not in the way books like Patricia McKillip are (which feel out of time, ancient, “true” fairytales), instead decidedly modern and aimed at adults. It has an interesting narrative structure, an almost effortless sense of worldbuilding and charming characters.

You won't necessarily find anything new in this book. It takes some existing tropes and brings them together wonderfully. Definitely worth a read!