Monday, June 23, 2025

Review: A Door in the Dark

A Door in the Dark A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The first book in a YA fantasy trilogy that somehow slid under the radar despite coming from the same publisher that used to present all the Cassandra Clare books, from an author who’s long been skilled at sliding under the radar with good material. I happened to see the complete trilogy on a shelf at B&N, so my mission, and I choose to accept it, is to read them all. This first book is a very unusual combination of subgenres: dark academia and survival thriller. It also taps into the romantasy enemies to lovers trend a bit, but it’s my hope that these leads stay enemies in the end, because like a lot of such lead characters, they’re an anti-ship for me. In this case, purely because Ren has strong personal reasons for wanting to bring down Theo’s ill gotten gains. Luckily, I’ve already got Book 2 ready to start today.

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