Name: The Mask of Mirrors (Rook & Rose #1)
Author: M.A. Carrick
Publisher: Orbit
Date published: January 2021
Genre: Fiction, adult, fantasy
Pages: 643
Rating: 5/5
Fortune favors the bold. Magic favors the liars.
Ren
is a con artist who has come to the sparkling city of Nadežra with one
goal: to trick her way into a noble house, securing her fortune and her
sister's future.
But as she's drawn into the elite world of House
Traementis, she realizes her masquerade is just one of many surrounding
her. And as nightmare magic begins to weave its way through the City of
Dreams, the poisonous feuds of its aristocrats and the shadowy dangers
of its impoverished underbelly become tangled... with Ren at their heart.
- From Goodreads.
This was an incredible book. It had a bit of a slow start, but it was good to have some time to slowly get to know the characters and setting, as it was quite an intricate world with a lot of detail to take in. Once we got to about halfway through, the plot started to get more intense and action-packed and it was a struggle to put the book down at all as it became even more intriguing and exciting.
There were a lot of fascinating mysteries, and it was interesting to see how all the threads of the plot came to intertwine and how the different mysteries were connected. The mystery of who the Rook could be was especially intriguing and I loved following Ren as she tried to figure it out.
Ren was a great character to follow in general, she was very clever and resourceful and also also had a good heart, I really loved the bond she had with Tess and it was great to see how much they cared about each other.
Captain Serrado was another favourite character for me, his backstory and his conflicted feelings about his position were really compelling and I was always excited to see more from his perspective.
This really was a fantastic story and I will be excited to continue on and find out what happens in the next book!
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