Ren is a con artist who has come to the sparkling city of Nadežra with one goal: to trick her way into a noble house, securing her fortune and her sister’s future.
But as she’s drawn into the elite world of House Traementis, she realizes her masquerade is just one of many surrounding her. And as nightmare magic begins to weave its way through the City of Dreams, the poisonous feuds of its aristocrats and the shadowy dangers of its impoverished underbelly become tangled…with Ren at their heart.
The Mask of Mirrors is the unmissable start to the Rook & Rose trilogy, a dazzling and darkly magical fantasy adventure by Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms, writing together as M. A. Carrick.
Representation Includes
Bisexual aromantic main protagonist (Vargo)
Bisexual minor protagonist (Giuna)
Lesbian side character; trans side character
Notes on relationship status' at end of book
Vargo has a sexual but not romantic relationship with Iascat that is not officially over at the end of the book
1 romantic relationship (cis female/trans-male) break up at the end: Tess/Pavlin
1 romantic relationship (cis female/cis female) remain together at end: Giuna/Sibiliat
Content Warnings
death, physical and psychological child abuse, drug use (including forced drug use), kidnapping, mental illness (caused by severe insomnia), fear of sexual violence (no incidents), police violence
Fortune favors the bold. Magic favors the liars.