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Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
4.0
*Vague spoilers ahead, please be warned.*
Dystopia. Magic. Love. Destiny. This was one hell of a ride! From the minute I opened the book to the last page I read just an hour ago, this was a fast-paced story full of thrills, suspense, and action.
I loved reading this one! Meira's journey to finding her worth and importance, the truth about their desolate kingdom Winter, and the struggle to freedom. Her perspective is something I came to love. You can see she's desperate to prove herself, and to reassure herself and the others that she holds some importance to their lost Kingdom and the battle to save it from the Spring kingdom. Deep inside, she just wants to know that she did good, and that she's doing good.
"Did you just—" My fist relaxes. "You just called me a soldier. A good soldier."
Not only that, I can see her emotions, her struggle, to separate her own want from the needs of her Kingdom. I saw the need to prove herself, her feelings for Mather, the fear of responsibility, and her desire to claim freedom, her maturity as she went on her journey and learned the truth. It's all there. The writing style of the author was good, indeed.
I also had a tiny suspicion of her real importance in some of the early parts of the book. At Chapter 8, on their way to Cordell, Meira asks Sir why he didn't go with Mather instead. He tells her his reason, but a tiny suggestion in my mind bloomed into a theory. Then I recounted some evidence that I had to support this theory: Sir wouldn't let her go into missions—dangerous missions, when she successfully retrieved the first half of Winter's locket, Sir was furious, then he banned her from future missions. There is little to no history about Meira's parents, whatsoever.
And then my theory strengthened more when Meira started having these weird dreams, visions. Then at the barn at Noam's palace, Mather was telling her about the Royal conduits and their bearers and how the Winter's locket is supposed to female-blooded. And then, it turns out, I was right! I had goosebumps as I was reading that part where the truth finally unfolded.
I also loved delving into the world of Primoria. The eight kingdoms, the Royal Conduits, the cultures. Everything! I want to learn more about it in the next two books. I want to see how Primoria will evolve as Winter takes back their kingdom from Spring. I want to see how Winter will evolve, and how Meira will evolve as she copes to her new life and destiny.
What a great story. I can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy!
Dystopia. Magic. Love. Destiny. This was one hell of a ride! From the minute I opened the book to the last page I read just an hour ago, this was a fast-paced story full of thrills, suspense, and action.
I loved reading this one! Meira's journey to finding her worth and importance, the truth about their desolate kingdom Winter, and the struggle to freedom. Her perspective is something I came to love. You can see she's desperate to prove herself, and to reassure herself and the others that she holds some importance to their lost Kingdom and the battle to save it from the Spring kingdom. Deep inside, she just wants to know that she did good, and that she's doing good.
"Did you just—" My fist relaxes. "You just called me a soldier. A good soldier."
Not only that, I can see her emotions, her struggle, to separate her own want from the needs of her Kingdom. I saw the need to prove herself, her feelings for Mather, the fear of responsibility, and her desire to claim freedom, her maturity as she went on her journey and learned the truth. It's all there. The writing style of the author was good, indeed.
I also had a tiny suspicion of her real importance in some of the early parts of the book. At Chapter 8, on their way to Cordell, Meira asks Sir why he didn't go with Mather instead. He tells her his reason, but a tiny suggestion in my mind bloomed into a theory. Then I recounted some evidence that I had to support this theory: Sir wouldn't let her go into missions—dangerous missions, when she successfully retrieved the first half of Winter's locket, Sir was furious, then he banned her from future missions. There is little to no history about Meira's parents, whatsoever.
And then my theory strengthened more when Meira started having these weird dreams, visions. Then at the barn at Noam's palace, Mather was telling her about the Royal conduits and their bearers and how the Winter's locket is supposed to female-blooded. And then, it turns out, I was right! I had goosebumps as I was reading that part where the truth finally unfolded.
I also loved delving into the world of Primoria. The eight kingdoms, the Royal Conduits, the cultures. Everything! I want to learn more about it in the next two books. I want to see how Primoria will evolve as Winter takes back their kingdom from Spring. I want to see how Winter will evolve, and how Meira will evolve as she copes to her new life and destiny.
What a great story. I can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy!