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A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“In Sleeping Beauty stories, I’ve come to recognize certain moments-tropes, you might call them, repeated plot points-that have an echo to them. Pieces of the story that have been told so many times they’ve worn the page thin: the christening curse, the pricked finger, the endless sleep, the kiss. You can almost feel reality softening around you, at those times.”
A MIRROR MENDED
Thank you, Macmillan/Tor-Forge, Alix E. Harrow, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book! It releases on June 14th, 2022!
A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow is the 2nd book in the Fractured Fables series. In the first book, A Spindle Splintered, Zinnia Gray finds out she is can travel through the Fairy Tale Multiverse and spends her time rescuing all the Sleeping Beauties from a horrible fate. Now, she is getting tired. She is losing count of how many versions of Sleeping Beauty she has saved. Her best friend, Charm has married Prim and they have their own life and Zinnia is desperately trying to figure out where she belongs. When she falls through the Multiverse this time, she isn’t greeted by a Sleeping Beauty, but by the Evil Queen from Snow White. The Evil Queen, Eva, knows her fate and will do anything to escape it but she will need Zinnia’s help.
Alix E. Harrow is back and I couldn’t be more thrilled! Even though these Fractured Fables are just novellas, I will take what I can get. This second installment isn’t really a retelling per se but more of a story within the fairytale realm. I actually love the concept of the fairytale multi-verse, that there are all these fairytales in different worlds that have the same overall trope but each has its own unique signature.
Those who read the first book will love that Zinnia and her dark, sarcastic, yet witty sense of humor is back. She still has a complex illness that has her forced to face her own mortality but also figure out her place in this world while she is in it. It is hard when those around her started pursuing their own dreams and goals when she has no idea what is in store for her future. Even though this book is short, readers will see Zinnia struggle, isolate herself, confront her fears, and stop running away from her family.
I love this series and I hope there will be more! I love the representation and diversity that gives new views on the fairytales that we have all grown up with.
Alix E. Harrow is back and I couldn’t be more thrilled! Even though these Fractured Fables are just novellas, I will take what I can get. This second installment isn’t really a retelling per se but more of a story within the fairytale realm. I actually love the concept of the fairytale multi-verse, that there are all these fairytales in different worlds that have the same overall trope but each has its own unique signature.
Those who read the first book will love that Zinnia and her dark, sarcastic, yet witty sense of humor is back. She still has a complex illness that has her forced to face her own mortality but also figure out her place in this world while she is in it. It is hard when those around her started pursuing their own dreams and goals when she has no idea what is in store for her future. Even though this book is short, readers will see Zinnia struggle, isolate herself, confront her fears, and stop running away from her family.
I love this series and I hope there will be more! I love the representation and diversity that gives new views on the fairytales that we have all grown up with.