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The Wrong Mirror
She rejected him, but he keeps getting closer and asking her to marry him!
After her twin sister, Kristy, died in an accident in the Middle East while on a photoshoot, Karen took in her twin’s illegitimate child. Before she died, Kristy had told her boyfriend, Hal, about the baby. He hadn’t wanted marriage or a child. However, now Hal is saying he wants the baby and keeps asking Karen to marry him despite her rejections!
After her twin sister, Kristy, died in an accident in the Middle East while on a photoshoot, Karen took in her twin’s illegitimate child. Before she died, Kristy had told her boyfriend, Hal, about the baby. He hadn’t wanted marriage or a child. However, now Hal is saying he wants the baby and keeps asking Karen to marry him despite her rejections!
127 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2008
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December 18, 2025
3 stars, only above 2.5 stars b/c Takako Hashimoto's art. Story was weird. Men in the story are awful. The lady is surrounded by horrible men. No one to turn to for help except them, who are also the reason she needs help. Yucky ex-husband. Gross, controlling, and forcing twin sister's boyfriend. Lots of theatening and manipulation. Then, when you think, maybe now that he's got everything he wants, he'll be better. Nope, he has feelings about her sleeping with someone in the past (her ex husband), and instead of punching the guy, he comes home, sneers, belittles, and yells awful things at her before pushing her down. Great guy, this one. Way to model for the son you threatnen to take away from her because you have always wanted a quiet life with a family (nepo baby with huge trust fund and years of high profile work--if Anderson Cooper was a straight asshole and the sole beneficiary of past accumulated wealth, with a kind of asshole father).
Some vagueness with details brought up that were not answered.
I did learn or relearn about mirror twins, which was cool. The art was engaging, though a weaker topic for the mangaka to work with as there was little humor or fun elements for them to play with. Not the best work from them, though perhaps the best that could be done. The artist's work shines when there is either a bit of humor or some kind of banana pants story or element that is over-the-top in the wacky direction. Having a guy lose his girl friend who upon her death told him how she secretly had his baby and gave it to her twin sister whose then husband couldn't have kids, only for him to pursue legally taking the kid away first because he wants to be a father and then he'll do it if she doesn't marry him because she's just a single mom who isn't the biological mom (though....being an identical twin, she would biologically be?) is more angsty that wacky. Twas gross and weird.
It seemed like a weird fantasy of a guy to have banged the wild and life chasing twin for years, only to settle down with the home-maker one. This story is reminiscent of why I stopped reading romances for a while and yeeted my collection. Contemporary romance for a period definitely had more misses for me than hits.
Some vagueness with details brought up that were not answered.
I did learn or relearn about mirror twins, which was cool. The art was engaging, though a weaker topic for the mangaka to work with as there was little humor or fun elements for them to play with. Not the best work from them, though perhaps the best that could be done. The artist's work shines when there is either a bit of humor or some kind of banana pants story or element that is over-the-top in the wacky direction. Having a guy lose his girl friend who upon her death told him how she secretly had his baby and gave it to her twin sister whose then husband couldn't have kids, only for him to pursue legally taking the kid away first because he wants to be a father and then he'll do it if she doesn't marry him because she's just a single mom who isn't the biological mom (though....being an identical twin, she would biologically be?) is more angsty that wacky. Twas gross and weird.
It seemed like a weird fantasy of a guy to have banged the wild and life chasing twin for years, only to settle down with the home-maker one. This story is reminiscent of why I stopped reading romances for a while and yeeted my collection. Contemporary romance for a period definitely had more misses for me than hits.
May 8, 2021
This is one for the guilty pleasure archives and has been reread a few times now, along with the novel version. Good stuff.
In a convoluted tale, Kirsten birthed Hal's son, but gave him up to her twin, Karen. She reveals her secret just before she dies, saying he had the wrong twin all this time.
Karen and her son on Hal's request comes to meet him in the hospital, where he promises to take his son back. After his recovery, he visits Karen and proposes she marry him.
Karen's ex-husband is a swarmy jerk and he signed away information that made Karen have to marry Hal. The angst between the two is palpable. Hal with his hurt over losing his love and realising she loved her twin more, and Karen's when she wonders why Kirsten told Hal the truth.
Until she gets pregnant too and one little hiccup in the road till Hal unbends and admits he loves Karen and understands why Kirsten gave him the runaround. She was the wrong twin for him, Karen was the right one.
Read this for
hero is arrogant but not a jerk
heroine is strong
hero and heroine have lots to unpack
angst level through the roof
heroine and hero love each other
regular marriage spats
hero treasures his son and heroine
absolutely lovely plot
In a convoluted tale, Kirsten birthed Hal's son, but gave him up to her twin, Karen. She reveals her secret just before she dies, saying he had the wrong twin all this time.
Karen and her son on Hal's request comes to meet him in the hospital, where he promises to take his son back. After his recovery, he visits Karen and proposes she marry him.
Karen's ex-husband is a swarmy jerk and he signed away information that made Karen have to marry Hal. The angst between the two is palpable. Hal with his hurt over losing his love and realising she loved her twin more, and Karen's when she wonders why Kirsten told Hal the truth.
Until she gets pregnant too and one little hiccup in the road till Hal unbends and admits he loves Karen and understands why Kirsten gave him the runaround. She was the wrong twin for him, Karen was the right one.
Read this for
hero is arrogant but not a jerk
heroine is strong
hero and heroine have lots to unpack
angst level through the roof
heroine and hero love each other
regular marriage spats
hero treasures his son and heroine
absolutely lovely plot
February 3, 2017
Hahaha! What a weird plot. But it's not as bad as a certain Romance book that I read regarding twin.s
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