Jan 18

Jan 18 Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

About the book

Author: Rebecca Roanhorse
Publisher: Saga Press

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My Review

Mirrored Heavens is an epic conclusion to an epic trilogy, and one that I’m very glad I read.

I won’t spoil either of the first two books here, so no summary of events. But what I will say is that Roanhorse has pulled off one of the hardest things to do: set up a major conflict where the reader is rooting for both sides and then resolve that conflict in a way that feels right. I love a book where all (or at least most) characters are in the right and in the wrong at the same time. In that way, this series does a great job at examining agency and absolution.

That said, while the main conflict resolved well, I do agree with reviewers who’ve said that there were other plot items that were left pretty unresolved or unsatisfying, and I think a little bit of Fevered Star’s second book syndrome bled into the pacing at the start of this one. But once I hit the halfway mark, I devoured the rest. Not enough complaints here to ruin the trilogy for me overall, but I don’t think she fully stuck the landing. Still, I did like it overall and would absolutely recommend the series.