I made some good progress in continuing The Green Rider series this summer by actually getting two done! I posted about Blackveil already about a month ago, but I had actually read them back-to-back, because as I stated in that post, there was a CONFUSING cliffhanger ending.
I am going to preface the rest of this post about Mirror Sight with the note that I did NOT like this book in the series. I absolutely get the point of it and why it happened, but it really took away from what I have loved about this series. Ok, now moving on.
There were a few things I did like, such as some of the new characters weren't too bad, the explanation of the history was interesting and I got to find out what happened to Karigan at the end of the last book. She - SPOILER - time-travelled! I really cannot write anymore about this book without massive spoilers, so if you do not want to know, stop reading now or continue at your own risk!
One of the things that took the longest to be revealed in this installment of the series is what the hell was going on with Lord Amberhill. I wasn't a huge fan of his character in the first place and what I learned about him in the book made me like him even less. Granted, I do have to concede that everything that happens is not wholly his fault, but his lust of money and power did not help the situation. Additionally, what you find out in this book has repercussions for when Karigan travels back to the past of her own time. The whole thing is getting out of hand, I tell ya!
The time travel takes place into the future. Not distant future, but future enough for things to change quite a bit. The two most important being machines and fire arms. I particularly liked how the author dealt with Karigan encountering guns because they're quite overpowered for the benefit they would bring to her own timeline. So, to counteract Karigan's interactions with them, she can't actually see them clearly, her mind goes fuzzy and she absolutely cannot wield them. I thought was very clever because it was always clear that Karigan would do anything to get back to her own time to stop what happens in the future.
As I mentioned, some of the new future characters were not to bad. The Professor and Cade were among the alright ones, some were heinous and others were obviously there to provide context. I usually like most of the characters, but so many of these ones were just disposable because of the future timeline. There were some interesting guest appearances that I didn't see coming either. Those were quite fun. They really tied the history of what happened together.
There were some 'present day' -- as in Karigan's previous timeline present day -- glimpses and how some of the things Karigan was doing in the future actually echoed back through time. Especially occurrences that were linked to her being a Rider.
Again, the ending of this one was a bit weird and something happens to Karigan that I'm not sure how it will effect the story in the next books. My friend that got me on to this series says the next one, Firebrand, is her favourite. I have time slated after I am finished my class this semester to power through the next two books and the collection of short stories that cam out between books 6 & 7. I need to know what happens!
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