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The Mirrors of Fate: Out of the Past

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The Mirrors of Fate: Out of the Past

I was pleasantly surprised with this book, coming to read it with no real set of expectations. I ravaged the pages as I read through it with a breakneck pace. I was carried off in this girls world and taken for one hell of an emotional ride. Do not pass up this one.

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Maria is an 18-year-old girl from White Crest City in Kentucky. She was adopted by an Indian family when she was 6. When Maria was 14 her father told her that when she turn 20 he was going to pick the man she will marry. Maria can't date any guy she likes because her father won't accept it but, when the new guy Alan starts showing interest in Maria she finds herself liking him back. What Maria doesn't know is that Alan is not who he says he is and he's back for revenge.

This book was hard to get into but after page 30 it moved a little faster. The author created good regular characters but some of the words were complicated and it made it hard to read. I didn't like that Maria didn't have any support from nobody and everybody kind of use her through the book. I liked most of the characters but, I liked Alan the most. I kind of understand why he behave the way he did.

Review contributed by "Rosalie D."

I'm not cool enough to have my own book blog, but I did have the pleasure of getting an ARC of this and this review is a long time coming. It was an enjoyable read. You can't help but root for the main character Maria whose every clutch at happiness seems to be pulled right from under her feet. She's got mean parents, "Mean Girls" type frenemies, and a future everybody wants to mold. But even with all her depressing situations, the author still pulls off a spunky character as Maria tries to shape her own destiny despite her looming arranged marriage date. Usually I don't like the teen angst element in YA stuff, but I can forgive it this time since Maria's situation is so particularly unforgiving.

You more hate-love that darn male protagonist as you begin to learn his intentions for Maria are less than genuine, but once you learn he's got some para-extraordinary baggage, some readers thoughts may change. This is just a part one to a trilogy, so you'll be left with some questions. I liked the way the chapters drew you along to want to find out the answers to those questions though, but don't expect to get them all in this one sitting. You've also got a lot of interesting characters. It's got some dark material, and I was creeped the heck out by the teacher character, but he's obviously supposed to be that kind of creepy teacher in high school who was always trying to impress the girls. The prologue I'd say is pleasantly weird, but it's imahginative and ties in well to the story. A nice read. Well-written. I didn;t see the ending coming, semi-cliffhangerish, but I'm looking forward to more.

If you are into Young Adult Paranormal Romance then you might enjoy The Mirrors of Fate: Out of the Past by Cindi Lee . This ebook kept me reading until the end and I just could not put this one down. It is very well writen and I had no problems imagining how the characters looked like and sounded like.