Name: Briar's Reviews's review of The Mirror in My Dorm Room (a Time Travel Story) by Lashonda Beauregard
Item: The Mirror in My Dorm Room (a Time Travel Story)
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Lashonda Beauregard

Set in the fictional town of Summersville, Louisiana, Justina Oceans is just a regular college student about to start her second year of college at the University of Summersville in Louisiana. Justina's ordinary college life takes a turn one night after she walks through an old mirror in her dorm room and goes back in time to 1932. While Justina is back in 1932 everyone believes that she's Laurice Haywoods, a famous star of the 1920's and 30's who's boyfriend is Braston Brawns, a talented musician who's career is taking off as well. During Justina's time travels she learns why the past keeps pulling her back into Laurice Haywoods' world back in 1932.

The Mirror in My Dorm Room (a Time Travel Story)

Briar's Reviews

The Mirror In My Dorm Room by Lashonda Beauregard is an epic tale about time travel.

To begin with, I paralleled Justina almost perfectly when reading this book! I am a marketing student, heading into sophomore year and I am definitely ready to start a new semester! That being said, some of the comments about college are definitely true - you need your ID (it's essential), some semesters are harder than others, the information about work studies, and sometimes the older dorms are the prettiest (in style). 

This book felt like it was written by a college student, which was a nice touch. I'm not sure if it was intended to read like that, but it worked. 

The time travel part of this story was a fun twist to the usually typical college story. It had a similar vibe to Alice Through the Looking Glass mixed with a confused identity. Justina, a college student in current day, is now Laurice in the 1930s when she steps through the mirror in her dorm room.

I felt like this story had a lot of potential and is heading towards the right direction. At times, the story came to a full stop at a break in the chapter, which threw the flow off for me. Some of the small drama scenes could have been extended with a little more action or conversation to assist in the ease of the story's flow. I also wondered how Justina knew managers and famous singers of the 1930s when she had just traveled back through time. She didn't seem to have the memories of Laurice and was very confused, only to know things pages later that she hadn't been aware of moments earlier. It was a little strange.

There's also times where certain comments are explained more than once in the same page - Rayla is a Nursing major and is taking biology. They see her a lot in biology because she's a Nursing major, and Nursing majors have biology. This happened with quite a few characters, not just solely Rayla. My biggest pet peeve was a sentence about Roger where chemistry was mentioned three times without the full stop. At times, it felt like the comments were purposely used for comedy, but they happened so often it just seemed to be Lashonda's writing style.

With a little more description (like how Justina's cute, little pink dress looked) I think this book would really blossom into a truly magnificent piece of writing. Even a little more background on what happened to Justina as Laurice near the end instead of a sudden stop! The ending was getting so good and I was so excited to read what happened, and it was just a quick summary! 

For my cons, there were some sentences I would have fixed up. For example, lots of repetition and comments ending in "said", starting multiple sentences in a row with the same word, some grammatical errors in word choice and very short 3 word sentences. The only reason I notice these things is because I had two back to back English classes these past semesters in college. Most people probably wouldn't catch on, but it's noticeable on my end. 

Overall, Lashonda Beauregard has a specific writing style that wasn't meant for me. The book is really cute, lots of fun and a nice take on time travel! I definitely recommend this novel to those who like science fiction and time travel stories! 

Two out of five stars.

I received a free copy of this novella from the author Lashondra Beauregard in exchange for an honest review.

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