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Ophelia can read the history of objects and travel through mirrors, but her quiet life ends when she is betrothed to an enigmatic noble from an icy floating ark. Transported to his cutthroat court, she becomes trapped in lethal political conspiracies where she cannot trust anyone, including her fiancé.

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  • A quietly resilient heroine
  • A very slow-burn romance
  • Intricate, whimsical worldbuilding
  • Court politics and lethal mysteries

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  • A deliberate, slow-simmering pace

Tags

  • Strong Female Lead
  • Single Love Interest
  • Mixed Tone
  • Slow Burn
  • Heavy Worldbuilding
  • Mystery
  • Political Intrigue
  • Unique Magic System
  • No Gore

Reading order

  1. Cover for A Winter's Promise (The Mirror Visitor Book 1)

    Book 1: A Winter's Promise

    443 pages14.5h audio2018

    In A Winter's Promise, plain-spoken Ophelia lives quietly on Anima, using her rare gifts of mirror-traveling and reading the pasts of objects. Her life upends when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, an enigmatic nobleman from the distant, icy Pole. Transported to the treacherous city of Citaceleste, she finds herself ensnared in a web of deadly court politics and deception where she can trust no one. Richly atmospheric and brimming with quiet tension, this fantasy masterwork pulls readers into a mesmerizing labyrinth of illusion and danger.

  2. Cover for The Missing of Clairdelune (The Mirror Visitor Book 2)

    Book 2: The Missing of Clairdelune

    510 pages16h audio2019

    Promoted to Vice-storyteller for Farouk, the ancestral Spirit of the Pole, Ophelia is thrust directly into the glittering limelight in The Missing of Clairdelune. With her object-reading talents exposed, she becomes a prime target among the court's predatory factions. As high-ranking aristocrats mysteriously vanish, Ophelia untangles a chilling mystery behind the palace’s perilous illusions. Alongside her emotionally guarded fiancé Thorn, she must navigate treachery in a rich, savory plot packed with simmering tension and sharp revelations.

  3. Cover for The Memory of Babel (The Mirror Visitor Book 3)

    Book 3: The Memory of Babel

    441 pages14.5h audio2020

    After years of forced isolation on Anima, Ophelia embarks on a dangerous covert mission in The Memory of Babel. Armed with clues from the Book of Farouk, she travels under an assumed identity to the dazzling, hyper-modern ark of Babel in search of Thorn and the truth behind their fractured world. But beneath Babel’s scholarly veneer lurk strict censorship and lethal conspiracies. Relying on her wits and reader gifts, Ophelia must navigate strange new institutions and ruthless enemies before she is exposed.

  4. Cover for The Storm of Echoes (The Mirror Visitor Book 4)

    Book 4: The Storm of Echoes

    528 pages15h audio2021

    In The Storm of Echoes, whole chunks of arks are collapsing into the void, threatening to plunge the universe into ruin. Reunited at last, Ophelia and Thorn must conceal their feelings in a desperate secret alliance to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic figure known as the Other. Their search brings them to the sinister observatory of the Deviations, a facility guarded by mystical scientists. In this thrilling series conclusion, Dabos delivers a breathtaking metaphysical mystery packed with world-shattering stakes.

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