Blog Tour- Mirror Girls by Kelly McWilliams

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the MIRROR GIRLS by Kelly McWilliams Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About The Book:

Title: MIRROR GIRLS

Author: Kelly McWilliams

Pub. Date: February 8, 2022

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 320

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

A thrilling gothic horror novel about biracial twin sisters separated at birth, perfect for fans of Lovecraft Country and The Vanishing Half

 As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents, who died for loving across the color line. Now, at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, Charlie is a young Black organizer in Harlem, while white-passing Magnolia is the heiress to a cotton plantation in rural Georgia. 

Magnolia knows nothing of her racial heritage, but secrets are hard to keep in a town haunted by the ghosts of its slave-holding past. When Magnolia finally learns the truth, her reflection mysteriously disappears from mirrors—the sign of a terrible curse. Meanwhile, in Harlem, Charlie’s beloved grandmother falls ill. Her final wish is to be buried back home in Georgia—and, unbeknownst to Charlie, to see her long-lost granddaughter, Magnolia Heathwood, one last time. So Charlie travels into the Deep South, confronting the land of her worst nightmares—and Jim Crow segregation.

The sisters reunite as teenagers in the deeply haunted town of Eureka, Georgia, where ghosts linger centuries after their time and dangers lurk behind every mirror. They couldn’t be more different, but they will need each other to put the hauntings of the past to rest, to break the mirrors’ deadly curse—and to discover the meaning of sisterhood in a racially divided land.

Reviews:

“Steeped in atmosphere, equal parts ghost and sororal love story, McWilliams has written a pitch-perfect southern gothic thriller about race, family, and what it means to call a place home.”―Christina Hammonds Reed, award-winning author of The Black Kids

“A moving story about sisterhood and perseverance in the face of a society that tells Black girls they are worthless.”―Booklist

“MIRROR GIRLS is a spine-tingling, empowering look at justice and civil action that urges readers to be aware, to be true to themselves and to take action. As Magnolia observes, ‘As twin sisters, white and Black, we are a symbol of coming victory. A promise of change.’”―BookPage, starred review

“A spooky Southern gothic ghost story. “―BCCB

 

This southern Gothic YA horror novel about twin sisters separated at birth, who come together upon the death of their grandmother drips with dread and brims with biting social commentary. Set the deep south of backwoods Georgia at the height of Civil Rights movements, Charlene comes to town with her dying grandmother as her last wish- to be buried where she was born. Charlie is unprepared for just how segregated and racist the town is, from the divided city to the attempts to segregate the cemetery. Then there is Magnolia, a black girl passing as white as part of one of the once wealthy Heatheood family. When her paternal grandmother passes, she reveals that Magnolia is colored and from that night forward Magnolia’s reflection disappears and she is left to choose who she will be. Mirror Girls is utterly haunting and positively captivating. It tackles difficult subject matter as both Magnolia and Charlie come face to face with the oppression and systemic racism of a town that does not want to move forward. I love books like this because they hold up a mirror to my privilege as a white woman and I’m always grateful for the books that challenge my worldview and I still empathy. I gave Mirror Girls 5⭐and can’t recommend it enough for fans of Angie Thomas and Tiffany D. Jackson.

 

About Kelly McWilliams:

Kelly McWilliams is a mixed-race writer. She is the author of Doormat and Agnes at the End of the World. She lives in Seattle with her family.

 

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of MIRROR GIRLS, US Only.

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