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The House with the Golden Door
by Elodie Harper
What i love most about this book and The Wolf Den as well, is the ever present sense of doom.
While this might sound like a terrible thing to get from a book lol, when it has you turning the page when its well past your bedtime and your baby is due to wake up in a hour, it is a GREAT thing! haha
THWTGD picks up exactly after the Wolf Den and our MC Amara is living life as a Freedwoman, though on very precarious ground. I loved living through the uncertainty of Amara's circumstance while simultaneously trying to work out where the doom/surprises were going to come from. The reality of women and their choices in the ancient world, or indeed lack thereof, is written so incredibly well that you're able to feel all the emotions with Amara even while starting to dislike her. Again, an odd thing to say but a MC with such layers to their character is a welcome change from a lot of characters that are pretty one sided and lack any depth. Amara is complex in such a way that on the one hand, had me wanting her to be knocked down a few pegs while still rooting for her not to be harmed on the other.
Amara's relationships are what makes the story and those with Victoria, Felix and Rufus are some of the most heartbreaking scenes i've read. Without spoilers, to know that people can use, betray, handle others in such a way is mind-blowing and so refreshing to read in terms of realism and igniting real emotions. Her complicated relationship with Felix was a highlight
The ending had me in my feels even while understanding exactly why she had to do it. I cannot wait for the final book in the trilogy and seeing how/if the eruption play a part in Amara's final chapter!
While this might sound like a terrible thing to get from a book lol, when it has you turning the page when its well past your bedtime and your baby is due to wake up in a hour, it is a GREAT thing! haha
THWTGD picks up exactly after the Wolf Den and our MC Amara is living life as a Freedwoman, though on very precarious ground. I loved living through the uncertainty of Amara's circumstance while simultaneously trying to work out where the doom/surprises were going to come from. The reality of women and their choices in the ancient world, or indeed lack thereof, is written so incredibly well that you're able to feel all the emotions with Amara even while starting to dislike her. Again, an odd thing to say but a MC with such layers to their character is a welcome change from a lot of characters that are pretty one sided and lack any depth. Amara is complex in such a way that on the one hand, had me wanting her to be knocked down a few pegs
Spoiler
because of the way she was embarrassed by Philos and looking down on Victoria however deserved when around her new friendsAmara's relationships are what makes the story and those with Victoria, Felix and Rufus are some of the most heartbreaking scenes i've read. Without spoilers, to know that people can use, betray, handle others in such a way is mind-blowing and so refreshing to read in terms of realism and igniting real emotions. Her complicated relationship with Felix was a highlight
Spoiler
especially because I honestly believe that if he had agreed to free her, marry her and allow her to handle his business with reall respect, Amara would have never left him. She says this of course but the reality of that for me, really had me hating her.The ending had me in my feels