adventurous emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I absolutely loved this trilogy.

It follows Dawsyn Sabar, a young woman who grew up on a ledge of a mountain. All she knew was the cold & survival. The ledge people were given scraps & supplies by Glacians that lived on the other side of the chasm that divided the ledge & the rest of the mountain. The Glacian’s also regular picked those off the ledge during selection day. Those selected never to be seen again.

That’s a short introduction anyway. I normally do not enjoy slow burns or books that do not have constant action.. for me this book was a slow burn. While the trilogy didn’t have my jaw on the floor I loved the book due to the characters & the great detail in what they went through, how it shaped them, & how they felt. Stacey did a wonderful job at truly painting a picture with this trilogy. The parts that felt slow to me were enjoyable because I was learning about the character and what they were feeling & experiencing. It gave each event in the book more significance because I knew what it meant to each character.
I’m sad to let Dawsyn, Ryon, Baltisse, Rivdan, Tasheem, Esra & Salem go lol :( 10/10 read this book.
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
emotional tense slow-paced

mirageandlight's review

4.0
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Stacey McEwan has easily become an auto-buy author.  Even the ending was left in a way to keep us curious yet satisfied.  This book was slightly slower than the others, but it still stayed so unpredictable & twisty!
adventurous hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No