A Winter's Promise: Book One of the Mirror Visitor Quartet

by Christelle Dabos

Book Overview

Amazon Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of 2018

One of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best YA Books of 2018

One of Publishers Weekly's Best YA Book of the Year

A National Indie Bestseller

Longlisted for Irish YA prize Great Reads Award

Lose yourself in the fantastic world of the arks and in the company of unforgettable characters in this French runaway hit, Christelle Dabos' The Mirror Visitor quartet.

Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what's more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her fianc to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted. There, in the presence of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world.

The World of the Arks

Long ago, following a cataclysm called the Rupture, the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands, now known as arks. Over each, the spirit of an omnipotent and immortal ancestor abides. The inhabitants of these arks each possess a unique power. Ophelia, with her ability to read the pasts of objects, must navigate this fantastic, disjointed, perilous world using her trademark tenacity and quiet strength.

An unforgettable heroine, a rich and bountiful universe, intrigue and suspense: A Winter's Promise is perfect for readers of Margaret Rogerson's An Enchantment of Ravens, Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood, V.E. Schwab's "Shades of Magic" series, Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone, Kenneth Oppel's "Airborne" series, and N.K. Jemisin "Broken Earth" series.

Extract:

I think we could have all lived happily, in a way, God, me and the others, if it weren't for that accursed book. It disgusted me. I knew what bound me to it in the most sickening of ways, but the horror of that particular knowledge came later, much later. I didn't understand straight away, I was too ignorant.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609456076
• ISBN13: 9781609456078
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher

Customer Reviews

Best Fictional Universe I've Read in a Long Time

I have not been so consumed by a series since I first read Harry Potter in 4th grade. This series is 10x better than Harry Potter (and as far as I know there's no transphobia...) The fantasy world that Dabos creates is so interesting and the characters continue to intrigue over the course of the four books. Make sure you have access to all the books when you start the series because you will devour them!! Happy Reading!

Developed World

This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. It has become my favorite series! The characters are diverse and flawed like regular people. This is a story of its own and not similar to anything else I've read. Please find a better review to read online that will do this book justice lol. It is truly worth reading if you want to be submersed in a new world with characters you love.