The Book Of Doors - Gareth Brown - Top Book Pick!

Fantasy

Rating: 9/10

Picture this…a magnificent library full of one-of-a-kind books, books with extraordinary powers. Now that’s this girl’s idea of heaven!

Cassie works in a bookstore, shelving books and finding that perfect read for customers. When one of her favourites, a charming but lonely older gentleman dies while she is closing up, she is devasted. When she discovers he has left her an unusual book, she seeks to make sense of the enigmatic words and drawings on its pages.

This is The Book Of Doors. Hold it in your hand, and any door is every door. The books true power? It can open a door to the past, allowing the borrower to travel in time.

And thus begins this wondrous adventure. Along the way she meets the librarian, a sad and frayed man tasked with keeping watch over these rare volumes. Together, along with a ragtag group of friends, they set out to return the books stolen over the centuries to their proper place.

A brilliant concept executed with stunning precision, cleverly plotted and cast with vivid characters. The book of doors has it all, magic books, intricate time loops, mesmerizing villains, protagonists you will adore and so much heart!

Footnote: In recent years I have embraced narratives told from a older voice, they are full of stories of a live fully lived and inevitably have more tales to tell than people to tell them too. Well, I for one am listening.

The “Books”

Books that affect the external reality of the physical world: book of matter, book of faces, book of flame, book of death.

Books that have an impact of the internal state of humans: book of joy, book of despair, book of memories, book of pain.

Books that have an effect on the laws of the universe: book of light, book of luck, book of health, book of safety.

Books that are considered to have superpowers: book of speed, book of illusions, book of shadows, book of control.

Book Pairing(s): Ten Thousand Doors Of January by Alix E. Harrow, Fairytale by Stephen King, Midnight Library by Matt Haig