Indexing: Reflections

Indexing Series, Book 2

By: Seanan McGuire

Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal

"For her to love me, she had to be willing to kill me. Anything else would show that her heart was untrue."

The struggle against not-so-charming storybook narratives isn't the only complicating factor in Henrietta "Henry" Marchen's life. As part of the ATI Management Bureau team protecting the world from fairy tales gone awry, she's juggling her unwanted new status as a Snow White, dealing with a potentially dangerous Pied Piper, and wrangling a most troublesome wicked stepsister - along with a budding relationship with Jeff, her teammate.

But when a twisted, vicious Cinderella breaks out of prison and wreaks havoc, things go from disenchanted to deadly. And once Henry realizes someone is trying to use her to destroy the world, her story becomes far from over - and this one might not have a happily ever after.

Indexing: Reflections is New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire's continuing new urban fantasy, where everything you thought you knew about fairy tales gets turned on its head.

©2015 Seanan McGuire (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Fun follow up to first book in series

Very enjoyable follow up to the first book. It did hurt my head at times if I tried to think too hard about the details of the "story" controlling and changing people's lives. I just had to go with the flow, so to speak, without thinking about it too deeply. I definitely would not recommend anyone start the series with this book. You really need to read book 1 first. I loved the humor in the book which was only enhanced by the reader of the audiobook. The narration was excellent with the minor exception of the male characters. Her male voices were weird and not so good but her female voices were varied and fantastic. Luckily there are more female characters than male (or they speak more, at least). If you enjoyed the first book, you should like the second as it's more of the same.

Even better than the first

This is a great series! I'm really looking forward to third book. ( Please, please let there be more books)

Absolutely wonderful!

This is my favorite author and she NEVER disappoints! I’m getting to start the next book in another series of hers and I’m so looking forward to it.

Wonderful and unpredictable follow-up.

Seanan McGuire delivered again. This second installment of the Indexing series is just as funny and heart-felt as the first. We get to meet a few new characters, delve deeper into old ones and see what's on the other side of the magic mirror. This novel splits the main character focus between Henry and Sloane allowing the reader a glimpse into the past of everyone's favorite unwilling, wicked step-sister. McGuire managed to maintain the delicate balance between humor, suspense and emotion that she set up in the first book. As with Indexing, reflections provides a satisfying ending but also opens enough doors to leave the reader hoping for more.

Mary Robinette Kowal remains the perfect narrator for this series, bringing extra life and interest to the words. She continues to demonstrate versatility in her style and portrayals.

Overall, I enjoyed this from beginning to end and might even say it was stronger than the first book. An excellent read that kept me interested and left me guessing what might happen next.

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Let me know when you do another one. Also, I saw a review where they down rated the performance because Sloane was so annoying. I agree, 100%. But I think that's part of the reason the performance needs to be 5 stars.

That said, please don't give Sloane that big of a narrative next time around. Love the character, but she does get on the nerves.