I was really intrigued by the premise of this story and I was especially drawn to the multiperspective style of this novel, but it just didn’t follow through like i had hoped. I enjoyed reading the first half of this book, before everything started coming to light, and I enjoyed the style Sam Carrington shows throughout the book because it felt as if you were right alongside the narrators, investigating and plotting right along with them. But the second half of the book was so hard to follow and it had me wondering “What the actual hell is going on?” There are so many plot points and too much happening all at once that it was hard to focus on the main plot, which I assumed was ‘who is wreaking havoc on this poor family who is trying to sell their home’. The ending also had me up in arms because it was very rushed and it didn’t do the job of explaining what had transpired after the ‘climatic evening’ took place, and the storyline was interesting yet it was just executed poorly. I believe this book had really great intentions and it wanted to be mysterious and impossible to figure out before the ending, but it just had me confused and wondering when it would be over. I would like to read more of Sam Carrington because I see really great potential for some awesome mystery/thriller stories with some great characters.
I’d like to thank NetGalley and Avon Books UK for this copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Vine Witch was a fantastic take on witches and the wine business, what more could you ask for? I will say this book had a really interesting storyline and I was intrigued to learn more about wine. I loved the characters and the magic Luanne has created for them, they felt very real yet they were living in this semi-fantastical world where witches exist. The romance aspect of this book was not overpowering either, which may disappoint some, but I found it tolerable and I don't typically pick up books under the tag ‘Romance’. Fair warning, this book does slow down tremendously and does have a lot of ‘wine-jargon(?)’, but the ending absolutely makes up for it, at least in the climatic sense.

Mirrorand is a great mystery thriller that dives deep into repressed trauma and the effects it has on an adult life. The story is a very interesting one and I admire an unreliable narrator that can accurately describe how they willingly choose to be unreliable versus a narrator that just seems unreliable to the reader. The author does a really great job of setting each scene from the narrator's perspective and every sentence holds so much detail it's like watching a movie. I also really admire the flow of the story and how the author chooses to close each chapter in mild cliffhangers, making the reader eager to figure out what happens next.

I will say even though the flow of the story is great, its pacing is very slow and I found myself wondering when it would pick up again. The time frame of this story was also semi confusing along with some of the subplots. Some of the story is told from a younger perspective while most of it is told from a present perspective and it was kind of hard to differentiate between the two since the narrator has returned to their childhood home. I also had a hard time picturing Mirrorland and just what it was exactly other than a child’s playroom (?) underneath (?) their house. Despite the confusion, the story was great and I think the ending really made up for its lack of flow and fluidity, although the ending seemed to drag on and on. Every chapter in the last ten percent of the book could have easily been the last chapter and I would have been content with that. But, again, the actual ending was good and I was glad it finished up the way it did.

Overall, Mirrorland was a really cool read and I was glad I was able to read an ARC of it. The author did a fantastic job with creating a thriller/mysterious atmosphere throughout the whole novel and even though the story seemed to drag on, it was very worth the read.

I want to thank NetGalley, Carole Johnsone, and Scribner for sending me an Advanced Readers Copy in exchange for an honest review.