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A review by nbwessler
Ice Breaker by Lian Tanner
5.0
This one was such a pleasant surprise! I’d heard it talked up on a webinar, but I am highly susceptible to promotional excitement (and highly aware of this), so when I went back and read more about it, I found myself feeling very indecisive. Something about its description simply made me shrug and go “Ehhhhh….” (Maybe it was the talking rats?) Just wasn’t sure my patrons would go for it. But wow! What a great read!
I was sucked in from the start. The tension on the ship was so palpable and the twists (for lack of a better word) kept coming--organically though and without ever making the plot feel frenetic. And the main characters (there’s three and they are rather at odds with each other) were all very relatable: Petrel finding safety in obscurity but longing to be seen, Fin struggling to find out who he is and what he really believes, Dolph laden with anger and hatred and the weight of responsibility. Their actions were all believable and their development, while expected, never felt contrived. (And I really wasn’t always certain my expectations would be met!)
Very solid and enjoyable middle grade dystopia.
ARC provided by NetGalley.
I was sucked in from the start. The tension on the ship was so palpable and the twists (for lack of a better word) kept coming--organically though and without ever making the plot feel frenetic. And the main characters (there’s three and they are rather at odds with each other) were all very relatable: Petrel finding safety in obscurity but longing to be seen, Fin struggling to find out who he is and what he really believes, Dolph laden with anger and hatred and the weight of responsibility. Their actions were all believable and their development, while expected, never felt contrived. (And I really wasn’t always certain my expectations would be met!)
Very solid and enjoyable middle grade dystopia.
ARC provided by NetGalley.