A review by kmcneil
The Mirror by Andrew D. Mellusco

3.0

I was looking for a good book to read at the beach and searched on Amazon for something akin to The Time Traveler's Wife. The Mirror came up as a recommendation. The Mirror is the story of Shay Garrett, a 20 year old on the eve of her wedding in 1978, who gets transported back in time via a mysterious and powerful mirror into her grandmothers body in 1900 on the eve of her wedding. As the book progresses, it is revealed that her grandmother, Brandy McCabe, was simultaneously transported forward in time into her granddaughter's body. I did find the book interesting, but not nearly as compelling as The Time Traveler's Wife. It takes place in Boulder, Colorado at the turn of the 20th century and in the late 1970s. I found the part about Shay Garrett being transported back in time 78 years much more enjoyable that the part about Brandy McCabe being transported forward. Fortunately, that story makes up the bulk of the book.