Keshe Chow

A young woman chosen as the crown prince’s bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husband—but her world is shaken when she discovers the dark truth the royal family has been hiding for centuries—in this lush fantasy debut perfect for fans of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night and Violet Made of Thorns. Princess Ying Yue believed in love...once upon a time. Yet when she’s chosen to wed the crown prince, Ying’s dreams of a fairy tale marriage quickly fall apart. Her husband-to-be is cold and indifferent, confining Ying to her room for reasons he won’t explain. Worse still are the rumors that swirl around the imperial whispers of seven other royal brides who, after their own weddings, mysteriously disappeared. Left alone with only her own reflection for company, Ying begins to see things. Strange things. Movements in the corners of her mirror. Colorful lights upon its surface. And when, on the eve of her wedding, she unwittingly tears open a gateway, she is pulled into a mirror world. This realm is full of sentient reflections, including the enigmatic Mirror Prince. Unlike his real-world counterpart, the Mirror Prince is kind and compassionate, and before long Ying falls in love—the kind of love she always dreamed of. But there is darkness in this new world, too. It turns out the two worlds have a long and blood-soaked history, and Ying has a part to play in the future of them both. And the brides who came before Ying? By the time they discovered what their role was, it was already too late.

C’era una volta la principessa Ying Yue, che credeva nell’amore. Ma quando viene scelta per sposare il principe ereditario, i suoi sogni vanno in frantumi. Il futuro marito Zhang Lin è freddo e indifferente, e la confina nelle sue stanze senza spiegazioni. E a palazzo si sussurra delle sette spose reali che, dopo le nozze, sono scomparse nel nulla. Abbandonata nei suoi appartamenti con la sola compagnia del suo riflesso, Ying comincia a vedere strane cose negli specchi. Finché, alla vigilia del suo matrimonio, viene trascinata in un altro mondo, al di là dei vetri, dove i riflessi degli esseri umani conducono vite autonome. Qui il principe ereditario è gentile e compassionevole, del tutto diverso dalla sua controparte come non amarlo? Ma ben presto Ying scopre che i due mondi hanno alle spalle una lunga storia intrisa di sangue e che lei stessa ha un ruolo ben preciso da svolgere in entrambi. Sempre però che non sia troppo tardi, come invece è stato per tutte quelle che l’hanno preceduta...