It would have been enough for Noyes to keep with the historical side of the story instead of making this a patchwork book. Readers are able to get a clear picture of fourteenth century Italy and are able to learn as they are being entertained. The Great Manchurian Plague of 1910-1911: The Geopolitics of an Epidemic. Noyes talent as a historical fiction writer is clearly evident throughout the novel. The Elements for Communicating Science and TechnologyDeborah St James. : Plague in the Mirror (9780763659806) by Noyes, Deborah and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. Noyes should have stuck with one or even two of the aforementioned genres. There were too many plot lines which will ultimately leave readers confused as they try to keep up. With all of the problems that the main character is facing, readers will feel pulled in too many different directions. But what she got instead was a colorful and inconsistent genre-quilt. Plague in the Mirror By Deborah Noyes Hardcover Hardcover 16.99 ISBN 9780763659806 Young Adult Add to Cart Buy from Other Retailers: About Plague in the Mirror In a sensual paranormal romance, a teen girl’s doppelgnger from 1348 Florence lures her into the past in hopes of exacting a deadly trade. Noyes attempted to stitch together the genres of historical, paranormal and romance while at the same time weaving them into a teen angst novel.

Will she step through the mirror and end it all? Or is there a way for May to have everything she desires? Only time will tell. May’s world is changing and it’s up to her to decide which direction it will go. In a sensual paranormal romance, a teen girls doppelganger from 1348 Florence. Her parents’ want her to choose a side, her best friend wants her to love him as more than a friend, and Cristofana wants her to trade lives. Read Plague in the Mirror by Deborah Noyes available from Rakuten Kobo. And it’s Cristofana who shows May a portal that takes her into the year of 1348.Įveryone wants something from May. But just as May thinks her life couldn’t get any more out of control, she meets Cristofana, her ghostly twin. While conducting her historical research, May learns more than she ever thought possible about fourteenth century Florence and the Black Plague that once inhabited it. In order to distract her from her parents’ divorce, seventeen year old May takes off for Italy with her best friend Liam and his travel-writer mom.

But it won’t take long for them to see that this novel isn’t one for the history books. At first glance, Deborah Noyes’ Plague in the Mirror appears to take readers of all genres on a fascinating and thrilling ride.