A Winter's Promise: The Mirror Visitor Book 1 (The Mirror Visitor Quartet, 1)

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You want to solve every problem on your own,” she continued in a choked voice, “even if it means using people like chess pieces, even if it means making yourself hated by the whole world.” The author has created such a unique and expansive world for her characters. I absolutely loved reading about the scenery and what on earth she was going to get herself into next! It had so many twists and turns! I found getting through this book extremely easy, completing it in just three sittings. A fascinating world and magic system, bogged down by court intrigue and a main character that could have used more spice and distinctiveness

Pfffff. J'en peux plus de ces gens. Donnez moi des nuances, faites moi croire en vos personnages. Ces marionnettes en papier mâché ont cessé de m'amuser bien trop vite.Ophelia is successful in her new position to but it soon appears there is something sinister going on when one influential courtier after another disappears. Ophelia once again finds herself involved in the investigation that follows. Ogni cosa viene svelata pagina dopo pagina ma alla fine ci ritroviamo con ancora più dubbi di prima, nonostante la nostra illusione di avere imparato o carpito qualcosa. La scrittura sostiene benissimo e in maniera elegante tutto l'arco narrativo. Ophelie’s scarf is her golem. It is an old thing, dusty and whimsical, that spends its time sleeping on the shoulder of its mistress. It’s a bit

First off Archibald's castle, changing spaces, masterpiece of architecture is literally a place I WANT to visit! It is an embassy where the different rivals can come and not be killed off... only is it as safe as they say?! Well there are some magical things like taking rooms to their own spaces, that do a good job at maintaining safety but there are always ways to get around those features...Dabos won the first "Premier roman jeunesse" (trad: "First young adult novel") contest organized by Gallimard Jeunesse, RTL, and Télérama in the spring of 2012, with her script for A Winter’s Promise. [1] Long ago, following a cataclysm called ‘the Rupture’, the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands, named the Arks. The inhabitants of these arks each possess a unique power Then she is thrust into the most incredible of worlds!!!! Can you imagine?! Well that world doesn't appear until 25%! But we HAD to see what kind of person Ophelia is and what her circumstances are and the horrible situation she is thrust into... that took 24%. This is actually quite a tight setup, some books take upwards of 40 to 50% (and I could name quite a few hyped books that do...) so really A Winter's Promise gets underway and once it does I'm drawn right into Thorn's world... The world that Ophelia must navigate otherwise she won't survive to see herself married.