The Other Side of the Mirror - The Mirrored Trilogy, Book 1 by Dana Evyn is a gorgeous read. With fae-ntasy being a highly competitive genre right now, the Other Side of the Mirror has a fantastic spin on mortals in a fae realm and I was utterly gripped throughout

Eva's family are murdered and seven years later, she gets kidnapped and finds herself in a faerie realm. As if things were not discombobulated enough, a fae called Bash (awesome name btw) comes along and lets her know her fate is to meet her fae soulmate and stop a world ending curse ( I imagine that beats online dating but I digress) Eva accepts in exchange for the truth about what happened to her family

However, as if being yeeted into a faerie realm and leaving behind everything you know is not enough, things start to change between Eva and her saviour and even more so when she meets her intended. Life could not get any more complicated? Surely?

I absolutely adore this book, the characters, the flow, the world-building. This series is going on the list!

Thank you to Netgalley, City Owl Press and the very talented Dana Evyn for this stunning ARC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own

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I really enjoyed this book. The world building was very well done. The spice was a little bit too much for my taste personally. But I think that a lot of people would not mind it.

This is going to be a hit. This was absolutely AMAZING! From the swoon worthy MMC to the fated mates aspect. It was absolutely perfect! I love how the human world and fae world are mixing. Bash may be my new book boyfriend because he is EVERYTHING! I love that finally we get a FMC that’s over 20! The spice was amazing, everything was amazing and I want more!

This was such a good book! I loved that the FMC was fearless and smart. Although she doesn’t know everything about her past and the realm she finds herself in, she is quick to pick up on things and trust her instincts. I also loved the tension and relationship development with the MMC, although at times I wanted to yell at him to trust his instincts, too! But once they’re together? Their relationship is dreamy, and the spice is spicing 🌶️🌶️🌶️

All of the reveals in the last few chapters kept me on the edge of my seat and I am looking forward to the next installment of the series. That cliffhanger hurt! I can’t wait to see what happens next.

Thank you so much to Dana Evyn, City Owl Press, and Victory Editing for providing this ARC book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own. 💖

This is a hard book for me to rate, so I’m going to try to be as fair as possible.

The writing was outstanding. The story and characters were incredible and well developed. I enjoyed that there was an older MC compared to more recent books of similar genre. The action, the cliffhanger, all of it works.

My hangup really is the spice. I hate it, but I know a ton of people love it. It’s not a trigger or anything, for me it’s just lazy or there for shock. It doesn’t add anything. However I know I cannot take stars away for that, because this appeals to a huge population of the intended audience I suppose. I just wish there was some type of hint as to how much I’d be getting. A little is fine, but I want plot, characters, action.

Either way I’m definitely looking forward to the next installment as the cliffhanger was amazing. I’ll just skim (which I freekin hate doing) through the sexy parts.

YES YES YES . When this book blows up , I cannot wait to say that I was one of the first people who read this book . The book is everything I expect a romantasy to be. Amazing FMC. And the cocky and hot MMC. THE FATED SOULMATES THING IS DONE IN SUCH A UNIQUE WAY AND THE SPICE IS LITERALLY BURNING 🥵 The villain is also so hateable . This book was such a thrilling read and Dana Evyn please make the next 2 books as good as this . The cliffhanger you have left me on is unbearable. . I am officially in love with your writing

I could NOT put this down, so so pleasantly surprised! I finished it in almost one sitting.

The FMC Eva is awesome, and I really appreciated that she was a little bit older than the typical romantasy FMC. and don't even get me started on how swoon worthy the MMC is!!! The spice is spicing. Yes, they are fated mates, but it is done in a unique way.

I also fell in love with a lot of the side characters and I hope to learn more about them. The author also does a really great job mixing the modern "human" elements with the fae world.

On the edge of my seat until book 2 comes out! Thank you to the author, and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.