The Blood Mirror
- 736
- Pages
- about 13 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #9
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Our view
“The Blood Mirror” is the fourth Lightbringer novel, with the empire collapsing and its former emperor powerless in a prison of his own making. Some readers find it the slowest volume, with little new happening after the revelations of the book before; those who rate it highly are evidently invested enough in this world to welcome more time in it. Over seven hundred pages long, it is strictly for those who have come this far.
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About the book
The Blood Mirror is the action-packed fourth novel in the Lightbringer series by international bestseller Brent Weeks. The Seven Satrapies have collapsed into four - and those are falling before the White King's armies. Gavin Guille, ex-emperor, ex-Prism, ex-galley slave, formerly the one man who might have averted war, is now lost, broken and trapped in a prison crafted by his own magical genius. But Gavin has no magic at all. Worse, in this prison, he may not be alone. Who will fight to prevent a tainted empire from becoming something even worse? Weeks has a style of immediacy and detail that pulls the reader relentlessly into the story. He doesn't allow you to look away' Robin Hobb 'Weeks writes in an inescapably engaging style' Andrea Stewart 'Weeks is a giant of the genre' Nicholas Eames 'Brent Weeks is so good it's beginning to tick me off' Peter V. Brett 'I was mesmerised from start to finish. Unforgettable characters, a plot that kept me guessing, non-stop action and the kind of in-depth storytelling that makes me admire a writers' work' Terry Brooks 'Weeks has truly cemented his place among the great epic fantasy writers of our time' British Fantasy Society Books by Brent Weeks Lightbringer The Black Prism The Blinding Knife The Broken Eye The Blood Mirror The Burning White Night Angel The Way of Shadows Shadow's Edge Beyond the Shadows The Kylar Chronicles Night Angel Nemesis Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel
Reading order · Lightbringer
Full order & progress →- The Black PrismStart here
8.28.2 / 10 - The Blinding Knife
8.58.5 / 10 - The Broken Eye
8.58.5 / 10 - The Blood MirrorThis book
8.28.2 / 10 - The Burning White
8.28.2 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 362 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 71% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 14 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 348 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Blood Mirror?
It has 736 pages — longer than 76% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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