306 reviews for:

Mirror Girls

Kelly McWilliams

3.92 AVERAGE

jessica_anne's review against another edition

4.0

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I enjoyed this story and found the overall plot engaging, but some of the fantasy elements didn’t quite land for me. 

rmperash's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

auberellareads's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

silent_tunderr's review against another edition

2.75

mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

and_cats's review

3.25

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

bani's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad 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

laislovely's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious 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: Complicated

nikkidoesstuff's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

lil_squid's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

brandilovesbooks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Mirror Girls is an expertly woven tale.  Multiracial twins, one born white and the other born black, are separated weeks after their births.  

Seventeen years later, Charlie accompanies her dying Nana back to Eureka, Georgia.  Raised in New York City, Charlie is no stranger to segregation.  She is shocked to see how different life is for blacks south of the Mason-Dixon Line.

Magnolia is called to the bed of her dying grandmother.  Here she learns that she has been living a lie.  Her mother was a black maid working at the plantation house when she fell in love with the plantations heir.  Magnolia now has a choice- continue pretending to be white or embrace her black heritage.

The twins' reunion is complicated by a curse, ghostly messages, and an upcoming protest.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a glimpse life under Jim Crow.