The Medici Mirror

by Melissa Bailey

‘I have heard, but not believed, the spirits of the dead may walk again…’

A hidden room

When architect Johnny Carter is asked to redesign a long-abandoned Victorian shoe factory, he discovers a hidden room deep in the basement. A dark, sinister room, which contains a sixteenth-century Venetian mirror.

A love in danger

Johnny has a new love, Ophelia, in his life. But as the pair’s relationship develops and they begin to explore the mystery surrounding the mirror, its malign influence threatens to envelop and destroy them.

A secret history

The mirror’s heritage dates back to the sixteenth century, and the figure of Catherine de Medici – betrayed wife, practitioner of the occult, and known as the Black Queen.

The Medici Mirror is a haunting story of jealousy, obsession, and murder, perfect for fans of Kate Mosse and Barbara Erskine; a story about the ability of the past to influence the present and of love’s power to defeat even the most powerful of curses.

• ISBN10: 0099580721
• ISBN13: 9780099580720
• Publish Date: 24 October 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Cornerstone
• Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[Ace]

This book had so much, unfulfilled potential :( I slugged away for the first hundred odd pages (maybe 120?) just trying to convince myself that the book would get better. So many times I nearly put it down just because I couldn't get into it during the beginning of the book. I even had to go back to read the blurb at first to figure out who the main character was. I think that was about the point I seriously considered giving up.

I didn't though.

By the end of the book I was enjoying it but even then it felt rather flat truthfully. I figured out the ending too which was rather disappointing. I just felt like there was so much that could have been explored but there wasn't? Perhaps it's because these type of three storylines that intertwine with each other usually have a lot more action in it than this one but it was just too boring for me. Oh, I loved the history element of it but the modern day storyline? That bored me. It wasn't until the climax of the novel, maybe the last hundred odd pages that I actually enjoyed the main character and their storyline.

Still I am glad I bourght myself to finish the book.