Well that is because it was the perfect setup for a story I didn't expect and which in hindsight needed that 24% to give us a feel for Ophelia. But we HAD to see what kind of person Ophelia is and what her circumstances are and the horrible situation she is thrust into.

It makes for a rather treacherous world to maneuver through and its NOT terribly action oriented though there are plenty of backstabby events and horrid situations instead. Non ho sempre compreso le sue motivazioni né condiviso sempre i suoi atteggiamenti che in alcuni casi mi sono sembrati molto contraddittori ma ho apprezzato il tentativo di affermazione e la sua incapacità di trattenere i pensieri, il suo aggrapparsi disperatamente e tenacemente alla vita e alla volontà di venire fuori da una situazione così assurda. A lettura ultimata, mi chiedo — non senza un pizzico di cinismo — se tutto questo calore non sia in parte dovuto all’ottima campagna di marketing realizzata da E/O in occasione del lancio della serie. Some descriptions will stick with me, especially about the use of illusions and what's really underneath them. Ophelia was a great character, despite myself thinking that she needs to say something-speak her mind, we do have a character who has a quiet form of bravery and endures much pain.Well there are some magical things like taking rooms to their own spaces, that do a good job at maintaining safety but there are always ways to get around those features. 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. She is send to a different part of the world where she will have to marry someone she doesn't want to. Un fantasy incantevole, che mi ha rubato il cuore e che è entrato a far parte dei miei libri preferiti di sempre. I would have thought that by the Storm of Echoes, Thorn and Ophelia would not still be on their own, that we would have pivoted/transitioned to a full reunification.

Además es una lectura pausada, que se toma su tiempo para el desarrollo de su trama (que es un poco decimonónica en todo pero al estilo francés) y personajes.But I thought the second half of the book built some nice momentum that certainly sets up the next book to be interesting and different! In this story we are following Ophelia who is promised to Thorn and they have no choice about their upcoming marriage (after some long engagement period). This focused more on the world building and understanding the powers and manipulations of others, so some parts of the book did seem to drag. Because it was translated from French it had a very unique vibe to it which I can only imagine is due to the authors background and talent. Mi è risultato impossibile posare il libro, soprattutto nell'ultima metà, mentre nella prima ho letto molto più a rilento.

Initially I did love that Ophelia is a main character who is soft spoken and there is a unique magic filled world, around a destroyed world, including traveling through mirrors. The first installment in the bestselling Mirror Visitor Quartet, A Winter’s Promise introduces readers to a remarkable heroine and to the richly imagined universe of the arks: floating celestial islands governed by the spirits of immortal ancestors.I've shared my loving adoration of Ophelia, but I'll say again that I love how she jumped into this world that is everything she is not and is dealing with it. Ho apprezzato particolarmente le capacità descrittive dell’autrice, che rendono gli ambienti del romanzo molto vividi e colorati.

When Berenilde tortures her and Thorn asks her about it, she chooses not to tell him, for reasons that are eerily similar to Harry Potter’s when he was being tortured by Dolores Umbridge.

And even though these readings may have caused joy or excitement in me, sometimes even erring on great, none of them ever quite redeemed that era of my formative years that I grew out of. That is what attracted me to it at the first, it sold the premise and it didn't disappoint as I read.