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A review by annettebooksofhopeanddreams
Gathering Frost by Kaitlyn Davis
5.0
Once upon a time I read the most brilliant retelling of Tristan and Isolde and that retelling made me long for more books like that. Luckily for me the author has an entire series of Fairytale retellings for me to devour. And yet, the prequel still surprised me. It was so good, so well written, so lovely and amazing. And that was just the prequel. I was therefore very excited to start this first real book in the series and to see what she would do with the hard tale of Sleeping Beauty.
And from the very first page she once more sucked me into the story, mostly because the writing is just brilliant. All the emotions feel so real and vivid. And I love it when books make me feel, when they touch me, when the emotions rushing through the veins of the main characters, eventually also rush through my veins. I'm a silent reader, but inside I was yelling and holding my breath and rooting for our couple and mostly for Jade. And in the end I was really downright crying my eyes out. Not so silent anymore.
The plot wasn't even THAT spectacular. There were some action scenes and there was a lot of political scheming and planning, but it's mostly a story about personal growth, about breaking free, about learning how to love and how to live. And on that beautiful journey we meet two amazing characters. Their chemistry is so well done that I felt it myself. The connection works and I like that they are forming that connection by getting to know each other, by talking and yelling and fighting and realizing what all those feelings are.
The world building is however quite brilliant. The concept in itself is already original. Our world and the fairytale world have literally collided and now we have a new world. It leads to a compelling mix of a dystopia and a medieval fantasy. It also comes with politically very interesting conflicts and choices. I can't wait to see the rest of the world and all the other cities that have fallen pray to the different curses.
I don't doubt that I'll pick the next one up quite soon!
And from the very first page she once more sucked me into the story, mostly because the writing is just brilliant. All the emotions feel so real and vivid. And I love it when books make me feel, when they touch me, when the emotions rushing through the veins of the main characters, eventually also rush through my veins. I'm a silent reader, but inside I was yelling and holding my breath and rooting for our couple and mostly for Jade. And in the end I was really downright crying my eyes out. Not so silent anymore.
The plot wasn't even THAT spectacular. There were some action scenes and there was a lot of political scheming and planning, but it's mostly a story about personal growth, about breaking free, about learning how to love and how to live. And on that beautiful journey we meet two amazing characters. Their chemistry is so well done that I felt it myself. The connection works and I like that they are forming that connection by getting to know each other, by talking and yelling and fighting and realizing what all those feelings are.
The world building is however quite brilliant. The concept in itself is already original. Our world and the fairytale world have literally collided and now we have a new world. It leads to a compelling mix of a dystopia and a medieval fantasy. It also comes with politically very interesting conflicts and choices. I can't wait to see the rest of the world and all the other cities that have fallen pray to the different curses.
I don't doubt that I'll pick the next one up quite soon!