Wow...The Ten Thousand Doors of January leaves me with so many thoughts. At turns poetic, historical, fantastical, and even a touch horrific, this book is a beautiful story of the power of Words to change the world(s) and the importance of returning Home. I will admit that I stalled about a third of the way through due to my habit of reading too many books at one time, but once I got back into it I read it all in one evening. I expected this book to be good and I’m so glad it did not disappoint. I generally have a skepticism for genre bending books, but Alix Harrow does such a beautiful job weaving history, fantasy, old-fashioned storytelling, and myth all together into a greater pattern. It reminded me a lot of both House of Leaves, which I did not like, but is incredibly interesting, and The Starless Sea, which was published the same year and on a somewhat similar topic. The Ten Thousand Doors of January may be a little starry-eyed, a touch too romantic and poetic for some, but we all need beautiful stories that reawaken us to the power and magic of Story, and this book certainly does that.