With the dream of Avalon in ruins, Tamsin and her friends are all that stands in the way of Lord Death’s plans to unleash the horrors of Anwnn on the world of the living. As the Wild Hunt carves a bloody path across continents, Tamsin is mustering allies, tracking down powerful artifacts, and traversing into new otherlands in search of a way to stop him.
Legend tells of a “Mirror of Beasts,” powerful enough to trap even Lord Death in its accursed glass, but the mirror is not all that it seems. Tamsin must confront her own darkest secrets if she hopes to tap the mirror’s strength to defeat her enemies.
Arthurian legend bleeds into contemporary action, and scars of the past are torn open anew by a starcrossed love that refuses to go quietly. This riveting conclusion to the Silver in the Bone duology will hold you in its thrall until the very last page.
“Nash used to say that living your life was like shuffling a deck of cards. One day you might draw a good hand, the next, a bad beat. But buying into that meant surrendering what control we did have. Life wasn’t drawing cards at random, it was choosing to pick up the deck, it was choosing how to shuffle, it was choosing the rules of play.”
This book packed a punch in so many ways it was thrilling, adventurous, heartbreaking, romantic, and all of the above. The Mirror of Beasts is such a perfect conclusion in this duology and I never wanted it to end.
“I don’t want a dream,” he whispered. I felt almost drunk with the sound of it, the husk of those words. “It’s always been real to me.”
Tamsin and Emrys… weeee! That’s all I can say about the roller coaster of these two, but man did I LOVE Emrys in this one. Conversely, my heart just broke for Cabell and Tamsin and everything they fight against and for in this story. Cabells small POVs we saw just broke my heart. I wanted to hug him so hard. Finally our “found family” of ladies was just epic and I loved watching them fight together.
The lore was amazing, the characters perfect and this is an epic finish to this other-worldly duology. I loved it so much. If these books are on your list, and you love epic adventure with a side of darkness and romance… definitely give it a try!
Jotted by Jena 