SPORTOCHICK’S MUSINGS: This is a fascinating storyline, and the cast of characters are interesting and complex. It made a huge impact on me.

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The Mirror
The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 2
by Nora Roberts
Narrated by Brittany Pressley

Pub Date Nov 19 2024
Macmillan Audio

DESCRIPTION

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts continues the hauntingly spectacular Lost Bride Trilogy with book two, The Mirror.

When Sonya MacTavish inherits the huge Victorian mansion on the coast of Maine, she has no idea that the house is haunted. The footsteps she hears at night, the doors slamming, the music playing, are not figments of her imagination. In her dreams she sees glimpses of the past. In the present she finds portraits of brides. And when she has visions of an antique mirror, she is drawn to it, sensing it holds dark family secrets.

Then one night the mirror appears and Sonya glides through this looking glass, into the past—and sees a bride murdered on her wedding day, the circle of gold torn from her finger. It is a scene that will play out again and again—a centuries-old curse that must be broken—and a puzzle she must solve if there is any hope of breaking the curse.

REVIEW

Narrator: Brittany Pressley did a great job with the male, female and era voices.

The Book: This is a fascinating storyline, and the cast of characters are interesting and complex. It made a huge impact on me.

Sonya’s best friend, Cleo, is living with her in the haunted house as a support system along with visits from Sonya’s cousin, Owen, and her romantic interest Trey. These four characters all believe in the mysterious happenings and work together to find the solution to the lurking evil in the house.

What I like about this book is that even though there are some scary parts, the development of them is more eerie and not terrifying which I really appreciate. The unfolding of how the bride deaths occurred are well written and fit with the era that they occurred.

The reader will be kept on their toes between the various ghosts, an evil witch, and the time travel to view the deaths or relevant events.

The biggest impact of this book to me was not something the author could have planned. As the story unfolded, I observed the friendships between these friends and the various ghosts, and I felt the need for community. A wider community than I currently have. It wasn’t the feeling of loneliness, but the feeling of what life could be like when you trusted people and let them in to share in your trials and tribulations and allowed them to be your support system. I thought to myself what if I was braver like these for people. Imagine the possibilities.

Because this audio book had such a huge impact on me, it gets 5 STARS. Let me know what you think of this book.

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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