A review by steph01924
The Mirror King by Jodi Meadows

4.0

3.5 stars.

Had this sitting around and wanted to finish it up since it was only a duology (woohoo!). Man, this was long! I feel like I've been reading it for ages today.

Fairly solid ending; I enjoyed it for the most part. I liked Wil and most of the other characters, though aside from Wil and Tobiah, I don't know if I really got to know anyone else very well. It definitely portrayed the un-glamorous side of ruling a kingdom.

I could've gone with some tightening up of the plot, which would've helped with the length. There were some scenes that felt repetitive and the characters had multiple iterations of the same conversation about their failure to stop the wraith or understand how to defeat it.

What also bugged me a bit was Wil and

Spoiler

Chrysalis, and how she consistently never learned from her experiences in locking him away during big events. I know she was always worried she couldn't 'control' him, but usually if he was right in front of her she would say no and he would stop what he was doing. It was when he was by himself and imagining what she needed that shit went down. So just keep him closer! I'm glad she at least acknowledged her mistake at the end when he was giving up his life to help, this fact that she should've gotten to know him better. That was one part of the book I kept expecting: for her to maybe learn more about the wraith through him, or for him to have a bigger role than just sacrificing himself, or to learn a little more about WHY he was so loyal to her...just something more than what we got, basically

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