A Winter's Promise

Beneath her shabby scarf and thick glasses, Ophelia hides singular gifts: she can read the past of objects, and walk through mirrors, into other worlds.

Unexpectedly betrothed to an icy foreigner, Thorn, Ophelia is torn from her peaceful home and must learn to survive in a new place, cold and cruel. She quickly comes to realize that she is at the center of a conspiracy that could threaten the entire universe.

This fantasy novel is richly layered and incredibly gripping. But while the plot and world are brilliantly crafted, what truly stuck with me is the “will they, won’t they”… show more.

This is the first book in The Mirror Visitor quartet—an exceptional series.

It’s dystopian YA, and the richness of the worldbuilding is on par with The Hunger Games (although the setting is more akin to life in the Capitol of Panem, rather than the impoverished districts). It’s funny, because when I first started reading it, I wasn’t immediately sold…yet after fifty pages or so, I couldn’t put it down.

As for the worldbuilding itself—the story takes place on floating arks which formed after the world was smashed apart. Each ark has its own power—fascinating ones that don’t feel juvenile or… show more.