Let me entice you even more… Ellice Macauley (married to Ross Macauley) and her twin Catriona Morgan grew up in Scotland. He intersperses them with snippets of history, all scrupulously accurate, and with descriptions of the cities he visits. Instead, he's looking out at the firth, his mouth open and teeth bared in a wail of despair and horrified grief that I can almost hear. When I first started the audiobook, I thought that my confusion was just due to the narrator having a Scottish accent, but I soon discovered (after grabbing my copy to look at) that the writing style just doesn’t transfer over to audio that great. has left Cat clues: a treasure hunt that leads them back to Mirrorland, where the truth lies waiting.

From the very beginning, the reader is thrown into a confusing world of Clown Cafes and Princess Towers, and it is unclear which characters are real and who has been plucked from the fragments of Cat’s childhood imagination. A journey into the dizzying interaction between Russia and China—from street market traders to high politics—each illuminating the other.It is also an occasional home to Ross, Cat and El’s next-door neighbour, honorary crewmate, first crush, and secret friend. On page 77, we meet many of the characters of Mirrorland: “El and Ross were sitting cross-legged in the Captain’s Quarters. An impromptu celebration on the beach at sunset with champagne becomes a weekly touchpoint to their lives as they learn more about each other and themselves.

The plotting, the precision, the final gasp-out-loud plot reveal all come together to make this a fantastic read.Pulford offers a vivid and accessible account that simultaneously places his observations into historical and political context, while also allowing the reader to experience, as a fellow traveller, his personal reflections. Book Description: With the startling twists of Gone Girl and the haunting emotional power of Room, Mirrorland is a thrilling work of psychological suspense about twin sisters, the man they both love, and the dark childhood they can’t leave behind. I often have a hard time focusing on eBooks, because I read them on my phone and get distracted when texts or other notifications come in. Mirrorland is a story about twin sisters – identical mirror twins – who have a dark, damaged childhood, re-started their lives aged 12 and are in love with the same man.

A treasure hunt, time jumps, a fantastical world, characters who leap off the pages and ingenious storytelling mixed with a thriller make this such an inventive book. Mirrorlands is the story of Pulford’s journey, on buses and trains, from Moscow all the way to Beijing as he tries to understand the cultural exchanges and confrontations between two of Asia’s sprawling countries.The photo of El cuts to a reporter: young and earnest, probably still in her twenties, her hair whipping viciously around her head. Though his face is turned away from the camera, no one could mistake his agitation for anything else: his shoulders are high, his hands fists. As an avid reader, I often find myself reading a book description and not being able to remember whether I’ve read it before.

But the story reminded me of the film Sucker Punch which I love, so I had some idea of how it would play out. These are the questions that establish themselves early in the story and you are obsessed with turning the pages until you have the answers for them.Mirrorlands] provides an enchanting account of places and peoples of the remote crossroads connecting these two worlds. All of our books are 100% brand new, unread and purchased directly from the publishers in bulk allowing us to pass the huge savings on to you! Paired with twists and turns I didn't see coming, readers will certainly be in for tons of surprises. Cat lives in Los Angeles, far from 36 Westeryk Road, the imposing gothic house in Edinburgh where she and her estranged twin sister, El, grew up. Some reviews I’ve seen talk about fantasy – but I wouldn’t class this as a fantasy novel, so don’t let that put you off if it’s not your cup of tea.