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4.5 stars! I loved reading this. It was thoroughly enjoyable! I am definitely looking forward to the next one!!
I have never read anything like this. Of course there were a couple of things that could have been done better or more clear.. there are some loose ends that I'm like ????? but hopefully that will be tied up in subsequent books. All I know is that I loved this book. It made me cry and when a book makes me cry, it's 5 stars.
Wow, just, wow. I listened to the audiobook of this and first of all, it was exceptionally done. Second of all, it has been a while since I have read a book that basically kept part of myself with it. When I finished this, I felt like... empty.. but in a good way. If that makes any sense. This was just purely incredible. Best book I've read this year.
I'm not even sure what to rate this. Here's the thing- I loved the story, the murders the mystery.. for once I had no idea who the murderer could be. BUT. THERE WAS AN ENTIRELY UNNEEDED So yeah, not sure what to rate it. 3.5 stars probably but giving it 3 on here because it doesn't deserve the same star number as SJTR.
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LOVE TRIANGLE. That freaking love triangle ruined this for me. The ringmaster himself was a good character and interesting but the fact that Audrey actually got confused and entertained the notion of this guy as a serious romantic interest? BULL. It ruined my enjoyment. I'm sorry I just am so mad about it. At least it ended as it should but gah
4.5 stars! So much fun to listen to and actually has me hanging on to the seat of my pants at some places! I even almost cried. ALMOST!!
Thank you to NetGalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for the e-arc to review!
Deep in space, humanity now lives among a fleet of ships, and the season for the faded royals to get engaged is here. The Valg Season is a courtship ritual held for 4 weeks every 5 years and this is Princess Leoni "Leo" Kolburg's last chance to secure a wealthy match to save her family from financial ruin.
However, when her first love returns 3 years after Leo broke his heart, Leo finds that she may not have ever stopped loving him. As she rediscovers her feelings, Leo finds herself uncovering dangerous plots, blackmail, and secrets long left buried.
It's strange, because I usually am not drawn to sci-fi romances, especially not ones likened to the bachelorette, but I found myself thoroughly enthralled by this story. The world building wasn't super strong, but I didn't find myself minding that in the slightest as I found myself latched onto Leo and her story. Leo is a lot like me- curvier, not one for parties and plastered smiles, much preferring to be left in silence to read her books. This is me!
I was also a big fan of Elliot. Both of these main characters were well-written and very believable as people, which made it easy to feel for them in their rollercoaster of ups and downs. And their romance! I love back and forths like this, playing tug-of-war with my feelings.
I was mildly interested in the underlying plot and mystery. There were moments where it felt completely secondary- this is definitely a book where I would say the romance is the main focus and the sneaky plots were merely sprinkled in for a bit of intrigue and weren't the point of the book. Again, I did not mind this because I definitely enjoyed the other aspects.
I would say one thing I did not like was that the ending felt far too rushed. Everything else felt more like a slow burn and then bam bam bam we're at the end with everything neatly tied up.
I still enjoyed it though!
If you want a fun, light read with a straightforward plot, a couple of compelling characters, and some well-done romance, this is the book for you!
Deep in space, humanity now lives among a fleet of ships, and the season for the faded royals to get engaged is here. The Valg Season is a courtship ritual held for 4 weeks every 5 years and this is Princess Leoni "Leo" Kolburg's last chance to secure a wealthy match to save her family from financial ruin.
However, when her first love returns 3 years after Leo broke his heart, Leo finds that she may not have ever stopped loving him. As she rediscovers her feelings, Leo finds herself uncovering dangerous plots, blackmail, and secrets long left buried.
It's strange, because I usually am not drawn to sci-fi romances, especially not ones likened to the bachelorette, but I found myself thoroughly enthralled by this story. The world building wasn't super strong, but I didn't find myself minding that in the slightest as I found myself latched onto Leo and her story. Leo is a lot like me- curvier, not one for parties and plastered smiles, much preferring to be left in silence to read her books. This is me!
I was also a big fan of Elliot. Both of these main characters were well-written and very believable as people, which made it easy to feel for them in their rollercoaster of ups and downs. And their romance! I love back and forths like this, playing tug-of-war with my feelings.
I was mildly interested in the underlying plot and mystery. There were moments where it felt completely secondary- this is definitely a book where I would say the romance is the main focus and the sneaky plots were merely sprinkled in for a bit of intrigue and weren't the point of the book. Again, I did not mind this because I definitely enjoyed the other aspects.
I would say one thing I did not like was that the ending felt far too rushed. Everything else felt more like a slow burn and then bam bam bam we're at the end with everything neatly tied up.
I still enjoyed it though!
If you want a fun, light read with a straightforward plot, a couple of compelling characters, and some well-done romance, this is the book for you!
........wow. You know when you read a book that becomes so entwined with your very soul that when it's finished, it takes a piece of you with it? That is this book.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January is... beautiful. An aching sort of beauty. The kind that leaves you breathless, that has you catching yourself just before you start to cry without precisely knowing why. This is the kind of story that makes me sit and think and feel things that I didn't even know I could feel. Heals in places I didn't even know were aching.
This is that book.
I listened to the audio book which was expertly narrated.
Ugh here I am, tearing up again just thinking about this book.
Wow
The Ten Thousand Doors of January is... beautiful. An aching sort of beauty. The kind that leaves you breathless, that has you catching yourself just before you start to cry without precisely knowing why. This is the kind of story that makes me sit and think and feel things that I didn't even know I could feel. Heals in places I didn't even know were aching.
This is that book.
I listened to the audio book which was expertly narrated.
Ugh here I am, tearing up again just thinking about this book.
Wow
