The Mirror
The Lost Bride Trilogy, Book 2
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4.6 • 79 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher 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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The only thing more chilling than living in a haunted mansion is uncovering the truth about how it got that way. Sonya has almost gotten used to living with her best friend, Cleo, in the lavish estate she unexpectedly inherited—and the ghosts she inherited with it. But soon she begins having recurring dreams of a mirror. Through it, Sonya can travel through time, visiting one of her estate’s ghosts every evening to see how each of them was killed…on their wedding nights. Nora Roberts is a master of dreamy atmosphere, and this sequel to Inheritance had us completely swept up in the darkly romantic mystery, fascinated by each of the tragic brides and desperate to know what the mansion’s malevolent spirit, Hester Dobbs, had to do with them. If you’re curious about Roberts’ Lost Bride Trilogy, The Mirror will make you a fan.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The suspenseful second installment of bestseller Roberts's Lost Bride Trilogy (after Inheritance) brings more cozy romance and heightened ghostly scares. Sonya MacTavish and her best friend, Cleo Fabares, have settled into a comfortable life in Lost Bride Manor, the haunted house Sonya inherited in coastal Maine in book one, despite increasing antipathy from one of the manor's many ghosts, the evil witch Hester Dobbs. Over the previous two centuries, Dobbs murdered seven brides who married into the Poole side of Sonya's family and it's on Sonya to find the brides' wedding rings and break the curse Dobbs placed on the manor. Along with her beau, Trey, and cousin Owen (who has strong chemistry with Cleo)—as well as their loyal pets—Sonya is determined to flourish in her new home. This volume digs deeper into the haunting of Lost Bride Manor, elucidating more of the players and expanding the worldbuilding through effective flashbacks that deliver necessary backstory without slowing the momentum. The result is quintessential Roberts: richly detailed wish fulfillment seasoned with the mounting tension of a carefully plotted mystery. Captivating characters and a cliffhanger ending will leave readers eager for more.
Customer Reviews
Boring
This book didn’t feel like Nora Roberts writing. It was dull, and I skim read most of it.
Not recommended and I used to LOVE her books!
Not her best work.
When compared with other book written by Robert’s the writing is stilted and dull.