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a_h0204's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
natalie_is_reading's review against another edition
3.0
3.5(ahh rating books is so hard though) I read most of this book in a day in the middle of a lake after our boat broke down
eesh25's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 Stars
I like this book a lot more than I liked Vampire Academy. It took me a long time to finally get to it but I read it and have, thus, completed my don't-dump-a-series-before-reading-second-book obligation. Now I don't have to read the next one. Though I probably will since I liked this one.
Rose wasn't nearly as annoying as she was in the previous book. She was still immature and kind of annoying but it was okay. Lissa still doesn't real have much of a role other than being the girl Rose needs to protect. She needs more of a personality. Another person that needs more of a personility is Dimitri. He's still just Rose's love interest (for the most part) instead of a full three dimentional character.
I missed Christian. He wasn't in the book as much as I would have liked him to be and that sucked since he was the only good character from book 1.
One of the main problems I had with the book was that I thought it was slow. The first 18 chapters were beasically a whole lot of talking and delibertaing over feeling with a pinch of plot building. The story wasn;t big enough for a book this big (and the book's not even that big). The book should've been smaller or the story more... just more. It was because of the lack of plot points and planning that the characters were starting to seem slow as well. At times they just seemed stupid. Like, who even allowed them to get to highschool?
Every revelation and every step that the characters decided to make, I figured out ages before because they were so obvious. The getting the darkness from Lissa thing and pretending to give in and burning the handcuffs. I was bored waiting for them to figure it out. Now, if this was a book for 12 year-olds, that would've been okay. But it not. YA novels need more substance.
So overall, better than Book 1 but not that good. We'll see what happens in Book 3 when, or if, I get to it.
P.S. What was the point of the Prologue? It was just a recap of book one. Minus the good parts i.e. Christian. Also, I still stand by the fact that the only reason Rose sometimes see what Lissa is seeing is because the author couldn't be bothered with third person or dual POV.
I like this book a lot more than I liked Vampire Academy. It took me a long time to finally get to it but I read it and have, thus, completed my don't-dump-a-series-before-reading-second-book obligation. Now I don't have to read the next one. Though I probably will since I liked this one.
Rose wasn't nearly as annoying as she was in the previous book. She was still immature and kind of annoying but it was okay. Lissa still doesn't real have much of a role other than being the girl Rose needs to protect. She needs more of a personality. Another person that needs more of a personility is Dimitri. He's still just Rose's love interest (for the most part) instead of a full three dimentional character.
I missed Christian. He wasn't in the book as much as I would have liked him to be and that sucked since he was the only good character from book 1.
One of the main problems I had with the book was that I thought it was slow. The first 18 chapters were beasically a whole lot of talking and delibertaing over feeling with a pinch of plot building. The story wasn;t big enough for a book this big (and the book's not even that big). The book should've been smaller or the story more... just more. It was because of the lack of plot points and planning that the characters were starting to seem slow as well. At times they just seemed stupid. Like, who even allowed them to get to highschool?
Every revelation and every step that the characters decided to make, I figured out ages before because they were so obvious.
So overall, better than Book 1 but not that good. We'll see what happens in Book 3 when, or if, I get to it.
P.S. What was the point of the Prologue? It was just a recap of book one. Minus the good parts i.e. Christian. Also, I still stand by the fact that the only reason Rose sometimes see what Lissa is seeing is because the author couldn't be bothered with third person or dual POV.
kathydavie's review against another edition
3.0
Second in the Vampire Academy young adult, urban fantasy series set at a boarding school for young vampires in Montana.
The Story
On her way with Dimitri to take her Qualifier exam, Rose stumbles into a Moroi massacre of a royal household. The implications surrounding their deaths are nightmarish and Guardians from around the world converge on the school enabling Rose to meet her mother for the first time in five years.
With the Christmas holidays just ahead, the Moroi decide to pool their resources to protect everyone and spend the holidays at a Moroi ski resort where Lissa meets up with another Moroi who uses Spirit. Additional massacres cause crazy ideas to sprout and unexpected emotional issues cloud Rose's thinking which only sets off more problems. Problems between Rose and Dimitri, with her mother, and sets Mason on a deadly path.
My Take
Truly a story of churning issues in which Rose gains insight into her and others' behavior. I am curious as to how Lissa and Rose intend to pursue the new concepts dropped by Adrian.
The Cover
The cover begins with the iron gates which permit entry into the Academy with the heads of a really scary-looking guy and Rose looking out at us with a suggestion of knowing contempt while far behind them the school perches in the snow.
I'm assuming that the title, Frostbite, refers to the wintry season as well as the bite Rose experiences when she learns of Dimitri's future plans.
The Story
On her way with Dimitri to take her Qualifier exam, Rose stumbles into a Moroi massacre of a royal household. The implications surrounding their deaths are nightmarish and Guardians from around the world converge on the school enabling Rose to meet her mother for the first time in five years.
With the Christmas holidays just ahead, the Moroi decide to pool their resources to protect everyone and spend the holidays at a Moroi ski resort where Lissa meets up with another Moroi who uses Spirit. Additional massacres cause crazy ideas to sprout and unexpected emotional issues cloud Rose's thinking which only sets off more problems. Problems between Rose and Dimitri, with her mother, and sets Mason on a deadly path.
My Take
Truly a story of churning issues in which Rose gains insight into her and others' behavior. I am curious as to how Lissa and Rose intend to pursue the new concepts dropped by Adrian.
The Cover
The cover begins with the iron gates which permit entry into the Academy with the heads of a really scary-looking guy and Rose looking out at us with a suggestion of knowing contempt while far behind them the school perches in the snow.
I'm assuming that the title, Frostbite, refers to the wintry season as well as the bite Rose experiences when she learns of Dimitri's future plans.
divargasd's review
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
ingo_lembcke's review against another edition
5.0
Started September 15th, 2013.
Like first book in the series - my review of that book - great YA, feels very real, just the right mixture of action, romance, wrong decisions and no fooling around.
Page-turner, highly recommended. Now I will certainly buy & read all other books in this series and the spin-off-series.
And I look forward to seeing the film, hopefully the do not mess it up too much.
For now I will read a different book, which has also been filmed and the Blu-ray is waiting to be seen: [b:Savages|8008928|Savages (Savages, #1)|Don Winslow|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1368577399s/8008928.jpg|12548735].
Like first book in the series - my review of that book - great YA, feels very real, just the right mixture of action, romance, wrong decisions and no fooling around.
Page-turner, highly recommended. Now I will certainly buy & read all other books in this series and the spin-off-series.
And I look forward to seeing the film, hopefully the do not mess it up too much.
For now I will read a different book, which has also been filmed and the Blu-ray is waiting to be seen: [b:Savages|8008928|Savages (Savages, #1)|Don Winslow|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1368577399s/8008928.jpg|12548735].
maraels's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-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? It's complicated
5.0
michelle_chloe's review against another edition
4.0
The character development is strong in this one! I totally loved it.
ghostlyreader's review against another edition
4.0
So Much better then the first book! 4.5 stars :) really liked it.