I loved The Book of Doors, by Gareth Brown, so I was very excited to read this (although disappointed that it wasn’t a hoped for sequel to the book of doors).
The genre and style is this book is similar to the first – ordinary people finding themselves as guardians to magical artifacts that could have terrible effects on the world if they get into the wrong hands.
I did like the book, it is very much the kind of story that I like. I don’t know if my feelings for it was slightly dimmed by being sad that it was not a continuation of the book of door, but I don’t think I loved it as much as that. It’s funny though, that even books I have read before and I re-read can resonate with me differently, either loving them more or less or just differently, so I can acknowledge that the book is probably just as good as the first but my reaction was off (laughing emoji!)
Sarah Wray Writer 