Shattered Mirror by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Delacorte Press - September 11, 2001
ISBN: 0385327935 - Hardcover
Young Adult - Paranormal / Vampires

Reviewed by Carisa Weeaks, MyShelf.com
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Shattered Mirror is the third book by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes.

Sarah Vida and her family are after one of the most notorious vampires, Nikolas. As a daughter of the most powerful line of witches in history, Sarah has an obligation to her family to not only hunt down the enemies of the family, but to abide by the family laws, and up until she started her new school, she hasn't had a problem doing that - especially the law stating that if a member of the Vida befriends a vampire or any other enemy, they would suffer the most dire of consequences.

When she walks into her first class of her first day, she notices two people she knew she should stay away from - Christopher and Nissa Ravena. Although their auras are so weak that they are not able to tell that she's a witch, she can tell that they are vampires. They're weak because they've sworn off human blood and only drinking animal blood. She figures that she could probably try to stay away from them, but after they literally follow her around to her classes and coax her into sitting with them at lunch, she finds out how hard it's going to be. And to add onto that, Christopher has fallen for the blue-eyed hunter.

Can Sarah help her family avenge their honor by finding Nikolas, but still somehow help them come to understand that not all vampires are bad? And what about her growing affections for the two vampires who have taken an interest in her?

This book is as amazing as the other two books. The characters are original and so realistic that you half expect to run into them in the local 24 hour Wal-Mart at midnight. "Unique" is definitely a word that every review of Amelia's books will contain and often repeat to the point of madness. Atwater-Rhodes is an amazing writer with the imagination of the most creative of young children and the eloquence with words of an experienced writing genius. I definitely recommend ALL of her books.