A review by darkestdreamer
Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

3.0

I started reading this ages ago. I should have finished it much sooner because once I got started, I couldn't stop. This might be influenced by the fact that I'm on a serious Skyrim kick right now and this book just set me in the right kind of mood.

You have this girl Meira who can kick ass and actually kill people without making the biggest deal out of it. She doesn't want to but it has to be done. She is a soldier and most times she is acting like one, except when following orders and the like.

Overall, it wasn't much of a deep book. There are plenty of things to question. Like how the Cordall armies managed to win against Spring (whose soldiers everyone described as the vicious monsters who could literally turn into monsters) in that short time. Why was everyone so scared of Spring when it was so simple to get to the capital with little trouble and face off with this king who hasn't been seen in years? Everything seemed too convenient and easy. They were no plot twists that were even remotely surprising. And I find it hard to believe that winter was just left empty with no people there.

It was an easy read and I'll continue with the series.