Kyah is an orphaned young woman who has carved out a niche in life through her work and skills. She is incredibly cunning, and has a natural gravitas that she can weaponize when she chooses to. Kyah's live has provided her with a great deal of trust issues, but also the ability to talk with people to ensure that she is insulated from needing to share with them.

Kyah is fiercely independent lik...

One book that has a similar protagonist and writing style to "The Mirror Maiden" is "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern. The book features a strong and unique protagonist named Celia Bowen, who possesses magical abilities and is trained from a young age to compete in a game of magic against a rival opponent.

Like Aurora in "The Mirror Maiden," Celia is on a journey of self-discovery and person...

Brady bears some resemblance to the “Marsh Girl” , Kya Clark, in the bestselling novel, “Where the Crawdads Sing”. Although their circumstances are widely different, they both were abandoned as young children. Brady’s parents, although still alive and he still lived with them, emotionally they abandoned him. Kya lived totally on her own, but both Kya and Brady are both highly intelligent and self ...

Interrogation room was antiseptic and clad in stainless steel. The only furniture a vid table and four chairs. The bitter stench of ag fuel and body odor permeated the interrogation room. With a dirty shirt and a dirtier scowl, Max Devlin, security team leader of FlorCorp, sat arms folded. Myrtle could tell Max liked to fold his arms to show off his tanned biceps and sleeves of tattoos. In a 10,0...

Just like Luvinus in my story, Louis from Interview with the Vampire, also struggles with his vampirism. He doesn’t want to hurt humans, yet cannot help being a predator and thirst for blood. They both feel human inside, their heads spin with a million questions, yet their makers don’t tell them much, they rather mock them for being different. As I was building Luvinus, I thought about Louis and h...