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brysonsmommie84's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It’s only January, but I’ve already read ten books this year and this is the best one by far. To the point I haven’t been interested in the books I have tried to read afterwards…
I cannot wait to read Chasm, which is book two in this series. (Hurry Library, I don’t own this one!) This is not what I was expecting, but I throughly enjoyed every minute.
I have been following the author Stacey on TikTok since the beginning and have been so excited to read this novel. It reminded me the entire time of the 1976 movie Logan‘s Run, with Jenny Agutter and Michael York. Just add in bat-like people swooping in to steal away the people that are destined for the carousel or in this case Iskra and set it all on a snowy/icy ledge. If you like Hunger Games or Divergent, but for adults, this is for you.
It had some smutty scenes I was not expecting, at all. Out of two hundred and seventy-one pages, I believe it’s ten to twelve pages throughout the book, roughly three percent. The first scene was pretty early into the book. So, if romantasy is your thing, there is probably enough, this only the first book in the trilogy.
The quote from page 207 is my only true complaint about this book. Ryon and other glacians, but mostly him, use the word girl repeatedly. Can’t stand the word…
Just a few quotes I don’t want to forget:
Page 74
“The cold is not alive, but it might as well be fangs and claws, for the havoc in can wreak.”
Page 135
“I do not need you.”
“Ah, but wanting is not the same as needing, as you so perfectly illustrated tonight.”
Page 142
“It is my aim in life to leave an impression and I don’t much care for ensuring it be a good one.”
Page 207
“You will refrain from calling me girl.”
Amused, he gazes at her from beneath his eyelashes. “Or what?”
“Or I might decide I don’t want your hands anywhere near me.”
Page 216
“ When I first saw you, I thought you were an intolerable, arrogant maniac with a smart mouth and a pretty face. My mind is unchanged.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Confinement, and Sexual harassment
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