The Obsidian Mirror

Years ago, Jake’s father disappeared while working on a mysterious project with his best friend Oberon Venn. Convinced that Oberon actually killed his father, Jake sets out on a mission to prove the man guilty. But things are not quite as they seem when Jake arrives at Wintercombe Abbey, and the longer Jake stays their the stranger things become. Oberon is obsessed with a mirror that he says can transport people in time, claiming that is what happened to Jake’s father.

While Jake isn’t entirely convinced that’s what really happened others are. Sarah, a girl with the ability to turn invisible shows up claiming to be a runaway, but she knows to much about Wintercombe Abbey and the mirror for her appearance to be completely random. And then there is Maskelyne, a man claiming that the mirror is a time traveling devise, that was stolen from him centuries ago. But its not just humans who are looking for the mirror. Minions from another time, and another place have been lurking around the manor, trying to find a way past the protective charms so they can steal the mirror and destroy the human race.

It’s a race not only to get the mirror to work, but to discover the secrets of the others. What are the true purposes of all these different people, and what is it they are planning on doing if they posses the working mirror. Jake doesn’t really care as long as he can find the answer to what really happened to his father. But the more Jake discovers about the mirror and those after it, the more he starts to question his own motives, and weather finding out what happened to his father is worth the consequences.

I thought this book was incredible. I loved the characters, and how their stories unfolded and intertwined with eachother. I couldn’t put it down and was able to finish it in two days.