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The Dark Mirror

The Bone Season, Book 5

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The Dark Mirror

By: Samantha Shannon
Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins
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Bloomsbury presents The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon, read by Alana Kerr Collins.

The highly anticipated fifth novel in the New York Times bestselling Bone Season series—an epic and spellbinding fantasy from the author of The Priory of the Orange Tree.

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 By: Goodreads * Barnes & Noble * Screen Rant * The Nerd Daily * Paste Magazine * Book Riot

Everything is about to change.

Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade—but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory.

Her journey back to the revolution soon takes her to Venice, where the Domino Programme has uncovered evidence of a secret Scion plan. Before Paige can return to London, she must help the network unravel the sinister Operation Ventriloquist, which threatens to bring Europe to its knees in weeks.

And it soon becomes clear that the one person who could recover her memories—Arcturus Mesarthim—might also hold the key to thwarting Scion, allowing the revolution to strike an unprecedented blow . . .

With its intricate worldbuilding, slow burn romance, and “complex, ever evolving, scrappy yet touching” (NPR) heroine, the Bone Season series shows Samantha Shannon at the height of her considerable powers.

©2025 Samantha Shannon (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Contemporary Fantasy Paranormal Paranormal & Urban Urban

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Every book in this series is better than the last

I am a huge fan of the narrator, Alana Kerr Collins, and that is how I found my way to Samantha Shannon.
The series is one of my favorites and I can’t wait for the next book which is going to be about another year. Oh well. This was my favorite of the five bone season novels. There are also a couple of Novellas and I’ve read and listened to them all twice except for this book which just came out so I’ve only listened to it once.
Since real life is getting so dystopian, it feels really important to find heroes and heroines in the world of fiction. Samantha Shannon is masterful at creating worlds, and there was no exception in book 5 of The Bone Season.
If you haven’t read the series, I highly recommend reading the entire series or listening to the entire series. You’ll miss a lot if you start with this book. But once you start, you will be hooked.

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My heart could burst!!

This one this one right here as everything!! The suspense, the action, the drama, the one and only Jaxson Hall. Our girl is going through it in Italy but this book was everything. Alana Kerr Collins is once again phenomenal!

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So short!

This book felt so short after waiting and rereading the series several times over the years. Glad it is progressing again. Jax has had quiet the character arch

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Another amazing installment!

It’s been a long wait for the fifth book in the Bone Season series, but The Dark Mirror was definitely worth it. Samantha Shannon is a talented world builder, and knows just how to keep you reeling from one emotion to another with each new chapter. And again, kudos to Alana Kerr Collins for a masterful performance. I could never imagine Paige without Alana’s voice. Highly recommend!

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The Performance was flawless

All around excellence! Narrator is fantastic. Beautiful words with no fluff. And the heroine has sense, is brave and is a thinker.

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Hours should have been axed d/t travelogue aspect. And when did she take up fitness? The forced proximity (least fave trope) got a bit much. Do not feel the need to relisten to this like the previous four. Just glad didn't end on huge hanger.

Alana Kerr Collins gave it her all.

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