Hello Lovelies, and welcome to my stop in The Mirage Tour. First day in the tour, make sure to stop by the other bloggers along the way in this tour, to see what they have to offer. You can see each stop and where to go here.
About the book:
Abbii
has found the answers that she seeks but not everything is clear to her. She is
confused and feels more alone than ever. Everywhere she goes, Shadows are
hunting her down. Her friends are constantly in danger.
Not only are the Shadows chasing her, but now also The Forgotten- those pulled
into Darkness willingly- and Abbii doesn't know who to turn to. Having lost her
best friend Jake, she wants nothing more than to find him, but he is not the
only one she cares for.
Nate, the hazel-eyed boy, is the only thing that seems simple and clear to her,
but even he has secrets. Still filled with grief, she must decide whether to
stay by Nate's side or fight to find the one that she lost.
The Mirage is the sequel to The Star (you can
read my review of The Star here).
I enjoyed reading The Star, and was looking
forward to The Mirage. In some ways, it was a very good read, a good continuation
of this series, and in some ways it did disappoint.
The good things about the book are that
there are some elements of surprise in it, the development of the different characters
are surprising and entertaining.
The fight scenes are intense, I like the
plot (mostly), I like the bad guys and the “grey areas”.
The not so good things…. There are a lot of
repetition going on, sentences wise. Certain phrases are repeated throughout
the book, and it gets to a point where I’m close to clawing my eyes out.
Abii herself is frustrating to me too. She
just never learns, never opens her eyes, to realize what is going around her,
but instead she is whiny, self-absorbed … in reality, Abii is turned into a
person I really don’t like (or can relate to), in this book.
Something else that seems to be consistent throughout
Clemy’s books is the first quarter of the book. Every time she starts a book,
the first quarter of the book feels forced, like she is struggling to find her
voice, her path in the story… Once she gets past the first quarter (give and
take), the story flows a bit better.
I’m not saying The Mirage wasn’t good.
Because it was, but in my opinion, it needed some more work. There were some good elements in this book, I
just wish Clemy would’ve taken a bit more time to work it out a bit more, go
exploring more in her own world. Based on that, I'm giving The Mirage 3 Potions.
Clemy
was born in the UK in 1991 where she still lives, growing up alongside one
younger and three older brothers.
Books
and writing was an interest that she began to develop from the first years of
secondary school, and on her thirteenth birthday, she began to plan and
design the idea to write a fantasy novel. She finished secondary
school with high GCSE's and then went on into further education to study
English and all aspects of art and design. After six years of writing,
planning and overall editing of the book, it was successfully completed,
containing over 82,000 words, and self published in the first week of 2011.
With
high expectations in herself, she immediately began to write a second novel in
the series, while keeping her art and design a part of the process. The
achievement of completing the first novel 'Purest Light,' allowed the ideas of
the second to flow much easier and it was completed by early 2012. As she was
writing the third and final book, New Beginnings, at the same time, the series
was finished by its publication in 2013.
Writing
is now a part of her everyday and she has now started her newest project, The
Mirage, which is book two of three.
