I am OBSESSED with this series. I absolutely adore Christelle Dabos and the magical world she has created. I cannot get enough of Ophelia and Thorn's love story. Each installment of this series was a genuine delight and The Storm of Echoes is no exception. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to have read this prior to release!

This book was a hot mess. Absolutely everything I liked about the rest of the series was completely missing from this last installment. I know romance is not the center figure of the story up til now but Ophelia and Thorn felt so stilted especially even after everything they have been through at this point. The entire first half was borderline unintelligible. All of these leaps of intuition and investigation into the observatory was maddening to read. Without a doubt this book suffered from the lack of purpose or sufficient editing.

Thanks Netgalley for this ARC

Rating: 3,5 stars.

This is the fourth and final book of the installment, and sadly it didn't fully live up to my expectations, It was very complicated and difficult to understand, which lessened the enjoyment of reading. Several times a big reveal would happen and I was simply unable to fathom what this reveal actually meant.

That being said, the story of Ophelia and Thorn really saved this one! The character progress and development is fantastic! I also think the world-building is so incredibly original that it simply blows you away. I highly recommend reading this one, for those who have started the series!

I've been following this series since it was first published in English and have thoroughly enjoyed it. I do feel like this is one of those series that you should read fairly close to each other because things can get confusing very quickly but I feel like this last book was more confusing than it had to be. As much world building there was in the previous three, this last book tried to add or explain so much lore and its worlds, that it became a little cumbersome.

I did enjoy the story and the writing and am happy that the series has finally come to an end.

So excited to have been able to read the final instalment for this quartet. After picking up the first book I was very eager to read the rest.
I enjoyed the magic system and world building with the series and it continued on within this final book. A satisfying ending but I think it probably could have been a trilogy instead of a quartet.
An enjoyable read all the same though, if definitely recommend it

I will admit that when requesting this book I wasn’t up to this book in the series, but as soon as I started book 1 I knew I needed this! I read the whole series in about a week, which is a feat considering how long they are. It took me on such a journey and I loved every minute, so sad that it is finished. This last book in the series was such an epic finale, so many twists and turns that one could never anticipate from where we started in book 1 - but was so well written and weaved in a way that just fit. I enjoyed the path that led to the end, even if I wished that some characters were still along for the journey - they each played an important role. I appreciated the hints of French that were woven in, it gave the story such personality. I will absolutely be recommending this series to customers, and already have to colleagues, and will be reading whatever comes next for this author.

I adored the first two books in the series and then I don't know what happened.
It's almost as if it was a completely different story with different characters.

Don't get me started on the whole echo-convoluted-confusing-ark-world-thingy. We flipped sides so often I got confused and didn't care much anymore.
Ophelia and Thorn were also very different in this last installment. Not at all consistent with their previous characterization.

All together a disappointment 😔
I'll still cherish the first two books, but my personal expectations weren't met with how the storyline concluded.

An incredible end to one of my all time favourite series, I cannot recommend this enough. A must read for every fantasy fan.

What an epic conclusion! I have loved this series since first finding it at my local bookstore and I am over the moon to have been able to review the final novel. It was medium paced, emotional and just overall heart warming. This series is for anyone who loves Naomi Novik, Diana Wynne Jones and Katherine Arden.

Overall: 4/5

Plot and themes: 4/5

Characters: 5/5

Writing style: 4/5

Attention-grabbing: 4/5

The Storm of Echoes is the fourth and final book in the Mirror Visitor series. It's been a long wait for the translated works to be released, and a big shout out to NetGalley for getting me an ARC so that I could enjoy it prior to its release date. Ophelia and Thorn have been through a lot during the course of their tumultuous relationship, their ultimate challenge being to basically decode the meaning and fundamental creation of the world as they know it. This book is a series of convoluted twists and turns, and if you're anything like me it'll take you twice as long to read because you'll constantly have to flip back to reread section that have transcended your level of comprehension.

When I went to write this review, I noticed that the average score is somewhat low. I understand that from a non-biased perspective there are a lot of things happening and the paragraphs are dense and hard to follow. I think that the plot kind of got away from me at points and I had to go back and make sure I was following. If I hadn't done nearly a complete reread in the past couple of months, I don't know if I would have been able to follow the characters that kept popping up from all over the chronology of the series.

But I think that it's supposed to feel like a fever dream. Ophelia and Thorn want to understand the basis of their universe but they really have no idea. It's like if you tried to jump down a rabbit hole of theoretical psychology and philosophy. I don't completely understand it and I'll definitely need a reread to have a more solid grasp on it, but I think that the ultimate message of the whole series was definitely closed out nicely.

I'm still recommending this series despite the lack of fulfillment which I derived from the ending. I'm not saying it was disappointing to the integrity of the universe, but disappointing to what I'm always looking for and striving to get as a reader. I won't spoil anything with that, I still appreciate the way it ended, but I really hope that someday down the line we see more of them. Ophelia holds up as one of my all-time favorite protagonists and it's really bittersweet to think that this is the end of her story.

Thank you again to NetGalley and Europa Editions for giving me the ARC, hoping to see more great things by Christelle Dabos in the future!

The worldbuilding throughout The Mirror Visitor quartet has been impeccable, and this book continues to expand Christelle Dabos' incredible work. I loved the development of Ophelia and Thorn's relationship, and enjoyed seeing them actively work together and regularly interact. This was a clever, emotional and heartstopping conclusion to the quartet, and should be regarded as one of the best series of all time. Do yourself a favour and pick this book up when it first comes out for detailed character and world building, with high stakes plot and timely social commentary. Dabos somehow perfectly wraps up all the loose ends created in the first three books, whilst driving new plot and characters, and creating an all around beautiful story. The easiest five stars I have ever given!

3.5 stars
This was unfortunately an incredibly unsatisfying conclusion to an excellent series. While I thought the explanations of the lore and history of this world were fascinating, the execution of this final book was terrible. The author took a huge, expansive world and reduced it to the narrowest point of view for almost all of the book. All of the lore was crammed into this final book when it should have been spread throughout the earlier books. Though I loved the reveals, they were all explained through massive sections of info-dumping. Either Thorn and Ophelia figured something out and spent two pages discussing and summarizing their discoveries or someone spent two pages explaining everything to Thorm and Ophelia.

While I have always found the pacing of these books to be their weakest point—especially when it came to revealing parts of the overarching plot—this book's pacing was by far the worst. There were so many unnecessary side quests that added nothing to the plot and it felt like the characters went in circles for most of the book. The Storm of Echoes even makes me think that the third book, The Memory of Babel, was not necessary. I think the pacing would've made more sense for a trilogy.

The characters that were responsible for everything felt so random and disconnected from the story. And then characters from the beginning of the book were nowhere to be found and did not get a solid conclusion. In fact, none of the characters got a conclusion because this book did not feel like a conclusion. As a reader who has enjoyed this series, I was not happy or satisfied when I finished this book. The ending (and I will avoid spoilers but if you've read it you know what I mean) was unfair and mean to the reader. We spend four books with these characters and that is our reward? There truly is no better way to describe this book than to say it was unsatisfying.

I still love this series, though I think the first two books are the strongest. I will continue to act like this fourth book does not exist. Despite having an incredibly interesting concept, this book was not well executed and is not the ending that the characters I had come to love deserved.

I loved book 1 of the Mirror Visitor Quartet. Book 2 I enjoyed, book 3 slightly less so, but this fourth and final book, The Storm of Echoes, was a completely different beast. Hugely ambitious in its scope, the central focus is the quest to understand how God, Ophelia and the Other are linked, and how this link is causing increasing instability in the floating land masses known as arks. In the midst of this strange metaphysical race to save the world are glimpses of the things that drew me to the first couple of books; Ophelia and her pet scarf, Thorn and his Mr. Darcy-like qualities and some of my favourite secondary characters like Bernhilde and Archibald. Unfortunately, the glimpses were not quite enough to help me enjoy the rest of this particular book. I appreciate the scale of the universe building and the compulsion to resolve the myriad questions that have arisen in the first three novels, but it left me feeling a little confused. However, The Storm of Echoes is still worth reading if your a fan of the series and want to understand how that central mystery pans out.

(3.5 stars) Thank you to the publishers for providing me an e-arc of this book.

I have been a huge fan of The Mirror Visitor series. I’ve recommended these books over and over again.

It has some great characters, amazing world building, and a magic system unlike other books I’ve read.

What has kept me hooked with this series is the beloved Ophelia and Thorn. I enjoy their relationship dynamic as it’s one we’ve seen before in other books, but still very much their own. I couldn’t wait to see what we would get to see from them in this final book.

I am however sad to say, I’m very disappointed. This book was all over the place and because of this it took me awhile to actually want to read it. There were new characters introduced in this one, that honestly could have probably not existed and old characters from the first three books that didn’t show up until the end even though they had a large part in the whole story. I also think several parts of the overall journey for Ophelia and Thorn in this one probably could’ve been scrapped. It just seemed to really drag and then everything is thrown “together” in the end.

I don’t even want to get started on the ending… it’s open ended to a point where I really hope the author decides to do a novella or something to clear up some questions.

Overall, I have to say this is still one of my favorite series I’ve read. It’s very different from your typical young adult fantasy I think. But I’m dissappointed in this final book.

(2.5) “The Storm of Echoes” by Christelle Dabos is the final book in the Mirror Visitor Quartet. Dabos returns readers to Babel immediately following the close of “The Memory of Babel.” Thorn and Ophelia are FINALLY together, but beyond the doors of their refuge at the home of the enigmatic Lazarus, a storm of echoes is ripping the Arks apart. Entire minor arks and neighborhoods have disappeared into the abyss. Ophelia and Thorn are compelled to discover the cause and put an end to the destruction and the perpetrator. Questions abound. What role does the Other play in this gambit? Where is “God” aka Eulalie Gonde? How did she become “God”? Can she be returned to her human self? Would that change anything? If the echoes are the key, where did they start? Are they sentient? What is a shadow? What is a reflection? Can either be crystalized? Why are the Genealogists so interested in Project Cornucopianism? What is Ophelia’s real motivation when she admits herself to the Deviations Observatory? Will she lose her sanity before they can find the Horn of Plenty? Does the storyline with Fox, Gail, Victoria, and Archibald matter? Will any of this make sense at the end of the 528 pages? Will you like the ending? Yes, sort of, and no, maybe not. Should you read it? Probably.

BUT, if you are one of the readers who truly disliked the direction of book three, leave it there and just pretend the last bit about the arks crumbling isn’t there and that Thorn and Ophelia decide to move back to Pole where Farouk has dropped all charges, and the couple can enjoy each other’s company, antagonize Archibald, and travel together from mirror to mirror. If however, you are reading these reviews, you probably want to see how this story ends... Just be aware that this book ratchets up any confusion from the previous book, is very heavy on exposition at the beginning, convoluted, tangled, and a bit stiff in places due to translation. I didn’t love book three, but I am glad I was able to receive an ARC of The Storm of Echoes from Europa Editions. I just wish I loved it like I did the first two books. This one left me disappointed, bereft, and perhaps a little bit more. -- That said, I will read a 5th book if the author writes one.....

I liked this, but definitely not on par with the last two books. A pro with this series is that the world building is amazing, and it really shows in this one. I liked the characters as well. Just something about this fell flat.

If you've wanted a book that perfectly sums up a series, answers all the questions you had, and it truly enjoyable, this book, unfortunately, is not the book for you.

When I picked up "The Storm of Echoes," I was beyond excited. The love interest was finally developing after 3 long books. We were starting to get answers – and flashbacks! — to the questions that had plagued us since book one. But after reading halfway through this book and getting more questions and no answers, I had to admit it: this was a disappointing finale.

Not only is Christelle Dabos' pacing completely off in this book, I feel the translation is equally as poor. Things become so complicated and metaphysical that it makes no sense. One thing I loved about Dabos' writing is how she introduced a new plot point or piece of lore in each of her books. This always became the downfall of this book: too many threads and questions, not enough answers.

The book also, in my opinion, ended too tragically for these characters who were also already traumatized. I also noticed thinly veiled transphobia (be warned for triggers when meeting Janus), as well as poor examples of disabilities (think, made that way by an evil spirit and are considered "wrong").

Truly, I am distraught. I wanted this to be a book I loved, and I hated it. I wish I had not spent my money on the other three. That's how poorly this book is written.

thanks to netgalley for providing me with the digital copy of this bok to review.

this was a good installment but i found it to be messy compared to the other books in the series. it seems the books lose more of the world the further the series go and i lose enjoyment because of that. still, a fun read.

I think that my rating is largely due to the fact that I couldn't help compare this book to the authors previous work. I think that the world building in the other stories was just exceptional, and then in this story I couldn't help but be left wanting more and even a little creeped out at times. The author is absolutely brilliant and I do think that their work is a force to be reckoned with, I just guess I was hoping the end would give a little more. I felt like I was left wanting and without resolve. I just wished there was a little bit of unresolved issues that I wish were wrapped up nicely as there won't be another book in this world At times I felt like the book could've benefitted from doing a little less. I just feel like at times I was overwhelmed and it took away from the book as a whole. I also loved Ophelia and Thorn as characters, so I wish there was a little bit more of them throughout the story itself. I just feel like I was left hoping to see more of them and then suddenly the book was ending. I still think that this series as a whole is amazing, as the author creates such an intricate and complicated world. I just guess I wish this last book had gone in a different direction. Overall still was good, just not my favorite in the series.

I was hooked by the first book, A Winter's Promise, and the second The Missing of Clairdelune upped the ante. I was happy to read the third installment but found my interest waning a bit, and that didn't stop with this 4th and final book. I'm happy to have finished the series, but I find that it lacks that satisfying oomph that I look for in a finale