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Summary: Very Good
Review: I also loved this book by Atwater-Rhodes. It was just as good as Demon in my View. I certainly suggest it to anyone even looking at this review. Let me tell you Sarah Tigress Vida is so unlike the already known if you have read Demon in my view Dominique Vida. Did anyone know she had two daughters? A total must read!
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Summary: Another great peek into the world of vampires & witches!
Review: I really liked this book, the 3rd by this author. It was nice to learn about one of the other lines of vampires, whereas her last 2 books were about Silver's line. The only negative thing i have to say is that i think it lacked a little of the crispness that the other two had. Still, a very good book with interesting and multi-layered characters, and a nice placed plot. I can't wait to read her next book!
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Summary: A great new book by a great young author!
Review: Sarah Vida may look normal but she's not. Though she plays the part of a normal 17-year-old by day at night she's a witch, and not just any witch, a Vida witch, a powerful vampire hunter. When she enters a new school she immeaditally catches the attention of two vampires, both who are far too weak to realize who she even is. But as she grows to know them better (especially the good looking Christopher) she realizes that everything in the world is not as black and white as she once saw it. She realizes that some vampires can be possibly... good? But her opnions all change when she learns that Christopher's twin brother is Nickolas, a fabled vampire that the Vida line has been hunting for ages, and who Sarah has been dying to get her hands on. But where do her loyalties lie, with Christopher or with the rules and regulations that the Vida line has bestowed on her?
I found this book to be very entertaining. Sarah is a great charecter and so are all the other new charecters in the book. It's nice to see some returning charecters (especially Caryn Smoke) too. Though the ending is weak, it's worth buying it for the first 2/3rds of the book. I reccomend it to any Atwater-Rhodes fans. Oh and while reading this book I found myself certain that Amelia was once a Night World fan. I found yet again another compairison. The SingleEarth group sounds so much like Circle Daybreak. But other than that the book is great. Enjoy!
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Summary: Come up with something new
Review: While Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' books are well written, she needs to come up with something new. Shattered Mirror is a sequel to IN THE FOREST OF THE NIGHT and A DEMON IN MY VIEW. None of the books are especially awe-inspiring, except to prove that young adults can be successful.
In Shattered Mirror, Sara Vida is a vampire-hunting witch. She is put to the test when she discovers that two students at her new school are vampires. They try to befriend her, but this is strictly prohibited by the Vida Laws. What can she do?
Her main goal is to catch the notorious Nikolas, a vampire who cuts his name into his victims. But she loses control when she learns more about him.
Shattered Mirror's ending is weak, very similar to both FOREST and DEMON. Atwater-Rhodes needs to come up with something new, and she needs to consider writing books that are not part of a series. If it were not for the ending, Mirror might have four, not three, stars.
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Summary: remarkable but a little bit disappointing
Review: This book was I think, a little bit of a let down. I wanted to see some of the old charactors we all cared about. (Risika, Aubrey, Jessica, Fala, Ather, Jagar) The only familiar charactors were Dominique and Caryn. You heard about Nikolas being so strong and everything, but if he was, why didn't we hear about him in previous books??? I didn't like the newer charactors as much as the old ones. One good thing about the book was its length. It was longer then the previous ones. It was also written better too. Overall this book is a good one, except I prefered Demon in My View and In the forests of the night.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I have to say I am very disappointed in this writer. After reading her last two books I expected her to improve in her writing. The ending didn't really catch my eye. It seemed weak, maybe a little weaker then Demon In My View's. I think she needs to go into more depth. There's just not enough. I do wish her luck and hope for a change. Something different I hope. It be nice if she could go outside of witches and vampires. It would be a change, variety is more.
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Summary: This book was OK
Review: Okay, the reason I am giving this book only 3 stars is because honestly, I think it could have been alot better. I did not like the ending though, it did hold my interest. I was never bored and I did love the characters. I love vampire/romance novels so I was ecstatic to hear about this book. I was just so disappointed... Maybe I am missing something.
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Summary: Breathless...
Review: That is how the end of this book left me. All of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes's books affect you in different ways. The stories are the same, but different. I have enjoyed them all, and my respect and admiration for this girl grows with each of her books. I like each one better than the one before it.
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Summary: Much more satisfying
Review: Shattered Mirror is the sequel to two other books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, In the Forests of the Night and Demon In My View, her first and second published books respectively. This surpases both in length and plot, in my opinion.
While I found Demon in My View more satisfying at the end, Shattered Mirror had many layers that made it superior. For one thing, technique. The story is much more straightforward and in some places more easily understood. This is not to say there were not a few flaws, but every good book must have flaws to make it endearing.
Interesting to note: The first segment of Shattered Mirror brought back feelings of many Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes and fanfiction pieces. It was not a plaguirism, but a borrowing of atmosphere. And the fact that the main character was kicked out of school for damaging school property while slaying, I mean HUNTING, vampires doesn't hurt, either.
One problem with the writing of Amelia is shared with many, including her influence, Anne Rice. The weakness of the third act. Now, while Anne Rice's sometimes can seem lengthy and dysfunctional at moments, Amelia's have each been extremely brief, and leaving questions to be answered. Even through the two sequels, none so far, except in this book the witch Caryn plays a part explaining her circumstances, have answered any. I still wonder for Risika(from ITFotN) what exactly went on with her brother. You would think they would explain in the most closely related book, Demon in My View, what went on. Nothing offered, nothing received. And Jessica and Aubrey? Not even a mention this outing.
Now, none of these are specific critisisms of Shattered Mirror as much as the series as a whole. Only one critisism really holds true to this book, though it is not a fatal flaw. The ending does not satisfy. The "surprise," while it caught me off guard, it probably will not startle many. And I don't find myself any happier for the character. Her views may have changed, but she become no more or less likable. Unfortunate, really, for such a promising outing, to have to mention that. But again, definitely not a horrible problem. This book is definitely worth taking a look at, maybe several, even if you're buying it just for the fact that Amelia is a teen author. A final note: I'm glad not to have to say negative anything about length. While maybe a page or two could have been added near the ending, this book was a fine length, fully exploring the main points of the story, and not leaving you feeling cheated for length as the previous two may have. I hope with each book the pages become more plentiful, but only if the story calls for it. That will, of course, be for Amelia to decide.
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Summary: # 3
Review: i just finished Shattered Mirror. Let me just say WOW! it was awesome, Sarah was one of the best characters ever developed. Sarah and Christopher seems so cute together. it shows a gentleness abt the vampires u dont see in the other books. saying that some choose not to kill. u also learn abt the other lines, something i'm VERY happy to know now. it bothered me that u didnt know a lot abt the vampire lines other than Silver and a little bit of Mira. Christopher, Nissa, Aleksander, and Sarah are awesome characters i hope will show up in other books. Amelia is my Fav. author. and i cant wait for her next book. Aubrey still rocks and we hope for a return.
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