Was there anything that I liked? Well I liked the idea of this book. And I am usually a sucker for romance in YA fantasy even the most cheesy ones, but these just didn’t work for me. There isn’t any kind of action which can justify these love interest. How can you fall in love with a person you barely know? Sorry but that seems ridiculous to me. Lastly, I have to comment on the love interests. Sadly this didn’t help with my perception of the characters as they just seem even more naive and untested. As well, a lot of the dialogue was hackneyed and pretty cliche. There were several awkward transitions between the different points of views and a couple of flashbacks that wasn’t so smooth incorporated either. Something else that didn’t help with the plot or the characters were the writing. The characters seemed shallow and their actions impetuous. The plot was too predictable and with too many cliches. In the end the story turned out way different than I had expected and not in a good way. Some times the story progressed really slowly and other times it felt rushed.

But while reading, the storyline seemed really messy and not thought through. I loved the idea of the plot and I read the book because og its synopsis. It just didn’t make sense.Īnother thing that just didn’t work for me was the plot. For example Orion who is Asterin’s personal guard (which he is pretty bad at) was supposed to be in his twenties but acted like young teenager. Their character traits didn’t correspond with their age.

I didn’t care whether they lived or died. Maybe there was simply too many characters or maybe there was too many point of views (there was seven in total) or maybe it was a third thing. It was dark mysterious and captivating but from chapter one it only went one way… (maybe Coco Ma wrote the prologue when she was 19?) I think my first problem with the books was the characters. I must say Shadow Frost started out really well with the prologue. It follows Asterin, heir to the throne and her friends who sets off on a mission to kill a demon which is ravaging the kingdom. Shadow Frost takes place in the kingdom of Axaria. Shadow Frost is written by Coco Ma when she was just 15 years old (!). I don’t mean to offend anyone I just wasn’t a particular fan of this book… We are all different and NO ONE reads a book the same way. Let me first say I do not particularly enjoy writing this review but I still feel it is my duty as a reviewer. My first ever ARC actually! So I was quite happy and pleased with myself at the beginning :))) but that was kind of where the fun ended… I was expecting a fast paced magical demon hunting but what I got in exchange was a drawn out cliche picnic with supposedly soldiers acting like baby teenagers.ĭisclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.

I discovered Shadow Frost by Coco Ma on Netgalley and got accepted for an eARC.

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