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A review by haylsandtales
The Frost Queen's Blade by Meg Smitherman
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️{5}
🌶️🌶️🌶️{3}
𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟔𝐭𝐡!! 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 🙃 𝐆𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭!!
This was honestly the 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 winter romantasy book! Elma Volta, our badass, morally gray, and rather broody/grumpy (and incredibly lonely) FMC, is thrust into being queen of a frozen kingdom before she is ready, and has an assassination attempt to her life almost immediately. This attempt on her life was by our white haired hero, Rune, who is from a neighboring kingdom that they are always nearly at war with over a mysterious substance. After the attempt on Elma’s life, you can expect to get a WHOLE lot of high stakes, slow burn, steamy goodness and the CHEMISTRY between Elma and Rune.. ᔕᕼᗴᗴᔕᕼ 😮💨🥵 and all of this takes place in the midst of a lot of political ᗪᖇᗩᗰᗩ wherein Elma doesn’t know who to trust and the only person she begins to trust is her assassin turned bodyguard 👀
𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
❄️ 丅ᖇᑌᗴ enemies to lovers
⚔️ swoon-worthy romance
❄️ excellent banter & chemistry
⚔️ slow burn
❄️ political intrigue
⚔️ he’s her bodyguard
❄️ he falls first
⚔️ blood and knife play 🫡🥵😏
𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:
“𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥”
“𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦.”
“𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.”
“𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭,” 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.”
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝙼𝚎𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚁𝙲 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 😊
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𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟔𝐭𝐡!! 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰 🙃 𝐆𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭!!
This was honestly the 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 winter romantasy book! Elma Volta, our badass, morally gray, and rather broody/grumpy (and incredibly lonely) FMC, is thrust into being queen of a frozen kingdom before she is ready, and has an assassination attempt to her life almost immediately. This attempt on her life was by our white haired hero, Rune, who is from a neighboring kingdom that they are always nearly at war with over a mysterious substance. After the attempt on Elma’s life, you can expect to get a WHOLE lot of high stakes, slow burn, steamy goodness and the CHEMISTRY between Elma and Rune.. ᔕᕼᗴᗴᔕᕼ 😮💨🥵 and all of this takes place in the midst of a lot of political ᗪᖇᗩᗰᗩ wherein Elma doesn’t know who to trust and the only person she begins to trust is her assassin turned bodyguard 👀
𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮:
❄️ 丅ᖇᑌᗴ enemies to lovers
⚔️ swoon-worthy romance
❄️ excellent banter & chemistry
⚔️ slow burn
❄️ political intrigue
⚔️ he’s her bodyguard
❄️ he falls first
⚔️ blood and knife play 🫡🥵😏
𝓕𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼:
“𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥”
“𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨.. 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦.”
“𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.”
“𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭,” 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦.”
𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝙼𝚎𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚁𝙲 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 😊