I knew about "mirrorworld" because that's what our world is called in the Inkheart trilogy. 😳 Does it not have any of the same characters/themes?
Oh! Okay, let me explain!
The setting for the actual Inkheart book (the fictional inside Inkheart) is called the Inkworld, at least in English and German. The Inkworld of course features the characters of the trilogy!
The author, Cornelia Funke, also has the Reckless series though, and the setting of that series is called the mirrorworld (at least in English and German). It does feature entirely different characters (so far) and themes.
But! Funke has revealed that the inkworld and the mirrorworld are technically the same world, just that the inkworld is a ~500 years younger version of it. We’re probably going to get more content that might link those two worlds together, but I am terribly bad at keeping updated, so I rely on all the other ink- / mirrorworld tumblrs out there ^^
However, this basically means that the mirrorworld and the inkworld are the same thing, so you’re totally right. Just that there are two book series that separate them more or less, and can be read on their own entirely. I hope that cleared things up!
