#BookReview: The House of Starlight & Shadow (The Mirror Kingdom Chronicles #1) by Coreene Callahan

Synopsis: From Amazon Bestselling Author Coreene Callahan comes a spellbinding novel about a woman born to stand in the breech between parallel worlds where revolution is imminent, honor means little, and the stakes are life and death.

Truly Langford-Bardot has spent her life pretending to be normal. No one knows about the monsters that stalk her sleep, or that she was left inside a cardboard box on the steps of a church as a newborn. Raised in foster care on the tough streets of Philadelphia, she learned to take care of herself and trust no one.

After being forced out of her dream job, she’s working a dead-end one when a mysterious stranger arrives with proof she’s heiress to a Victorian mansion in a ramshackle neighborhood. But upon entering her new home, Truly accidentally unlocks a door to a magical realm, releasing an ancient evil from its prison—along with a dark family secret.

Hunted by those who rule the mirror kingdom, Truly comes face-to-face with Westvane, the queen’s slayer, and is given an ultimatum—help him recapture the monster she set free and kill the queen, or be executed for opening a portal to another world.



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Rating: 2 Stars
My Review: This one for me was a hot mess. It started out so well but then there were just to many issues with things being way easy and no real conflict where the story felt like the main character was going to fail.  She just had it all handed to her.  This book made me wanting a story that went deeper than it did. With someone I could root for. But unfortunately I just didn't get that. 

Coreene Callahan

Coreene Callahan is an award-winning, Amazon bestselling author who writes about dragons, assassins, and sorcerers, letting loose the scary things that roam the night in her novels.

After graduating with degrees in psychology and interior design, she took a quick left turn and returned to her first love – writing. She lives in Canada, in a house full of teenage drama, with a spoiled Anatolian Shepherd while doing her best to stay immersed in a wild, imaginary world full of mayhem and monsters.

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Posted in: 2 Stars, Adult, Indie Published, Netgalley, Review