Mirrorstorm

Mirrorscape #2

by Mike Wilks

This is a tale involving kidnap, invisible burglary, tunnel-licking monsters and a battalion of moth bodyguards. Mel, Ludo and Wren are battling a new enemy - the sinister order of Ters, who have created storms over the city of Vlam. After a cry for help from a land in the Mirrorscape, the three friends go back into that strange and unpredictable world. They make new friends - and enemies - as they attempt to prevent the storms that threaten Vlam with a plague of demons. But the Ters and the terrifying demon-slayer Morg are sniffing at their heels. And it seems there is a traitor in their midst. The fate of more than one world is balanced on the tip of a brush...This story is an imaginative tour de force from a visual master that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult

551 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2009

About the author

Mike Wilks (British, b. 1947) began his artistic career at age thirteen when he won a scholarship to art school. He ran a successful graphic design business for five years before he sold it and began writing and illustrating books in 1975. He rocketed to fame following publication of The Ultimate Alphabet in 1986; the puzzle book sold 750,000 copies worldwide. After eight illustrated books, he established himself as a novelist with The Mirrorscape Trilogy, a fantasy adventure series.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and many private collections have acquired Wilks’s drawings and paintings. Wilks lives in London.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. Long, wordy…

[Liam Goodman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fairly well written if not entirely necessary. Feels like it was made simply for profit, however the book is well written and has a good amount of twists and turns that make it worth the read along with actually transitioning into the next book.

[Miriam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Last year, a friend suggested the first book to me, Mirrorscape. Enjoyed the first one and the I was able to borrow the second one. This was a fun, action pact book, full of great characters and unexpected twists.

[Zoe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reminiscent of Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix. A decent junior fantasy series but not on the same level as either Garth Nix or Eoin Colfer.

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sequel to Mirrorscape. Good enough, but I think, on reflection, this story would have been better had the author stopped at book 1, rather than going for the trilogy.

Book 1 was brilliantly inventive, with great new and engaging characters. This follow on story did not really develop the characters but largely threw them back into the Mirrorscape for new grand adventures against the same villains, more or less.

The result was enjoyable enough, but not as engaging as the first book in the series. Sometimes stories really do work best if you don't keep pushing them further.