" Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent , and Starling House , with its gentle reassurances of the homes we make and the love we deserve, is more than satisfying. It's pure loveliness in book form.

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         -- Olivie Blake , New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six

"Gorgeous, poignant, and honest-- an unforgettable read.

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         -- Andrea Stewart , author of The Bone Shard Daughter

" As knife-edged and sharp as its protagonist ...A smart, spectacular contemporary Gothic that will leave its roots in you and linger in your dreams."
         -- Kat Howard , Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians Praise for Alix E. Harrow

"Devastatingly good, a sharp, delicate nested tale of worlds within worlds, stories within stories, and the realm-cracking power of words."
         -- Melissa Albert , New York Times bestselling author, on The Ten Thousand Doors of January

"One of the most unique works of fiction I've ever read."
         -- Tamora Pierce , New York Times bestselling author, on The Ten Thousand Doors of January

"I couldn't put it down."
         -- Peng Shepherd , author of The Book of M, on The Ten Thousand Doors of January

"One for the favorites shelf... Here is a book to make you happy when you gently close it. Here you will find wonder and questions and an unceasingly gorgeous love of words which compasses even the shape a letter makes against a page."
         -- NPR on The Ten Thousand Doors of January

"A love letter to imagination, adventure, the written word, and the power of many kinds of love."
         -- Kirkus Reviews on The Ten Thousand Doors of January

"A breathtaking book-brilliant and raw and dark and complicated. It's also, to be blunt, uncannily relevant."
         -- Sarah Gailey , author of Magic for Liars , on The Once and Future Witches

"This book is an amazing bit of spellcraft and resistance so needed in our times, and a reminder that secret words and ways can never be truly and properly lost, as long as there are tongues to speak them and ears to listen."
         -- P. Djèlí Clark , author of The Black God's Drums , on The Once and Future Witches

"This is a delightful, satisfying novel, a tale of women's battle for equality, of fairy tales twisted into wonderfully witchy spells, of magics both large and small, and history re-imagined. All of it is told in Alix Harrow's exquisite language and with her vivid characterizations-a great pleasure to read."
         -- Louisa Morgan , author of A Secret History of Witches , on The Once and Future Witches

"A brilliant dazzle of a book. This story of sisters and witches, memory and power cracked open my heart and set down roots there. I devoured it in enormous gulps, and utterly loved it."
         -- Kat Howard , author of An Unkindness of Magicians , on The Once and Future Witches

"A love letter to folklore and the rebellious women of history."
         -- Publishers Weekly , on The Once and Future Witches