A Door in the Dark
Books | JUVENILE FICTION / General
1.9
Scott Reintgen
An instant New York Times bestseller! “For readers who have just finished Naomi Novik’s The Golden Enclaves and are ravenous for more dark academia” (Booklist), this “pulse-pounding” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) fantasy thriller follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded in the wilderness.Ren Monroe has spent four years proving she’s one of the best wizards in her generation. But top marks at Balmerick University will mean nothing if she fails to get recruited into one of the major houses. Enter Theo Brood. If being rich were a sin, he’d already be halfway to hell. After a failed and disastrous party trick, fate has the two of them crossing paths at the public waxway portal the day before holidays; Theo’s punishment is to travel home with the scholarship kids—which doesn’t sit well with any of them. A fight breaks out. In the chaos, the portal spell malfunctions. All six students are snatched from the safety of the school’s campus and set down in the middle of nowhere. And one of them is dead on arrival. If anyone can get them through the punishing wilderness with limited magical reserves it’s Ren. She’s been in survival mode her entire life. But no magic could prepare her for the tangled secrets the rest of the group is harboring, or for what’s following them through the dark woods…
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Author
Scott Reintgen
Pages
368
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2023-03-28
ISBN
1665918683 9781665918688
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"The premise of this story was mysterious yet epic. We begin with a group of people far from home and one of them is dead. Then the story rewinds. This drew me in completely and I didn't know how or when we would arrive back to this mess. I would suggest going in blind here and reading no further.
It's strange to say that this had the makings of a self-published book. Let me explain. There was an unpredictability about the plot and also no info dumping which left plenty of mystery about the world and magic. It felt very untouched by other hands and I enjoyed the quality quite a bit.
Ren was enjoyable to follow. A lower class citizen with photographic memory and street smarts. And while people laughed at her know-it-all-attitude they started appreciating it when lives were at stake. While the side characters could have been more flushed out it didn't bother me. They all seem to be a set up for something bigger.
Fast pace, dark, adventurous, with a complex magic system and a great twist. Loved the world-building and all the limitations and rules on magic. The cover is pretty epic as well which gives more meaning after the story is read.
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She’d have been more impressed, but her mother had always taught her that it was easy for someone to live out the first few days of an apology. The true test was whether or not they held their course when the sting of correction faded. How quickly would they revert to who they really were?"
Ashley
"Such a great read. It took me a bit to grasp the magic and how it works. The story itself is unique and interesting. Love the world that the author created. It was easy to wrap myself into it once I found a groove. And of course it’s even better with the twist at the end that I didn’t see coming. And they are by far the best kind"
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Tanya Andoniadis