Splintered magic

L. L. McKinney

Book - 2023

When disturbing images keep appearing in Tai's camera lens, Trey and Tai reignite their search for their mother, who mysteriously disappeared 10 years earlier, uncovering strange secrets about their magical ancestors and a threat to their very existence.

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Subjects
Genres
Fantasy fiction
Published
Los Angeles : Hyperion 2023.
Language
English
Main Author
L. L. McKinney (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
392 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781368046367
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

As Tai and Trey approach their 16th birthdays, strange things start happening in this final entry of the Mirror quartet, whose entries are written by different authors. Trey's telekinetic and transformative magic gains heightened emotional sensitivity after he loses a coveted orchestra position to a new student, leading to broken cello strings and a shattered salad bowl. Aspiring photographer Tai, who can see brief visions in reflective surfaces, starts seeing a mysterious young woman through her camera lens. The twins grow more unsettled when they find a portrait of a girl called Elva painted by their missing mother, artist Blake Estancia Watson from J.C. Cervantes' Fractured Path (2022), and references to her in their mom's notebook. There's also the family curse to consider--it causes two good incidents to follow one bad one--but to Tai, it seems like there's only one good thing at the moment, and that's her cute new classmate, Ayesha, who helps the siblings when they notice they're being followed by sinister, magic-using strangers. When Tai finds a mirror that reveals a strange secret, she realizes that she may have found the key to finding her mother. Snappy dialogue and pop-culture references establish a strong sense of place and time in this story, which sweeps the three Black teens into a heart-pounding adventure that sets them against a hostile organization and on the path to dissolving a curse that began long ago with a broken promise. An exciting series conclusion. (Fantasy. 13-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.