Will his kiss be enough to revive
her frozen heart?Once Upon A Time meets La Femme Nikita in GATHERING FROST, a dystopian romance from bestselling author Kaitlyn Davis that reimagines the classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty.
Jade was only a little girl when the earthquake struck. Before her eyes, half of New York City disappeared, replaced by a village that seemed torn out of a storybook. Horses and carriages. Cobblestone streets. A towering castle. And, above all, a queen with the magical ability to strip emotions away.
Ten years later and Jade has forgotten what it is to feel, to care...even to love. Working as a member of the queen's guard, she spends most of her time on the city wall staring at the crumbling skyscrapers of old New York. But everything changes when the queen's runaway son, Prince Asher, returns. Jade is tasked with an unusual mission--to let the Prince capture her, to make him trust her, and then to betray his secrets to the crown. In return, she'll earn her freedom. But life outside the queen's realm is more than Jade bargained for. Under Asher's relentless taunts, her blood begins to boil. Under his piercing gaze, her heart begins to flutter. And the more her icy soul begins to thaw, the more Jade comes to question everything she's ever known--and, more importantly, whose side she's really on.
Review
I have to say that I have some of Kaitlyn Davis’ work on my
kindle and I have yet to pick it up. After reading this book I will be moving
Ignite to the top of my TBR. Gathering Frost is the first book in a new series
and it happens to be retellings of Fairy Tales. I mean how much better can it
get romance, magic, and fairy tales.
Jade was a pretty badass character. She was there when the
magic tore apart her city and her world. Now she is stuck in the queen’s
thrall. Completely frozen to all feelings except fear and dread. Those emotions
keep them loyal, and make sure they obey. When the queen sends her to retrieve
her runaway son Jade has no idea that this is going to change everything.
I really liked Jade’s character. She was raised to fight so
she was pretty badass through the whole book. She has always had to prove that
she is as good if not better than the boys that fill the Queen’s guard. Now she
has the chance to prove herself. When she lets the Prince capture her she isn’t
prepared to escape the Queen. I love that even though she was under the thrall
she was rebelling in her own way. She never saw it that way but she filled her
room with color and things from old New York. In her own quite way she had
always been rebelling.
Prince Asher and Maddy were some other characters we got to
know. They both were interesting and helped Jade feel again. They were able to
look past Jade’s past and except her or who she is. Prince Asher was sweet and
overly trusting. When you look at fairy tales it’s usually the princess that is
naïve to the world and overly trusting. Kaitlyn Davis shook that up and made
both of the characters vulnerable. I really liked how there was a touch of
sleeping beauty but not much. The story was completely different and a like at
the same time.
I was a little frustrated with the end. If the next book is a
different couple I understand but I wish there was more of a closure for Asher
and Jade. Kaitlyn kind of left the story open. If the next book is still from
Jade’s POV I can understand but we will see. The plot had a nice pace and didn’t
seem to drag in any areas. I was definitely invested the minute I started this
story and I can’t wait to read more.
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Thank you so much for taking a chance on my novel and for this amazing review!! I'm so glad you enjoyed Gathering Frost, and I hope you love Ignite when you get a chance to read it!
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