A review by meschaeffer
Ice Crown by Kay L. Moody

2.0

I hate leaving lukewarm reviews. And this book had some cool things going for it! The universe including The Storm was fairly cool, the shaping magic was interesting (although not particularly fleshed out), and Talise was an interesting character. But honestly, the entire thing was just so... flat. The internal conflict regarding Marmie was initially easy to empathize with, but after it occupied the entire last half of the book, it got deeply frustrating. And the story lacked depth, in the sense that there is literally one focal point: the entire thing is about Talise's shaping and the competition. There are no subplots, no sidebars, no external characters with a purpose other than helping her compete... nada. It was okay, but I don't think I'll be picking up any sequels.

I received an ARC from BookSirens in exchange for honest feedback.