The First- Forged Mirror by Cidney Mayes ~ An ARC Book Review

The First Forged Mirror, I wanted to love this book but it fell flat for me. The world building is very sparse and being a book about fairies it should be rich in details, lore and scenery. In fact the book, for a good chunk only, happens at a work bench with a chair in a workshop, which would be fine if there was a deeper character development going on.

This book is missing a lot of character dialog as well, where there should be some (IE. characters forming a relationship, or a magical instrument being crafted) There was no information to form deeper connections with the characters, or the secondary characters that would support the main ones.

It feels like this was a rushed work of writing and this is more of a first draft, many of the chapters are broken by page breaks, which disrupts a readers flow. It had me re-reading parts because although, not intentionally, sections were repeated with just slightly different words.

I too am left with a question? What Mirror? and where and how was it forged? The novel speaks of a gifted elf that creates devices but what was made was not a mirror nor was it forged, it was created at a work table/bench. I feel the title threw me off too.

The potential of this book is there, waiting to be told, just isn't there YET.

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This advanced copy of The First Forged Mirror was given freely in advance for an honest and unbiased book review.