Review: The Mirror

The Mirror by Nora Roberts
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 STARS

As other reviewers noted, this book starts at the same place that Inheritance ended - on the cliffhanger.

I am sorry to say that I expected this book to move the story forward, but I'm afraid that wasn't the case. Don't get me wrong; it was a good book, but it added little to the main plotline. We are still dealing with the seven brides, but we have done nothing about trying to find their rings if that is what actually needs to happen. Hester Dobbs, the evil witch, makes several appearances, which are the book's highlight. There is a lot of repetition and discussions about food and plenty of talk about the new cat ( and it just has to be something more than a cat to be trained that fast and easily!LOL!) and the dogs.

We hear mainly about Sonya and Cleo's mundane everyday activities, though we do find out if Sonya got the big job. They did have their "event," which was mundane with no surprises, which surprised me!

In my opinion, this book almost fell into the boring category, but enough exciting things happened to prevent that. I must say that I am thoroughly intrigued by the 'good' ghosts!

I AM looking forward to book three. I need to find out if/how the curse breaks and if Cleo will become one of the cursed!

*ARC was supplied by the publisher St. Martin's Press/Macmillan Publishing, the author, and NetGalley.

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SYNOPSIS:"#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."