A review by hopeylope
Cold Magic by Kate Elliott

3.0

It took me a while to get into Cold Magic; I was confused at first because there was so much history mixed in to the story that keeping track of it all was impossible. Plus the plot wasn't all to interesting to start out with. It wasn't until about 200 pages in that it did finally get interesting; but once that happened I found it difficult to stop reading the book. The characters were all extremely interesting and fun to read about; and the plot that had finally developed into something that caught my attention was engaging and surprising. As the story continued on the plot kept thickening and getting more and more interesting, and soon I barely noticed how much I was reading when I sat down with it. When I did finally finish the book(it was quite a length tome, about 500 pages), I thought it ended at a perfect place enough answered questions, enough unanswered ones, and the perfect amount of incentive to read the next book, which I am adding to my to read list immediately. Overall the book wasn't the best ever, mostly due to the extremely slow beginning, but it was still very entertaining once it began to get good and I am eager to read the next book.

Premise - 4/5
Characters - 4/5
Writing Style - 3/5
Story - 3/5
Realistic(the plot made sense) - 4/5
Enjoyment - 3/5

Average Rating - 3.5
My Rating - 3

Recommend? Yep!
Cover - It is mediocre. I like the swirls and the gears and the font the title was written in, but the girl on the cover doesn't work for me. She doesn't look how I imagined Cat; in fact I think she looks kind of strange looking. I don't know what it is about her but she seems off to me.