Disclaimer: I received this finished copy from the publisher. Thanks! All opinions are my own.
Book: A Mirror Mended
Author: Alix Harrow
Book Series: Fractured Fables Book 2
Rating: 5/5
Diversity: Chronic Illness Queer MC, Lesbian characters, polyamorous character (brief), Sapphic pairings
Recommended For…: fantasy, retelling, multiverse, LGBT
Publication Date: June 14, 2022
Genre: Fantasy Retelling
Age Relevance: 16+ (romance, illness, alcohol consumption, sexual content, cursing, gore, violence)
Explanation of Above: There is some romance and very slight sexual content in this book. There are mentions of illness and alcohol consumption is show. There is also some slight cursing, some slight gore, and some violence.
Publisher: Tordotcom
Pages: 128
Synopsis: Zinnia Gray, professional fairy-tale fixer and lapsed Sleeping Beauty, is over rescuing snoring princesses. Once you’ve rescued a dozen damsels and burned fifty spindles, once you’ve gotten drunk with twenty good fairies and made out with one too many members of the royal family, you start to wish some of these girls would just get a grip and try solving their own narrative issues.
Just when Zinnia’s beginning to think she can’t handle one more princess, she glances into a mirror and sees another face looking back at her: the shockingly gorgeous face of evil, asking for her help. Because there’s more than one person trapped in a story they didn’t choose. Snow White’s Evil Queen has found out how her story ends, and she’s desperate for a better ending. She wants Zinnia to help her before it’s too late for everyone. Will Zinnia accept the Queen’s poisonous request and save them both from the hot-iron shoes that wait for them, or will she try another path?
Review: I really loved this sequel overall! I thought the story took an interesting turn and it was a fun retelling with multiversal properties! The book also had some cute romance and some interesting twists and turns. The world building was pretty well developed and the pacing was excellent.
The only issue that I had with the book is that I think it would have been better if a bit longer so that the character development was a bit better.
Verdict: It was good!
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