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A review by idahobekah
A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow
4.0
This book did a great job at subverting expectations. While my reading sessions of this book weren’t very long, I found myself constantly grabbing for it throughout the days I read it. An addicting and endearing main character, a story with twists and turns, and a new fairy tale world to sink our teeth into!
Just like the first book, this one does a great job of portraying LGBTQ+ characters. Most of the LGBTQ+ books I’ve read in the past are a romance book specifically, but this one has a fairly simple romantic subplot. This subplot could’ve felt forced for representation, but yet it came off as very genuine.
At risk of sounding pretentious, both this book along with its predecessor use curse words as an attempt to appeal to an older audience. It’s a little bit annoying to hear our main character swear without reason. I’m not a fan of censorship in books, so while I’m glad the author stuck their writing style in this sequel, I think this could’ve appealed to a wider audience by having the books use of language between a PG-PG13 rating. At the end of the day, it’s up to my own taste and I didn’t think the use of the swear words were necessary.
Overall: 4.5⭐️
Just like the first book, this one does a great job of portraying LGBTQ+ characters. Most of the LGBTQ+ books I’ve read in the past are a romance book specifically, but this one has a fairly simple romantic subplot. This subplot could’ve felt forced for representation, but yet it came off as very genuine.
At risk of sounding pretentious, both this book along with its predecessor use curse words as an attempt to appeal to an older audience. It’s a little bit annoying to hear our main character swear without reason. I’m not a fan of censorship in books, so while I’m glad the author stuck their writing style in this sequel, I think this could’ve appealed to a wider audience by having the books use of language between a PG-PG13 rating. At the end of the day, it’s up to my own taste and I didn’t think the use of the swear words were necessary.
Overall: 4.5⭐️