Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the opportunity and ALC of The Mirror by Nora Roberts.

This is Book Two in The Lost Bride Trilogy. In full transparency, I have not read Book One (Inheritance) yet. Even with that being the case, I was able to follow along with the story of Sonya who has moved from Boston to a small town in Maine to live at what has been coined as "Lost Bride Manor."

Sonya and her best friend Cleo live in the manor side by side with ghosts and spirits from years past. Most of the ghosts are friendly but the exception is Hester Dobbs, who continuously tries to scare Sonya out of the manor. With the help of her love interest Trey, cousin Owen, and Cleo, Sonya encounters the mirror that gives her a look into the past and limited interaction with it. The group tried to piece together events that will help them solve why Hester Dobbs haunts the manor and hopefully bring peace to the spirits that inhabit the manor.

I enjoyed this book in the sense that I kept wanting more of the story and didn't want to stop listening. Narrator Brittany Pressley did an amazing job! I love the development of the characters, especially Sonya. I love all the characters (human, animal, and paranormal) and I feel that each of their personalities shine through in this book. I enjoyed this enough that I want to read Book 1. However, I was a little disappointed by the ending. While I understand this is part of a trilogy, i feel that it fell flat and was quite the cliffhanger. I'm hoping Book Three will redeem the ending of Book 2.

Rating: 4

The Mirror is the second book in the Lost Bride Trilogy. You definitely want to start with the first book in the series, Inheritance. Which ends with a cliffhanger. In this book Roberts is able to weave right back into the story of Sonya MacTavish is living in the haunted inherited Victorian mansion in Maine that was given to her by Collin Poole. Cleo her best friend has moved in also as they try to figure out how to stop the ghost of Hester Dobbs curse on the brides that live in the house. Can’t wait for book 3!
I was given an advanced audio copy to listen to. The narrator Brittany Pressley did a great job with her inflection and differentiating between characters. My only complaint is when they are reading the male parts…why can’t there be an actual guy reading those parts? That is the only downside for me.
Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan audio for the advanced audio copy. This review is my opinion only.

I’m sad to say I didn’t enjoy this one as much as the first. I loved the first and found this one to be too slow. I will still read the next. But this one didn’t live up to the first :(

I did still like the narrators they chose.

I am disappointed in this series. I am a decades long Nora Roberts reader and fan, but sometimes they just don't hit. I am having the same problem with book 2 that I had with book 1: it's missing the drama! Everything happens too easily for Sonya and the gang. The scary ghost in the house bangs some doors, plays some tricks, but Sonya and Cleo are never very concerned. Sonya gets visions in her sleep and must get the rings of the dead brides... woo woo. It's all very underwhelming.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an ARC audiobook.

Nora Robert’s is a gem. I love all her books and this one www no different. I liked this one even more than the first in the series. Though I do havre the cliff ending! Overall I am in love with the characters. Even some of the ghosts! I will for sure pick up book three.

This was a beautiful and whimsical continuation of the story of Sonya and the Victorian mansion she inherits from an uncle she didn't know existed. In Book 2 we learn more about the seven brides that have been cursed over the centuries. The brides and other souls in the house reach out to Sonya and her friends, begging for help to break the curse.

The Mirror audiobook is almost 14 hours long and is definitely slower in pace. However, I found that it was a gentle mystery that I could sink into and enjoy as Sonya learned more about her ancestors and the curse that has haunted the women in her family for generations.

As the mirror continues to call to Sonya and she uncovers more truth, the haunting at the house begin to feel less friendly and more hostile. The novel ends on a cliff hanger and now I can't wait for book 3!

Thank you Macmillian audio for the ALC.

Nora Roberts has the best narrators and romances. I am intrigued by this series and cannot wait for the finale!!!

I couldn’t wait even one more minute to read this second book in The Lost Bride Trilogy and I am so glad I got the opportunity to continue on this journey with Sonya! There is a reason that Nora Roberts is one of the best authors out there and she perfectly shows that in this book. I was pulled back in immediately and felt like I was on the roller coaster with Sonya, Trey, Cleo and Owen. Cleo is probably my favorite character, so I was really excited to get more with her and see her character develop. I’m not sure how I’m going to be able to wait for book three!!! The ending had me absolutely stuck in SHOCK and I don’t know what will happen next! I cannot WAIT!

(4.25 stars)
The Mirror is the second book in a planned trilogy, The Lost Bride Trilogy, and it picks up right where book one (Inheritance) ended - which was a real cliffhanger. This is one book where I think it’s important to have read Inheritance first, even though Roberts does a good job of filling in/refreshing the memory of the reader.

Roberts manages to write stories with supernatural elements that just seem so real/realistic/possible. I don’t know how she does it.

Sonya has moved from Boston to a small town on the Maine coast, after inheriting a house from an uncle she knew nothing of, and it’s haunted. For real. The extensive family history includes a lot of tragic deaths, all of new brides who got married in “Lost Bride Manor.” Most of the ghosts are pretty nice, even helpful. One of them makes up her bed and cleans up after Sonya and her friend Cleo, who has moved along with Sonya. Another one plays songs on Sonya’s iPad with appropriate themes at several points in the story. I *loved* that! There’s even a little boy who plays with her dog. Of course, there’s one really malevolent one, and she is pretty scary.

The love interest from the first book - Trey - is still around and the romance between him and Sonya is getting more serious. Cleo and Sonya’s cousin Owen are starting to be a couple as well. Sonya and Cleo are really becoming part of the Poole’s Bay community. There was a fair amount of the book that explored their activities that didn’t seem directly relevant to the plot, but perhaps those instances will become important in the third book. (Time spent going to the garden center and so forth.) I did find it a bit hard to keep all the community members straight and it was also hard to keep all the lost brides straight! Over the course of the book, we learn a lot more about some of the brides, through the mirror of the title. Clover's story was particularly sad, I thought.

This book also ends in a cliffhanger but this time around I wasn’t so surprised!

I bounced between the audiobook and the ebook for this title, which was so convenient, as I finished up my reading on a road trip. The audiobook was beautifully narrated by Brittany Pressley, who did a wonderful job as always with all the voices. My only thought was the Maine people didn’t really sound like Maine people.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance reader copy of this book and to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to an advance copy of this audiobook. All opinions are my own.

Brittany Pressley could narrate the phone book, and I’d be captivated! Her performance was the saving grace of The Mirror. As always, she brought the characters to life and made the listening experience more enjoyable than the material deserved.

While I loved the first book in the series, this sequel was a disappointment. The plot felt stagnant and didn’t add anything new or exciting to the storyline. It lacked the depth and intrigue that initially drew me in. Unfortunately, the book itself didn’t hold my interest, and it felt like a missed opportunity.

If it weren’t for Pressley’s narration, I doubt I would have made it through to the end.

5 stars for Brittany, 1 star for the actual story.

I am on the edge of my seat looking forward to the next book! I couldn't stop listening/reading this and didn't want to put it down until I was done. I loved all the characters and the interludes in between chapters that went back to the past residents of the manor were well placed.

Such a great book! When you think they covered everything in the first book, they keep throwing more twists and information at you making you want to know more and then the book end! Great read and highly recommend.

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, Inheritance this book spent too much time on repetitive mundane tasks which really seemed to be the main focus of the story. The writing style was very good of course and the narrator did a great job but overall I felt the book was very tedious.

Thanks to NetGalley for the audio arc.

This is the second book of Nora Robert's Lost Bride Trilogy. I read the first book, Inheritance, and really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to diving into the second installment. I really liked the narrator of this audiobook. I think that they did a great job differentiating each character's voice.

As for the book: I will admit that I was a little disappointed in the book overall. This book felt like a lot of filler with not a lot of substance. There was so much repetition, that it became boring. When a ghostly incident occurred, the characters would then tell other characters all about it. And sometimes, those characters would then describe the event to another set of characters. While I like each of the characters in this series and I love the storyline, I grew tired of reading about the same situation three times.

I still plan on reading the next book in this series and I would recommend it to someone who might be interested in a romance with a supernatural twist.

Oh my gosh, this audiobook was AMAZING! I literally could not stop! The story, the characters, the whimsy… it was all just so unique and beautiful!

The second book "The Mirror" in the Lost Bride Trilogy did not disappoint. I had the pleasure of reading the book and listening to the audiobook a week after I finished the book. Brittany Pressley's narration was excellent as always..
We start exactly where the 1st book ended at the Mirror, just like I expected. Sonja glides into the mirror and sees Brides from the past that have lived at the manor. She is trying to figure out how to help the bridge of the past while also living her life. This book delves much more into day to day life in the manor and Sonja learning about her relatives past and present. Additionally we see Cleo and Owen's relationship blossom as they help Sonja.

It was a great book but I would definitely suggest reading The Inheritance first.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the arcs.

So this was my first Nora Roberts book and I did enjoy it a lot. This is book 2 and maybe you are wondering how this is my 1st book by her lol I read a summary of her 1st one so I could go into this one!

I did enjoy it more than I thought I would and I’m excited to check out more of her books! 📖
The characters are so fun and funny and you just fall in love with them!

I will look for more books by Nora!

Pub date: November 19th
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Narrator: Brittany Pressley did a great job with the male, female and era voices.

The Book: This is a fascinating storyline, and the cast of characters are interesting and complex. It made a huge impact on me.

Sonya's best friend, Cleo, is living with her in the haunted house as a support system along with visits from Sonya’s cousin, Owen, and her romantic interest Trey. These four characters all believe in the mysterious happenings and work together to find the solution to the lurking evil in the house.

What I like about this book is that even though there are some scary parts, the development of them is more eerie and not terrifying which I really appreciate. The unfolding of how the bride deaths occurred are well written and fit with the era that they occurred.

The reader will be kept on their toes between the various ghosts, an evil witch, and the time travel to view the deaths or relevant events.

The biggest impact of this book to me was not something the author could have planned. As the story unfolded, I observed the friendships between these friends and the various ghosts, and I felt the need for community. A wider community than I currently have. It wasn’t the feeling of loneliness, but the feeling of what life could be like when you trusted people and let them in to share in your trials and tribulations and allowed them to be your support system. I thought to myself what if I was braver like these for people. Imagine the possibilities.

Because this audio book had such a huge impact on me, it gets 5 STARS. Let me know what you think of this book.

I started this book and then realized there was a first one so I had to stop and listen to the first book first and then went back to this one but WOAH! Amazing!!! I don't know how I'm going to be able to wait for the third one! The storyline held me in. I had a hard time putting it down. There is just enough horror/ghostly stuff, just enough humor, just enough everything. I was eager to listen to what happens next! How is she going to find the rings to break the curse??? Oh, I can't wait!!! You definitely want to read this trilogy.

Picking up right where The Inheritance left off, the mystery of the lost bride continues.

The quest to find the 7 rings is still in play. We see more of the romance and relationships in this book compared to book 1. I loved the continued spooky, haunted scenes as the team navigated unlocking more of the family history and history of the mansion.

Audiobook was excellent with the queen Brittany Pressley.

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan audio for the ALC in exchange for an honest review. Release date 11/19.