In Snow Like Ashes we meet the orphan called Meira (I see her to be like Celaena from Throne of Glass but like Celaena she will not go down without a fight and I love characters like this) Anyway the Winter Kingdom was overthrown 16 years ago and Meira and a few other survivors are now refugees she has been trained into a warrior she now wants to reclaim the magic that has been to the Winter kingdom with the help of Mather and Sir (So many feels for these two oh my gosh) now I started this book a while ago and left it for a while before going back to it but this gets straight to the point and there's a healthy amount of bloodshed, romance and magic and trust me I had a hard time putting this book down once I got back into it again and now that Meira knows her fate I anticipate to see her develop more in book two Ice Like Fire but that won't be for another few months which is annoying but I'll gladly re-read this again.