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A Librarian Hero Story Begins!

A Winter’s Promise: The Mirror Visitor Book 1 by Christelle Dabos

September 8, 2022 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Cbr14bingo Cold A Winter’s Promise is the first book in a YA quartet by French author Christelle Dabos. It’s 490 pages long, and I tore through it within a few days. Book #2 is already queued up and I’m hoping that the storytelling continues to keep me hooked in. Dabos has created a steampunk world that has been divided not just politically and culturally, but also physically due to a “rupture.” Long in the past, a formerly unified planet broke up into different planets or […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, A Winter's Promise, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Christelle Dabos, ElCicco, Fiction, the mirror visitor, YA

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:38 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, A Winter's Promise, cbr14, cbr14bingo, Christelle Dabos, ElCicco, Fiction, the mirror visitor, YA ·
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A Well Drawn Fantasy World

A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos

May 30, 2022 by jomidi Leave a Comment

A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos is the first in a quartet of of fantasy YA novels called The Mirror Visitor Series.  Thankfully, somebody decided this book was good enough to be translated from the French for us American readers. The story is set in a future world where people live on different Arks. Family members on each Ark share a special power. Ophelia lives on Anima and is gifted with the power to travel through mirrors and to “read” objects. This ability allows her […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, A Winter's Promise, Christelle Dabos, fantasy young adult, Fiction, the mirror visitor, Young Adult

jomidi's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, A Winter's Promise, Christelle Dabos, fantasy young adult, Fiction, the mirror visitor, Young Adult ·
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