A review by betwixt_the_pages
Frost by Kaitlyn Davis

4.0

Even the hottest love can turn a girl cold-blooded…

Life's tough for a vampire thief on the run—just ask Pandora Scott, she knows. Four years ago she ran away from home after everyone she loved betrayed her. But now her annoyingly grown up (and handsome) ex boyfriend is stalking her, begging her to return. A mysterious vamp with a particularly dangerous (and sexy) stare keeps popping unexpectedly into her life. The extremely powerful head vampire of New York is hunting her down because she may or may not have broken into his highly-secure, highly-secretive personal vault. And the fate she's been trying to outrun? Well, it's about to catch up. Because even a super-speedy vamp with the ability to disappear can't escape her own destiny.

A brand new spinoff to the Midnight Fire series! Fans will enjoy special appearances from Kira, Luke and Tristan while falling in love with the new characters and new adventure of Midnight Ice.

Rating: 4.5/5 Penguins
Quick Reasons: LOVE the snark; awesome world-building; great use of dramatic mystery; the memory-loss trope has never been so well-written; I am spell-bound; Pandora is an entertaining, strong-willed, complex character; I didn't see that ending coming

Huge thanks to Kaitlyn Davis and YA Bound Book Tours for sending me a free digital copy of this title in exchange for an honest review! This in no way altered my read of or opinions on this book.

The alarm on her nightstand started beeping.

"I'm up, I'm up," she grumbled, speaking to herself as she slapped her hand down on the plastic clock, annoyed to be pulled from such a glorious train of thought--on her birthday, no less! But in her haste, she smashed the thing completely to pieces.

Somehow, the broken bits kept beeping.

Okay, penguins--I'm HOOKED. And I don't mean just hooked in an, I want to know what happens next, sort of way. I mean I am drooling for the rest of this series...and to pick up the series that this is apparently a spin-off for. I need--NEED--to know these characters better. And not just one of two of them, but all of them. Which...is bad news for my wallet, because that's more money out of my pocket for more books. But I don't care, penguins--I must read them all (I mean, you know...when I get the chance to).

Let's talk nitty gritty, yes? Starting with characters. Pandora is, without a doubt, one of the BEST uses of the memory loss/amnesia trope I've stumbled across in my reading career. I particularly enjoyed, as well, how snarky and vibrantly written she is. There were so many moments I found myself giggling at her reactions and antics. For a character with a type of memory loss, she doesn't let it hold her back--instead, she embraces life head-on. And she's SO strong-willed... she really helped to make this read an entertaining and mysterious journey for me! Of course, the rest of the characters are no slouches--each one is just as complex, pertinent to the story-line, and humorous to read about.

Lifting a single brow, he shook his head and turned back to the glass, drawing her attention to his golden hair in the process. It was long, longer than boys usually wore it these days, meaning he was probably old--vampire old. Intriguingly old--as in, why does he care what happens to her, a newbie vamp and a thief at that, old. It looked so smooth, so soft, so utterly graspable, like sexy, midkiss, passionately in the moment graspable.

Why am I thinking about this?

I should not be thinking about this.

Escape. Escape first, swoon second.

No wait, swoon never.

Resist the swoon at all costs.

The plot is action-packed and FILLED with drama. There were a few inconsistencies in terms of age in regards to Pandora, which both confused and sort of bothered me, but they weren't glaring enough to put much dent in my reading. The world-building is also complex and vividly rendered. While I have some questions--mostly about how the "magic" of this world works--I feel I was given sufficient enough information to understand what was happening. I imagine that, were I to pick up the original series right now, the questions I do have might be quickly answered, so this doesn't bother me too much.

This was, in the end, a snarky, action-packed, and entertaining read! The characters are vibrant and complex, the word-building is vivid, and the plot was a race to the climax from start to finish. I cannot WAIT to pick up more books from Kaitlyn Davis in the future, and definitely recommend this read to lovers of urban fantasy, memory loss/amnesia tropes, and widely humorous reads. The frost bit me deep, penguins; take off your gloves and feel the chill!