Fractured Path (The Mirror, Book 3)

by J. C. Cervantes

Overview

Can dreams come true when you're living with a family curse?

1965—San Francisco, California

The 1960s are bursting with music and movement and love in San Francisco, perfect for a budding artist like Blake. Unfortunately, the art world is not welcoming to people of her gender or her multi-racial heritage, making it tough to land an internship that could put her on the map. That, plus the fact that Blake’s family has been notoriously riddled with bad luck, makes her feel like she can’t catch a break. Things only get worse when Blake starts to have ominous, confusing visions that grow stronger and more frequent, prompting Blake’s aunt and uncle to tell her about a long-lost family heirloom that could be the key to everything

Fueled by the ambiguous clues in her visions, Blake sets out on a journey through the city to retrieve her ancestors’ legendary mirror. But Blake is not the only one looking for it. Soon she must attempt to unleash her own dormant powers . . . or else risk all she holds dear.

The Mirror: Fractured Path is the third book in the innovative YA fairy-tale quartet, following one family—and the curse that plagues it—over several generations.


Unravel the secrets of this family curse in the other books in THE MIRROR:

• Broken Wish by Julie C. Dao
• Shattered Midnight by Dhonielle Clayton

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781368046404
Publisher:	Disney Press
Publication date:	08/02/2022
Series:	Mirror Series
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	257,130
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

J. C. Cervantes (www.jccervantes.com) is the New York Times best-selling author of The Storm Runner, which Booklist called "a rip-roaring adventure" in a starred review. Her first novel, Tortilla Sun, was a 2010 New Voices pick by the American Booksellers Association and was named to Bank Street's 2011 Best Book List. Jen grew up in San Diego and was fascinated by stories about Maya gods and magic. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter: @jencerv, and Instagram: #authorjcervantes.

Editorial Reviews

A thrilling—and occasionally chilling—tale of legacy and magic, with a rich sense of time and place brought to life by the unmistakable voice of J.C. Cervantes.—Roshani Chokshi, New York Times best-selling author of the Gilded Wolves trilogy

From the Publisher

2022-07-13
In 1965 San Francisco, high school senior Blake Estancia is plagued by cryptic visions.

Magic runs in Blake’s family, but it has barely manifested in her. Unlike her telekinetic maternal grandmother, Zora, introduced in Dhonielle Clayton’s Shattered Midnight (2022), or her healer abuela, the teen’s power is relatively unimpressive: She receives abstract impressions when touching an object. Resigned to this, Blake focuses on becoming a professional artist, but it’s not easy for a young woman to break into the male-dominated art world. When startling visions begin appearing—first in her dreams and then in her waking hours—Blake turns to the aunt and uncle who raised her after her parents’ deaths for answers. She learns the truth about a family curse and a lost magic heirloom: her grandfather Phillip’s mirror. Blaming the curse for the many tragedies in her family’s history, Blake decides to break it by following the clues in her visions to find the mirror. She’s accompanied by her best friend, Olivia, and a British boy named Ian whose immediate connection with Blake seems fated. The book’s inherent suspense and initial forward motion are stalled by Blake’s unfamiliarity with her family history. When she begins her investigation into the curse, she finds fragments of answers, random breadcrumbs lacking in context that lead to a sudden and not quite conclusive ending. Blake’s mother was biracial (Black and White), and her father was Mexican.

A meandering story lacking momentum. (Historical fantasy. 13-18)

Kirkus Reviews