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La maison à la porte dorée by Elodie Harper

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namielle's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.5

This book is the second in the Wolf Den Trilogy. We follow Amara a former prostitute that must navigate her life as courtesan to a wealthy patron.

This was another strong book in the series, and I enjoyed all the characters introduced, as well as the appearances of former characters. I hated some of the decisions made by characters, but Harper’s strong suit is that she makes it fairly easy to understand why her characters are making what seem like godawful decisions.

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vabraham's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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neverlandangel's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I really enjoyed the Wolf Den when I read it in 2021 and I have only just got round to reading The House with the Golden Door. I thought this was overall an excellent read and has left us with yet another adventure for Amara to go on, which continues in the final instalment of this series.

At first, I felt the direction of the story wasn't where I wanted it to go, but actually, as I got through it, I did enjoy it and felt the progression was natural. I was definitely anxious reading a lot of this book, anticipating the myriad of possibilities that could happen to our characters we we work our way through the 500 page book. I must admit, that at times, it did feel a little long, but in some aspects, I wanted it to be longer.

I did struggle to remember what happened in the first one, but I did feel that the House with the Golden Door made lots of reference to the past book, without being overbearing and whilst also following a new plot. I thought there was good balance here and I appreciated the references because it allowed me to jog my memory.

I wish that some of the previous aspects could have been explored a little more though. I felt as though her money-lending to other women in Pompeii could have been more consistent (although with the circumstances in the book I can understand perhaps why it wasn't), but also I felt that

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Rufus was away far too much and a little bit too conveniently so that her relationship with Philos could prosper. Despite how much they grew on me as a couple, I wanted some more struggle in there. I was also anticipating Rufus to find out, which shocked me that he didn't, and I think this is some nice drama for the next book. However, I feel that Rufus was just away all the time and I wanted him to be there more to make things more difficult.

Other than this though, it was a really great read. I am excited to see how the trilogy finishes with the new book out in November.

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