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A review by icameheretoread
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
3.0
I'm glad this series has fans, but I found it to be the same old, same old. We have yet another special snowflake with the makings of an insta-love triangle (although I'm not buying that 1. Theron and Meira could even know each other enough to be in love and 2. Mather even feels that way toward Meira, sorry-it didn't come through.) There is a mostly unexplained, one dimensional big bad. There are all of these rules for magic that the reader has to accept and then watch as they unwrite themselves (I find this a common trope in high fantasy anyway).
Chapter 12 is the YA straight girl equivalent to a fan service spread in a manga chapter.
I did love the line on pg 235, "Spring is coming" HA!
I liked the gypsy feel of the beginning of the story.
I really liked this: "Is it possible? To be both what Winter needs and what I want? Instead of fighting for ONLY what I want, or surrendering to ONLY what Winter needs, to find a balance between the two?" pg 192
How refreshing to see such a level of maturity in a pretty stock character.
Bonus points too for not shoving it down our throats how attractive Meira is. \
I don't care enough to continue the series, but I'm glad it's finding readers. It's a little Game of Thrones-lite for my taste.
Chapter 12 is the YA straight girl equivalent to a fan service spread in a manga chapter.
I did love the line on pg 235, "Spring is coming" HA!
I liked the gypsy feel of the beginning of the story.
I really liked this: "Is it possible? To be both what Winter needs and what I want? Instead of fighting for ONLY what I want, or surrendering to ONLY what Winter needs, to find a balance between the two?" pg 192
How refreshing to see such a level of maturity in a pretty stock character.
Bonus points too for not shoving it down our throats how attractive Meira is. \
I don't care enough to continue the series, but I'm glad it's finding readers. It's a little Game of Thrones-lite for my taste.