The Sorceress and the Moving Mirror

Tessa never really liked the other kids from Skycap. Tessa was the commander’s daughter and the king’s niece. Kids went out of their way to make a good impression on her. The only one Tessa really enjoyed spending time with was her brother Charles. The King had declared war on the sorcerers and Tessa was made to stay in the palace. Charles didn’t have time for her now as he was the youngest officer in the King’s army. Tessa had met the sorcerer Lincoln. Before the war the sorcerers had elected a group called The Assembly Of Five to equal the King’s High Council, Lincoln had become friends with Tessa’s father Luke and she trusted him. Sorcerers could manipulate the world around them- they could shift air , and heal fatal wounds. Tessa herself believed she was a sorcerer but had only told Lincoln as her mother hated sorcerers and her father had apparently turned on the sorcerers. Then Tessa told her brother Charles who told her father.
I enjoyed the story which surprised me a little not usually into stories about sorcerers . But This one kept my attention all through it. Maybe because Tessa was born of humans and she was in the middle of a war as she lived with the humans but was a sorceress. Anyway I liked the plot and the writing was also good. I loved the characters and the ins and outs of this story. I recommend.

The Sorceress and the Moving Mirror is a fantasy read that takes place in the land of Aboridge where those known as commoners and the sorcerers in the land are on the verge of war. One of the King’s men was killed and now the king of the commoners is declaring war upon the sorcerers.

Tessa is the niece of the commoner King but she has known since she was little that she is also a sorcerer but she has kept that hidden from most for most of her life. When Tessa tells the wrong person what she is they in turn go to her father who asks the King to execute his own daughter for her sorcery. Tessa then finds herself on the run and caught up in the middle of the war.

The Sorceress and the Moving Mirror actually seems to be a prequel to another book by Daniel W. Koch, The Prince and the Thief. I didn’t know this when picking this one up and while I thought the author did an OK job of world building in this one I also felt like maybe I’d know or have learned more about Aboridge if I had read the other book.

For me in the end this one turned out to be an alright fantasy read, plenty of action and adventure throughout and a decent pace. The book jumps right into things in the beginning which had me wondering whether I had missed something that came before in the previous book but I learned of Tessa and the other characters well enough. I did enjoy Tessa’s prospective a bit more and would find myself more interested when she told the tale.

I received a copy from the publisher via NetGalley.