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The House With the Golden Door by Elodie Harper

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lilygracekay's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

nicole_tree's review against another edition

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5.0

What I Liked:
Honestly everything! If you read my review for the first book in this trilogy, you know that I absolutely adored it. This book is no different. No scratch that. It elevated everything from book 1. I was in desperate NEED to know what happened with Amara, I gasped at a few reveals, and stared at my wall when I realized book 3 isn’t out for a year.

Harper did an amazing job with showing how the trauma each character experienced is trying to cope with what happened to them. And she does not shy away from the brutalities that come with just trying to survive. Not to mention her talent at writing about those we try to ignore. Harper quickly jumped to one of my favorite authors with this book.

What I Didn’t Like:
This is probably one of the few times there is not a single thing that I didn’t like. Every piece of this masterpiece was amazing and I can’t stop thinking about it!

Would I Recommend?
YES!! Everyone PLEASE read this series! I am obsessed with both Harper’s writing, and every character in this book. And with how close we’re getting to the big Pompeii event, I need someone else to read this with me so we can obsess over how great of a character Amara is and can be sad together (if it ends up coming to that)

tashferatu's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.5

shauna_grenead's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

lynne_booksquares's review

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dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

bookphenomena_micky's review against another edition

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sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No

4.0

Headlines:
Free but still owned
Amara takes all the risks
Tragedy lurks

The House with the Golden Door ramped up the tension when it felt it couldn't get higher than Wolf Den. While this sequel had less trauma and violence on page, it lurked in the background and I was constantly waiting for the shoe to drop.

If I expected life to be more even for Amara as a freed woman, I was wrong. Amara made lots of decisions that were hard to witness, yet quite understandable. On the one hand it was good to see some personal satisfaction for Amara while watching through my fingers.

The Wolf Den friends were a big part of this story and I admired Amara's actions with regards to them. I hated where some of this ended up. Felix remained vile, Rufus was as uninspiring as I expected and other men in her life showed some spark of integrity.

The plot in the sequel was strong, clever and nuanced. I enjoyed this read immensely and I'm avidly looking forward to the final installment. I dare to hope for Amara's future...

Thank you to Head of Zeus and Tandem Collective for the review copy.