Book Recommendation – The Book of Doors

“The Book of ….” It is probably a coincidence that the last couple books I have read have titles that start with those three words. While today’s book is similar to The Book of Lost Hours, The Book of Doors was one that read like a cool sci-fi movie.

Here is the Goodreads synopsis:

If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go?

In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It’s a book—an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings. And at the very front there is a handwritten message to Cassie, telling her that this is the Book of Doors, and that any door is every door.

What Cassie is about to discover is that the Book of Doors is a special book that bestows an extraordinary powers on whoever possesses it, and soon she and her best friend Izzy are exploring all that the Book of Doors can do, swept away from their quiet lives by the possibilities of travelling to anywhere they want.

But the Book of Doors is not the only magical book in the world. There are other books that can do wondrous and dreadful things when wielded by dangerous and ruthless individuals—individuals who crave what Cassie now possesses.

Suddenly Cassie and Izzy are confronted by violence and danger, and the only person who can help them is, it seems, Drummond Fox. He is a man fleeing his own demons—a man with his own secret library of magical books that he has hidden away in the shadows for safekeeping. Because there is a nameless evil out there that is hunting them all…

Because some doors should never be opened.

Admittedly, I am sitting here wondering how to write about this book without giving away spoilers. So I will say that there were many surprises in the story. As the synopsis says, Cassie gets a book from a customer. That customer will be a very important fixture in the story. The Book of Doors is full of exciting twists, some very dark/evil people, and other magical books which all come into play throughout the story.

This is the first book I’ve read by Gareth Brown. I have to admit that the creativity and imagination that went into writing this book was impressive. If magical stories is your thing, you will probably enjoy this one a lot.

3.5 out of 5 stars.