Intricate world details, character interactions you will want to read again, mysteries being unfolded and the dots gradually connected. With that in mind, this book is a pleasure to go through.

Many plot points in here lay the groundwork for the next book and probably won’t be important until much later. Instead, along with Ophelia, we are invited to discover a new, exciting, dark, yet dreamlike world that is Babel.

This book is not an action-packed and fast-paced read. Ophelia, with her talent for reading the past of objects, becomes an apprentice at Babel’s most prestigious institution, where all the important information is kept. She chooses to begin her search for “God” (masked guy) and Thorn in Babel, an ark we soon come to learn is the model by which God wants the whole universe to be in order for him to gain control. With some help from Archibald, Ophelia is able to escape Anima. THE WORLD IS PROBABLY BEING DESTROYED PIECE BY PIECE BY A MASKED GUY WHOSE WHEREABOUTS NO ONE KNOWS. Ophelia is in the most miserable state – she has been sent back to her home, the Doyennes watch her every move, no news from Thorn, endless worry haunts her sleep due to a little fact… This book picks up three years after Thorn’s disappearance. How I wish I had waited until all four books came out. A fantastical story of intrigue and suspense, A Winter's Promise will find fans among readers of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, Victoria Aveyard's Red Queen, and N.K.Here we are - the third instalment of the Mirror Visitor quartet. The first installment in the bestselling Mirror Visitor Quartet, A Winter's Promise introduces readers to a remarkable heroine and to the richly imagined universe of the arks : floating celestial islands governed by the spirits of immortal ancestors. Lose yourself in the world of the arks and in the company of an unforgettable character in this French runaway hit by debut author, Christelle Dabos. There, in the company of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world. Ophelia must follow her fiancé to the towering city of Citaceleste, where nobody can be trusted. Her peaceful, if somewhat dull existence on the ark of Anima is interrupted when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a powerful clan from a distant ark, the cold and icy Pole. She possesses two special gifts : an unrivaled talent for reading the pasts of objects and the ability to travel through mirrors. A mix of awkward misfit and misunderstood genius, Ophelia cares little about appearances or other people's opinions of her.

La Mémoire de Babel by Christelle Dabos