A Mirror Mended

 A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow, 144 pages.

In this sequel to A Spindle Splintered (which I loved) Zinnia Gray has been saving sleeping beauties for five years, and it's honestly getting old. So when a distressed woman reached out to her from a mirror, pleading for help, she reaches out to her and is pulled into another story. But for all the Sleeping Beauty was getting old, it doesn't make getting kidnapped by the Evil Queen fun. This Evil Queen has found out what happens to her at the end of Snow White, and is desperately trying to find an escape, which she thinks Zinnia can help her with. Zinnia, for her part, has to decide if she's going to help the woman who snatched her, who is, after all, just as trapped in her story as the princesses she usually saves.

This was a very good novella, although it didn't impress me quite as much as the first one. It feels a little less focused, and the adventure elements that dominate this one weren't the elements that made an impression in the first one. However, this one reminded me even more strongly of Seanan McGuire's Indexing series, so I'm definitely doubling down on this as a recommendation for fans of that series.