Obsidian Mirror

The Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This beginning book in a new trilogy by Fisher is one that Fisher's fans can enjoy.  The story begins with Jake Wilde stabbing one of the actors in his school's performance of Hamlet.  Jake has deceitfully taken over for the actor playing Hamlet, and thus he is in able to really stab Laertes. His motive is be sent home to his guardian Venn.  And, he is successful.  Jake believes Venn has murdered his father, so he is bent on finding out the circumstances.  When he gets to Venn's Wintercombe Abbey, he find the story much more complicated than he figured.  Venn has a magical mirror, the Obsidian Mirror.  The magic of the mirror is that it is able to transport people through time.  This is what has happened to Jake's father.  Other characters come to the Abbey, and make the story more interesting, or more confusing if you don't follow closely enough.  But, overall it is a satisfying story that leads us carefully to the next book in the series. 



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