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A Mirror Mended
by Alix E. Harrow
A Mirror Mended picks up where Alix E. Harrow's similarly excellent A Spindle Splintered leaves off: with protagonist Zinnia Gray hopping across the fairy-tale-verse rescuing various iterations of Sleeping Beauty, not least by giving them agency in their own narratives.
But then, through a mirror, Zinnia is drawn into a Snow White tale. That's a twist. Zinnia promptly gets captured by and forms a crush on a villain who may not fully be a villain, finds out that the innocent may not be so innocent after all, and learns that being hero doesn't mean going solo but involves a community of friends.
Brimming with pop-cultural and academic references, and moments of genuine emotion and insight, A Mirror Mended is a brief but rich and rewarding book. Protagonist-narrator Zinnia is snarky and smart and self-doubting and absolutely wonderful. I can only hope that Harrow will write a third Fractured Fable.
But then, through a mirror, Zinnia is drawn into a Snow White tale. That's a twist. Zinnia promptly gets captured by and forms a crush on a villain who may not fully be a villain, finds out that the innocent may not be so innocent after all, and learns that being hero doesn't mean going solo but involves a community of friends.
Brimming with pop-cultural and academic references, and moments of genuine emotion and insight, A Mirror Mended is a brief but rich and rewarding book. Protagonist-narrator Zinnia is snarky and smart and self-doubting and absolutely wonderful. I can only hope that Harrow will write a third Fractured Fable.