The Girl with No Reflection
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husband—but her world is shaken when she discovers the dark truth the royal family has been hiding for centuries—in this lush fantasy debut perfect for fans of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night and Violet Made of Thorns.
Princess Ying Yue believed in love...once upon a time.
Yet when she’s chosen to wed the crown prince, Ying’s dreams of a fairy tale marriage quickly fall apart. Her husband-to-be is cold and indifferent, confining Ying to her room for reasons he won’t explain. Worse still are the rumors that swirl around the imperial palace: whispers of seven other royal brides who, after their own weddings, mysteriously disappeared.
Left alone with only her own reflection for company, Ying begins to see things. Strange things. Movements in the corners of her mirror. Colorful lights upon its surface. And when, on the eve of her wedding, she unwittingly tears open a gateway, she is pulled into a mirror world.
This realm is full of sentient reflections, including the enigmatic Mirror Prince. Unlike his real-world counterpart, the Mirror Prince is kind and compassionate, and before long Ying falls in love—the kind of love she always dreamed of.
But there is darkness in this new world, too.
It turns out the two worlds have a long and blood-soaked history, and Ying has a part to play in the future of them both. And the brides who came before Ying? By the time they discovered what their role was, it was already too late.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In a fantasy setting that draws upon cultural and historical elements from imperial China, 18-year-old noble Ying Yue is set to marry the emperor's only son, Crown Prince Shan Zhang Lin. But she is unhappy at the royal palace, where the prince and his family are distant and closed off. Soon, she starts noticing strange things about her new home, like reflections in the water that do not mirror reality. When Ying's reflection sweeps her away to an alternate domain, she swaps places with her reflection in order to avoid marrying the crown prince. When the mirror-world prince proves different than her own betrothed, his empathy and kindness sows further doubt in Ying about returning to her original realm. As Ying falls deeper in love with the mirror prince, however, she learns that things back home are not as they appear. Worse, she discovers a prophecy that foretells of mirror people attacking her world—and her own role in that realm's downfall. Now Ying must return home and mend the barrier between the two realities, but doing so could result in devastating consequences. An intricate plot full of intrigue and action hurtles at a breakneck pace in Chow's exhilarating debut. Ages 14–up.
