Member Reviews
I read the first book in the series, "Mirror Empire". It was a challenging book. This book drops you right back in the middle of the action with no recap, and I had a hard time remembering what was going on. There were lots of POV characters, all with alien sounding names, and the plot was spread out over several worlds without much overlap. I felt totally overwhelmed and confused. Generally I can mostly keep my feet even in books with a lot going on, but after reading several chapters I felt more lost than ever. And then I had to ask myself if I cared enough to keep going, and the honest answer was "no". I wasn't attached to any of these characters. I didn't remember their motivations or many of their conflicts, and while I'm clear on the overall plot of the books, I couldn't piece together this crazy quilt of narrative into anything resembling sense. It was exhausting and it didn't pay off enough for me.