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The Looking Glass by Janet McNally Review

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Slyvie is trying to carry on her older sister Julia's impressive legacy, after she disappeared. When Slyvie mysteriously gets a copy of her and Julia's favorite fairy tale book, Slyvie begins to see her sister everywhere she goes. She starts to believe she may be losing her grip on reality, but Slyvie has to find out if the strange, almost magical things she's been seeing have anything to do with Julia's whereabouts. With the help of her best friend's brother, Slyvie sets out to the beat of a Fleetwood Mac playlist, determined to return to New York with her sister in tow. Slyvie doesn't expect to learn that trouble comes in lots of forms and that the damsel in distress is often the only one who can save herself.

I thought this book was going to be contemporary with more of a magical touch, but I feel like was mostly a contemporary about a ballerina who goes on a road trip to find her sister, whom I assumed was dead.

The mulitple times of Slyvie saying 'I've got it covered' or 'I have an idea' got extremely annoying and it made the author look like they didn't know where to go with the book.

Another thing that bugged me about this book was, Slyvie, who seems like a rule follower and never lies, just starts lying left and right and no one ever really seems to care. It's a terrible lesson which shows that you can lie over and over again and never get caught or end up being reprimanded.

The romance in this book was unnecessary and felt rushed when it did finally happen. I just wish there were books out there that didn't have any romance in them, just someone setting out to do what they need to do without 'falling in love.'

I kept waiting for the part of the title to actually come into play in the book, but it just never happened. I always feel mislead when I find out the title doesn't really have that big of a meaning in the book, or it's barely ever said in the book.

I was disappointed by this book and felt like nothing of substance happened and I feel like the story was over predictable and didn't have any meaning.

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