 2001 Cover | |
| Author | Amelia Atwater-Rhodes |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Phil Heffernan |
| Language | English |
| Series | Den of Shadows |
| Genre | Gothic, Horror, Vampire, Teen |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press, a division of Random House |
Publication date | September 2001 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 227 pp (first edition hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-385-32793-5 (first edition hardcover) |
| Preceded by | Demon in My View (2000) |
| Followed by | Midnight Predator (2002) |
Shattered Mirror is a vampire novel written by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, published in 2001 when the author was 17. W. B. Yeats’ poem "The Two Trees", which references broken glass, appears in the beginning of the book, and is the inspiration for the title. The main theme of the book is that the perceived heroes can sometimes be evil in their actions and the villains can sometime have good sides. It is a comment that things are not just one thing or the other, but mixed with qualities of all aspects of life.
The novel was an ALA Quick Pick and called “an action-packed thriller” by Booklist, who also wrote that Atwater-Rhodes "owns a readable prose style and a vivid imagination." School Library Journal said that “readers will be swept away by the seductive world of good and evil and find themselves lusting for a few more chapters.”