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Frostblood
by Elly Blake
This book was provided to me as an advance reader copy by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.
In a land governed by the cruel Frostblood ruling class, seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has spent most of her life hiding her ability to manipulate heat and light - until the day the soldiers come to raid her village and kill her mother. Ruby vows revenge on the tyrannous Frost King responsible for the massacre of her people.
But Ruby's powers are unpredictable... and so are the feelings she has for Arcus, the scarred, mysterious Frostblood warrior who shares her goal to kill the Frost King, albeit for his own reasons. When Ruby is captured by the Frost King's men, she's taken right into the heart of the enemy. Now she only has one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who took everything from her - and in doing so, she must unleash the powers she's spent her whole life withholding.
Frostblood is set in world where flame and ice are mortal enemies - but together create a power that could change everything.
I am going to jump right into this thing. When one puts oneself out there as a reviewer, there is a certain level of obligation to read all kinds of books, including those one would normally stay away from. Frostblood is the kind of book that I want to read. It has magic, intrigue, competition, a sympathetic villain, and a strong female protagonist. On top of all that, it is well-written and absorbing. If possible, I could have read it in one sitting. The characters are complex and relatable. The main protagonists, Ruby and Arcus, are both carrying around weighty emotional baggage, which creates tangible conflict between the two, and puts the success of their mission in peril. Up to the final conflict, I wasn’t sure which way things were going to go, and even at this point, having finished the book, I’m not sure where things stand. That’s how you draw readers to the sequel. Not with a cheesy cliffhanger or an unresolved romance, but with a shadow of a doubt. I will read the next book in this series, and I will recommend it to friends.
In a land governed by the cruel Frostblood ruling class, seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has spent most of her life hiding her ability to manipulate heat and light - until the day the soldiers come to raid her village and kill her mother. Ruby vows revenge on the tyrannous Frost King responsible for the massacre of her people.
But Ruby's powers are unpredictable... and so are the feelings she has for Arcus, the scarred, mysterious Frostblood warrior who shares her goal to kill the Frost King, albeit for his own reasons. When Ruby is captured by the Frost King's men, she's taken right into the heart of the enemy. Now she only has one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who took everything from her - and in doing so, she must unleash the powers she's spent her whole life withholding.
Frostblood is set in world where flame and ice are mortal enemies - but together create a power that could change everything.
I am going to jump right into this thing. When one puts oneself out there as a reviewer, there is a certain level of obligation to read all kinds of books, including those one would normally stay away from. Frostblood is the kind of book that I want to read. It has magic, intrigue, competition, a sympathetic villain, and a strong female protagonist. On top of all that, it is well-written and absorbing. If possible, I could have read it in one sitting. The characters are complex and relatable. The main protagonists, Ruby and Arcus, are both carrying around weighty emotional baggage, which creates tangible conflict between the two, and puts the success of their mission in peril. Up to the final conflict, I wasn’t sure which way things were going to go, and even at this point, having finished the book, I’m not sure where things stand. That’s how you draw readers to the sequel. Not with a cheesy cliffhanger or an unresolved romance, but with a shadow of a doubt. I will read the next book in this series, and I will recommend it to friends.