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A review by bibliophilicwitch
Mirror Sight by Kristen Britain
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Spoilers
Throughout Blackveil I found Amberhill's chapters to provide nothing to the overall story. I was passingly intrigued by what the reader can tell is clearly an influence pressed upon him by the mysterious dragon ring and yet those chapters made essentially no progress even for Amberhill's arc. This did not stop me from figuring out almost immediately after starting Mirror Sight that the Empire introduced to Kerrigan shortly after her arrival in Mill Town is Amberhill's Empire instead of Mornhavon's. I also knew by the point of her altercation in the alley that she was in the future. In addition to feeling rather predictable, I did not care much for what it would mean for Kerrigan to be in the future in the setting of her world but as the story progressed and I was drawn into the machinations of the characters we were introduced to and the mystery of how Kerrigan would return to her time I found myself buying into the gimmick as well as the plot.
I found the romantic subplot to work well as it developed over the course of around six months and also showed that her time away from Zachary was giving herself the space to love others just as she had started allowing herself to want with Alton before he shot her down. I did find how that played out at the end to be... weird and feel it could've been much better explored. A lot of time has passed between the events of the last book and Kerrigan's return with very little progress regarding Estral's voice and missing father and the wall. We are told that there have been skirmishes with the Old Empire indicating slight development with Grandmother and Lala but after returning to the present and wrapping up Mirror Sight one can't help but recognize how odd the pacing ended up being around the events of this book compared to the others and its disappointing this was better considered. It's obvious that the arc of this book served to introduce another villain with a just out-of-reach solution for the later books to deal with just as The High King's Tomb served to extend the threat of Mornhavon. From what I have read of other reviews I have come to understand that the series was originally planned as a four book series but had been extended and I can see how this book was used to extend the series and as a bit of a filler.
Once pulled in I enjoyed the majority of Mirror Sight with the ending just feeling a bit rough and indicating that the arc of this book was added to what was originally plotted for this world.
Throughout Blackveil I found Amberhill's chapters to provide nothing to the overall story. I was passingly intrigued by what the reader can tell is clearly an influence pressed upon him by the mysterious dragon ring and yet those chapters made essentially no progress even for Amberhill's arc. This did not stop me from figuring out almost immediately after starting Mirror Sight that the Empire introduced to Kerrigan shortly after her arrival in Mill Town is Amberhill's Empire instead of Mornhavon's. I also knew by the point of her altercation in the alley that she was in the future. In addition to feeling rather predictable, I did not care much for what it would mean for Kerrigan to be in the future in the setting of her world but as the story progressed and I was drawn into the machinations of the characters we were introduced to and the mystery of how Kerrigan would return to her time I found myself buying into the gimmick as well as the plot.
I found the romantic subplot to work well as it developed over the course of around six months and also showed that her time away from Zachary was giving herself the space to love others just as she had started allowing herself to want with Alton before he shot her down. I did find how that played out at the end to be... weird and feel it could've been much better explored. A lot of time has passed between the events of the last book and Kerrigan's return with very little progress regarding Estral's voice and missing father and the wall. We are told that there have been skirmishes with the Old Empire indicating slight development with Grandmother and Lala but after returning to the present and wrapping up Mirror Sight one can't help but recognize how odd the pacing ended up being around the events of this book compared to the others and its disappointing this was better considered. It's obvious that the arc of this book served to introduce another villain with a just out-of-reach solution for the later books to deal with just as The High King's Tomb served to extend the threat of Mornhavon. From what I have read of other reviews I have come to understand that the series was originally planned as a four book series but had been extended and I can see how this book was used to extend the series and as a bit of a filler.
Once pulled in I enjoyed the majority of Mirror Sight with the ending just feeling a bit rough and indicating that the arc of this book was added to what was originally plotted for this world.