Rebecca Roanhorse

Mirrored Heavens

Emiley Jones

The core of who she was had always been there, but it took betrayal and devastation to sharpen her into something more. She would not repeat it […] but here she was. And for the first time, she realized she was more than just a victim of circumstance.

I’m still REELING from this experience, but I wanted to write a review in the moments directly after finishing. I have never been so satisfied with an ending to a series in my life. I am awed, heartbroken, baffled, obsessed, and so much more.

This was the finale I needed. There was still somehow loads of character development and insight, political maneuvering and intrigue, and plenty of action beats while bringing the story to its conclusion. There were so many moments that absolutely ripped my heart open in both positive and negative ways. I started to care for characters I never anticipated giving a damn about in the first two books.

Xiala has risen to the top as one of my all time favorite female characters. But honestly, I’m walking away from this having so many positive feelings about a lot of characters, and even the antagonists were exciting to read about. Everything was so wrapped up in each other, and there were no clear lines on who we as readers are supposed to root for

The prose is gorgeous. It’s not too flowery or hard to follow, but there are some BANGER quotes in here I want tattooed on my body. Honestly, it’s just going to take me a while to move on from this high.

Nik ✨

I’m still REELING from this experience, but I wanted to write a review in the moments directly after finishing. I have never been so satisfied with an ending to a series in my life. I am awed, heartbroken, baffled, obsessed, and so much more.

This was the finale I needed. There was still somehow loads of character development and insight, political maneuvering and intrigue, and plenty of action beats while bringing the story to its conclusion. There were so many moments that absolutely ripped my heart open in both positive and negative ways. I started to care for characters I never anticipated giving a damn about in the first two books.

Xiala has risen to the top as one of my all time favorite female characters. But honestly, I’m walking away from this having so many positive feelings about a lot of characters, and even the antagonists were exciting to read about. Everything was so wrapped up in each other, and there were no clear lines on who we as readers are supposed to root for

The prose is gorgeous. It’s not too flowery or hard to follow, but there are some BANGER quotes in here I want tattooed on my body. Honestly, it’s just going to take me a while to move on from this high.

I didn't think this last book would make me like Balam, but here we are. Like with the second, I didn't like it as much as the first. Things didn't feel rushed, necessarily, but I think this story would've benefitted from being told across four books instead of three. It could have been just me, of course, but I feel like I should have been more attached to some of the characters than I was. That said, I like the way it ended.

Mirrored Heavens

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