Beyond the Black Door
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy
3.5
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A.M. Strickland
Beyond the Black Door is a young adult dark fantasy about unlocking the mysteries around and within us—no matter the cost...Everyone has a soul. Some are beautiful gardens, others are frightening dungeons. Soulwalkers—like Kamai and her mother—can journey into other people's souls while they sleep. But no matter where Kamai visits, she sees the black door. It follows her into every soul, and her mother has told her to never, ever open it. When Kamai touches the door, it is warm and beating, like it has a pulse. When she puts her ear to it, she hears her own name whispered from the other side. And when tragedy strikes, Kamai does the unthinkable: she opens the door. A.M. Strickland's imaginative dark fantasy features court intrigue and romance, a main character coming to terms with her asexuality, and twists and turns as a seductive mystery unfolds that endangers not just Kamai's own soul, but the entire kingdom ...An Imprint Book“I couldn’t put down this deliciously dark dream of a fantasy.” —New York Times bestselling author Lisa Maxwell“A dark delight, gorgeously written and as twisty and enigmatic as a labyrinth at twilight. I wanted to stay lost in its pages forever, wandering ever deeper into the maze of Strickland’s beguiling, intricately imagined world.” —Margaret Rogerson, New York Times bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens
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Author
A.M. Strickland
Pages
400
Publisher
Imprint
Published Date
2019-10-29
ISBN
1250198755 9781250198754
Ratings
Google: 5
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"This was an interesting storyline. I kept pushing my way through and eventually the grand finale. The main character kamai takes us through her moments as an apprentice soulwalking and about her experience of reaching adulthood feeling the pressures of having to decide on a career or forced to marry. She is dealing with the recent loss of her mother who's been murdered leaving her to live with her father; whom she just had revealed to her. <br/>She is obsessed with a black door that appears in her dreams, a door her mother had warned never to open. The story unfolds once she opens the door and meets a dark mysterious thing that seems to have the ability to influence her even outside her dream world. <br/><br/>Who or what is this dark mysterious entity? Who murdered her mother? <br/>Overall a great book. I found i particularly didn't care much for Kamai as the main character because the writer really doesn't build a whole lot on her but rather the story itself. Not much of a connection there as a reader. I also love a storyline that allows me to immerse myself in. This one didn't do it. Hence the 4 stars. I would even say maybe 3.5 because i really had to go through the entire book (last 2 chapters)for the answers. <br/>Great ending but the buildup was looooong."