The Bride of Glass (Glass Vault, #2) by Candace Robinson

The Bride of Glass by Candace Robinson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Bride of Glass is the second book in the Glass Vault series by Candace Robinson. In the first book, Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault, we met Perrie Madeline and her best friend and cousin, Maisie, who had discovered a new museum that seemed to have come out of nowhere. When Maisie spotted a now hiring sign she was determined to get a job at the oddball establishment thinking it would be the perfect place to work for someone with a quirky personality such as herself. On Maisie’s first night however she never returned home from work so Perrie and their friend, August wondered if the new museum had something to do with Maisie’s and other disappearances and decide to investigate on their own.

Now The Bride of Glass picks up where Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault left off with our characters under the influence of Vale and being forced to collect souls for the Glass Museum. Perrie herself has been turned into Vale’s bride and completely under his influence but some of the others from the first book have begun to remember just who they were as they wake from the evil. One of those awake is Maisie and now it’s her turn to try to rescue Perrie and everyone else that has become trapped by Vale.

Candace Robinson is a fairly new author having just released a few books in the past year and being lucky enough to review these for her I can honestly say I’ve become a fan. The story within this series is a young adult mix of fantasy and horror along with a mix of retellings that certainly was a unique story line which she’s expanded upon here in the second read. I would highly recommend starting this series at the first book as the second wouldn’t make as much sense trying to read it alone and the journey to get this far was amazing.

My only complaint with this story that brought me to rate a little lower than I had the first was I just wanted more as this book is fairly short. A part of this story takes the reader back to give a deeper look at things from the first book and while that was nice I also wanted more of the current and to continue that ride. But on a positive note too this one also switched the point of view between characters which gave me more of the quirky Maisie who I loved getting to know in the first book.

Overall, this is a great series that I’d certainly recommend checking out with some great characters, a few shocking twists and a unique story line.

I received a free advance copy of this book directly from the author, thank you to Candace Robinson for allowing me to read early.