Smoke in the Mirrors is Out!

As I've spoken about before, I really loved Town of Shadows, the first book in Jessica Scarlett's new series, Slanted London. I was hesitant to try it, because I don't read a lot of historical fantasy, but the magic part of it was really well done and I was invested in the romance. The first book ended on a bit of a cliffhanger, so I was really excited to see that the second book had come out! I dove in, anxious to see what would happen with our hero and heroine.

 

The second book, Smoke in the Mirrors, is really long, 451 pages, and it has a lot of POV characters in it, which sometimes makes it hard to keep track of who is speaking and what's going on since there are several storylines all being woven together. It's kind of like a puzzle that you are finding all the pieces to and figuring out where they fit! But the thing I love about this world Ms. Scarlett has created is that everyone has secrets they are hiding and people they are trying to protect and the reader is sucked into attempting to unravel the little intrigues along with the big mystery right along with the characters. And we get a lot of movement in our hero's story with a jaw-dropping ending. I can't wait for the next one!

Do you ever read a genre you don't normally read and like it?

Smoke in the Mirrors is in Kindle Unlimited. You can get your copy HERE

Here's the back copy:

Some illusions save us. Others want us dead.

Dorothy St. James has three missions: slip inside the Rook’s circle, recover the stolen enchanted bracelets, and rescue her kidnapped father. But when whispers of a hidden map inside Buckingham Palace surface, everything shifts. Enlisting Ashley Gardner—the brilliant, backstabbing puzzle-solver she can never quite outsmart—might be her only chance of destroying him.

To Dorothy’s annoyance, her dangerous pull toward Ashley only grows, even as fellow Lightfoot agent Nicholas Hart offers a far safer path. Nicholas is steady and dependable, while Ashley is all secrets, sharp edges, and heartbreak waiting to happen.

But Ashley is running out of time. His mutating magic grows more sentient every day, and the final bracelet is the only thing keeping it from consuming him. Desperate, he agrees to help Dorothy hunt the hidden map, even though being near her threatens both his sanity and his survival. And as riddles twist into traps, he begins to fear that their fire may not be real at all—just another illusion his magic wants her to believe.

London’s smoke-choked streets are thick with danger. Where is Dorothy’s father? Who is the Samaritan? Why is the Rook kidnapping innocents? And who can she trust, when she can’t even trust herself?