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A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow

11 reviews

pvp_niki's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Child death, Gore, Infertility, Blood

q_bert13's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An interesting and short read of a multi-dimensional, and at times modern set version of both the stories of ‘sleeping beauty’ and ‘snow white’. Though personally the romance was a bit rushed (this is a short book) and the characters seem too new to attach myself to- that’s what I get for starting this series of novellas at the second entry (oops)

Overall decently fun and interesting enough to check out the other entities of the Fractured Fables series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail

torismazarine's review

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Infertility, Blood, Cannibalism, Abandonment

tea_coffee_sam's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence

Moderate: Gore, Infertility, Torture

Minor: Child death, Cannibalism

kelisabeth's review

4.0

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Classism

shaipanda's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really don’t know if I can put my feelings into words for this book. The beginning of it didn’t resonate quite as much as the first one and I wasn’t as invested but the ending absolutely split me open and despite it being fairly open ended I appreciated how it ended Zinnia’s story and felt it was fairly fitting 
Overall I really enjoyed reading this duology and would definitely recommend it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness

Moderate: Confinement, Torture, Violence, Blood

Minor: Child death, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cannibalism

lunar_lesbian's review

2.5

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Terminal illness

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Confinement

fadum35's review

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark reflective tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an ALC of this book!

A Mirror Mended is a sequel to the earlier novella, A Spindle Splintered. Zinnia's story continues as she hops from fairy tale to fairy tale to help rescue princesses. But this time, instead of another Sleeping Beauty Story, she somehow lands in Snow White--and face to face with the Evil Queen...who might not be as evil as everyone thinks.

I liked this one even better than A Spindle Splintered! I think Zinnia's character was able to develop a lot more in this one and I loved the added elements with the queen and her friends back home.  This is a super quick read but it is definitely worth it. I'm looking forward to more Fractured Fables and more about the worlds that Harrow created!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence