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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
A very easy read, got me out of my reading slump for sure! I loved the characters and their relationship.
Considering I've read this book multiple times, it would be safe to say that I love it. Also considering it was written by Jennifer, I definitely love it.
I was so drawn in by Kyler when I first read it, completely dreamy-eyed and swooning that everything was perfect. I loved Sydney so of course, I wanted them together. Also that had always been a fantasy of mine, that the great love of my life would turn out to be my best friend. Not that I had a person in mind, but just the idea. Who knows, it could still happen. Reading it again, I started seeing just how objectively crappy Kyler's behavior is sometimes. Not that it made me love him any less, but it's like the imperfections made me want to strangle him for being so dumb. Yet, I guess now I see how it would make everything worth it, knowing that you messed up so badly before. This was always a pair that I shipped.
I was so drawn in by Kyler when I first read it, completely dreamy-eyed and swooning that everything was perfect. I loved Sydney so of course, I wanted them together. Also that had always been a fantasy of mine, that the great love of my life would turn out to be my best friend. Not that I had a person in mind, but just the idea. Who knows, it could still happen. Reading it again, I started seeing just how objectively crappy Kyler's behavior is sometimes. Not that it made me love him any less, but it's like the imperfections made me want to strangle him for being so dumb. Yet, I guess now I see how it would make everything worth it, knowing that you messed up so badly before. This was always a pair that I shipped.
Hi everyone, I just finished reading "Frigid" so that's what I think about it.
But first things first, I've to admit this is actually the first NA I read by Armentrout, having only previously read an Adult by her.
My four stars are clue enough about what I think about the book, but let's get into the details.
It was sweet, really sweet, like a bowl full of candies sweet. And since we're kinda close to Christmass I found the whole Snowstorm and everything quite fitting and heartwarming. However, you have to be in the mood for this kind of stuff, because it was all about them, the awkward, pretty Syd and the devastatingly hot he-whore, a.k.a Kyler.
Gotta say man-whore are pretty popular right now, and since Bones by Jeaniene Frost I've acquired a certain taste for them. Truth be said, though, it disturbed me the fact that Kyler suddenly understood his love for her and thought "I've always loved her" while in the first chapters nothing of that transpired from him. Well, if we don't count his being an asshole of major proportions with the guy that tries to be nice to her.
Never mind, I can forgive his cluelessness. His abs kind of make up for it. No, not his abs, but his sweetness. Because that guy knows how to be sweet and tender and loving. And that's something you cannot not appreciate.
Syd is a really cute character. I liked her especialy in the first part, before feelings started blowing up and all that. It warmed my heart to read her thoughts about Kyler, even when he was actin whorey with the other chicks.
Their past relationship is not something we get to explore touroughly and I missed that. Would have liked to have more insights of what had bound them together to what they have become. The mud pie and all that was fine, but a little more detail would have made my day.
The sex was also fine because if there's something I've learned about Armtrout is that she's the queen of sexual tension, all right. Just, why sex has to occupy a third of the book?
I mean, couldn't you spread it over the whole novel instead of concentrating it all in that central part? That made me seriously wonder if there was still a plot somewhere or if she'd just threw it in the garbage with a big, fat "whatever!".
Because that's something that has to be discussed. I'm not going to spoiler, but aside from their relationship the rest of the book is pretty nonexistent. So, yes, that central part of the novel made me nervous. The hotness was there and it was good to see them finally getting it out of their systems, but I didn't need all those pages wasted on that.
Then, I don't know if this is just me losing my mind or what, but I also divide books on another characteristic. Imagine you have a magnifying glass. If you put it too close to the thing you want to see, it is going to blur and if you keep it too far you're going to see other object in it.
Well, the books I've read by JLA reminded me of the magnifying glass too close to the object. It's like she focuses all of her attention and her story about the inner lives and thoughs of the main characters, leaving no space for all the other stuff. It eats up all the narrative.
And that's a shame because some other things that happened in the book, which I'm not going to say explicitely due to the spoiler policy, would have made a great source of interest. For those who have already read the book, I'll just say: buckshot and generator. So much potential, but nope.
An example of magnifying glass kept at the right distance, in mine opinion was "My life next door" by Huntley Fitzpatrick, where we get to see the main characters in different contexts and relating with different people. It gives you a better insight of their personality and wiches, ans fears and all that. It creats a world.
Anyway, I've actually liked this book. I was looking for some easy, tender, hot novel and that sated my hunger. The atmosphere was smolderingly hot and the whole chalet and blankets and fireplace setting was breathtaking. Especially when body heat is required to keep warm. (Me winking and waggling my eyebrows)
So, this is what I thought about "Frigid" and that's pretty much everything. I still think JLA should use more pages to build connections with different characters other than between the main lead and focus on other things too, like more elaborated plots, or other events not including orizontal wrensting.
However, my new found relationship with this author is promising and I look forward to reading whatever else had come out of that brain of hers.
But first things first, I've to admit this is actually the first NA I read by Armentrout, having only previously read an Adult by her.
My four stars are clue enough about what I think about the book, but let's get into the details.
It was sweet, really sweet, like a bowl full of candies sweet. And since we're kinda close to Christmass I found the whole Snowstorm and everything quite fitting and heartwarming. However, you have to be in the mood for this kind of stuff, because it was all about them, the awkward, pretty Syd and the devastatingly hot he-whore, a.k.a Kyler.
Gotta say man-whore are pretty popular right now, and since Bones by Jeaniene Frost I've acquired a certain taste for them. Truth be said, though, it disturbed me the fact that Kyler suddenly understood his love for her and thought "I've always loved her" while in the first chapters nothing of that transpired from him. Well, if we don't count his being an asshole of major proportions with the guy that tries to be nice to her.
Never mind, I can forgive his cluelessness. His abs kind of make up for it. No, not his abs, but his sweetness. Because that guy knows how to be sweet and tender and loving. And that's something you cannot not appreciate.
Syd is a really cute character. I liked her especialy in the first part, before feelings started blowing up and all that. It warmed my heart to read her thoughts about Kyler, even when he was actin whorey with the other chicks.
Their past relationship is not something we get to explore touroughly and I missed that. Would have liked to have more insights of what had bound them together to what they have become. The mud pie and all that was fine, but a little more detail would have made my day.
The sex was also fine because if there's something I've learned about Armtrout is that she's the queen of sexual tension, all right. Just, why sex has to occupy a third of the book?
I mean, couldn't you spread it over the whole novel instead of concentrating it all in that central part? That made me seriously wonder if there was still a plot somewhere or if she'd just threw it in the garbage with a big, fat "whatever!".
Because that's something that has to be discussed. I'm not going to spoiler, but aside from their relationship the rest of the book is pretty nonexistent. So, yes, that central part of the novel made me nervous. The hotness was there and it was good to see them finally getting it out of their systems, but I didn't need all those pages wasted on that.
Then, I don't know if this is just me losing my mind or what, but I also divide books on another characteristic. Imagine you have a magnifying glass. If you put it too close to the thing you want to see, it is going to blur and if you keep it too far you're going to see other object in it.
Well, the books I've read by JLA reminded me of the magnifying glass too close to the object. It's like she focuses all of her attention and her story about the inner lives and thoughs of the main characters, leaving no space for all the other stuff. It eats up all the narrative.
And that's a shame because some other things that happened in the book, which I'm not going to say explicitely due to the spoiler policy, would have made a great source of interest. For those who have already read the book, I'll just say: buckshot and generator. So much potential, but nope.
An example of magnifying glass kept at the right distance, in mine opinion was "My life next door" by Huntley Fitzpatrick, where we get to see the main characters in different contexts and relating with different people. It gives you a better insight of their personality and wiches, ans fears and all that. It creats a world.
Anyway, I've actually liked this book. I was looking for some easy, tender, hot novel and that sated my hunger. The atmosphere was smolderingly hot and the whole chalet and blankets and fireplace setting was breathtaking. Especially when body heat is required to keep warm. (Me winking and waggling my eyebrows)
So, this is what I thought about "Frigid" and that's pretty much everything. I still think JLA should use more pages to build connections with different characters other than between the main lead and focus on other things too, like more elaborated plots, or other events not including orizontal wrensting.
However, my new found relationship with this author is promising and I look forward to reading whatever else had come out of that brain of hers.
The romance was annoying because it was angsty. It was just all in each other's head which I don't like. I'd much prefer characters that don't make stuff up and assume things only to add unnecessary drama. The redeeming quality would have been the stalker subplot, but even that felt lazily executed.
Zum Welttag des Buches einfach mal ein komplettes Buch verschlungen. Eine süße Geschichte, wenn auch irgendwie der Funke nicht ganz übergesprungen ist.. 4,5 Sterne.
Why did I think a reread of this would be good?! Worst decision ever. Now I understand why I started to dislike the friends-to-lovers trope.