arsinoes 's review for:

The Frost Eater by Carol Beth Anderson

3.0

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first of all, the book isn’t bad, per say. however, it feels like i’m reading someone’s second draft. the lack of world-building was painful, i wish the author wouldve described the animals (because what the hell is an orsa supposed to look like), the made up increments of distance (despite the fact that they used ‘earth’ words like tampons and reference to the Christian God??), the lack of mentioning any sort of time passing, and the general plot holes took too much away from the book. besides that, the general story wasn’t that interesting. hell, i was more interested in the 9 chapters zeisha received and the small excerpts from liri’s memoir at the start of each chapter. ovrun also deserved better than nora considering he genuinely likes her and she can only seem to ogle over his physique.