Review: Mirrored Heavens

Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Rebecca Roanhorse brings her biggest story yet to its long awaited conclusion in 600 pages or less - well, technically, yes, a little bit less than 600. But it does take its time to reach that conclusion for our cast of (sometimes anti) heroes - to the point where I almost wondered if Roanhorse was waiting to make a surprise announcement that this wouldn't be the end of the series after all. Nope. It's the end of the road for Serapio, Xiala, Ixtan, Naranpa, and now Balam getting some spotlight as well. There's so much going on as the characters struggle to pick up the pieces the last two books left them with - the dramatic irony of Ixtan believing that xir lover Naranpa is no longer alive, Xiala having to regain her Song at dark, dark cost, and of course my favorite, Serapio, struggling to break free from the stranglehold of the religion in which he was raised, turning him to do such dark things in his life. I'd say, though, that what Roanhorse really has to say about all these diverse and diversely motivated characters is that in the end, love will win, if you fight for it. And for that, I bid Between Earth and Sky the ave atque vale it deserves.

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