Review: Helpful introduction to The Glass Wall
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2011
BEHIND THE MIRROR is a short story that introduces THE GLASS WALL.  The fantasy aspects of THE GLASS WALL are a bit confusing, so the short story helps to unravel the mysteries.  It begins by giving some background information on the fae world where the fate trackers come from.  The fate trackers protect the fae world and also help to protect humanity. Two fate trackers, Rafael and Jareth, go to Earth where they have an unusual interest in a teenage girl named Sydney.Sydney is a lonely girl who has been bounced in and out of different foster homes all her life.  BEHIND THE MIRROR gives the reader a brief introduction to Sydney's new foster family. I found the foster family to be one of the most enjoyable aspects of the short story and first book.  The family members are very quirky, but at the same time very relatable.  The foster mom is an Ebay fanatic, and the foster dad is a paranoid security freak who is into spy gadgets and alien detectors.I recommend these works to anyone who enjoys fantasy that moves away from the mainstream and who also enjoys a mixture of oddball humor.