Review: Dark Frost by Jennifer Estep

August 3, 2012 Philippa General, Reviews 4 Stars, Mythology, Mythos Academy, Paranormal, Young Adult

Come on, Gypsy girl. I’m bleeding to death here, in case you haven’t noticed. At least make it worth my while and kiss me before I die.

Kiss of Frost (Book 2)

What can I say, I just really enjoy this series! This book is dark, the opening scene is gruesome, traumatic and there is a lot of death. This opener really sets the tone for the entire novel and things don’t really look up for the people of Mythos Academy anytime soon.

In this book Gwen is on a quest to find the Helheim Dagger and through this Gwen learns a lot about her mum and her time as Nike’s champion. I really liked the quest in this book and the pace was just beautifully done, you always felt something was happening without being bombarded with too much information. I also loved that even though it had been a while since I read book 2, the author managed to weave in enough recapped information that you never felt confused or unsure about things that had happened in the previous novels.

Gwen is a wonderful lead character though in this book I felt at times she was a little thick as the author gave some fairly obvious hints that Gwen just glossed over entirely. I found this really frustrating at times, it was pretty clear to me what was going on from fairly early in especially with who Loki’s champion was yet Gwen just didn’t seem to get the most obvious warning signs. Good thing the story was so interesting that this could be taken in stride and wasn’t too big a mark down for the overall book.

Logan is awesome as always but man can these two just hook up already and stop with all the awkward conversations and wonderings. I just can’t see enough of a reason so far in Logan’s past that he has to stay away from Gwen. The backstory with his family just doesn’t cut it in my eyes and I hope there is something else we’re yet to uncover on this. The romance in this book is on the backburner in comparison to the first two books buts thats ok as Gwen really does a lot of self exploration and growth in this novel. I think too much romance would have really deterred from the processing and internalising of her mothers memories that happens over the course of the story.

Gwen’s quest really is the central focus in this book and I really did miss the fantastic secondary characters that have cropped up. I hope we get some more air time with Daphne and Carson plus Logan’s spartan buddies in book 4 as Gwen will need her friends to take on the Reapers after this huge page turning finale. The reappearance of the Fenrir wolf was a lovely surprise and side story in this novel, I’m really glad there was more to the wolf’s story even if it was all a little bit sad!

I can’t wait until book 4 is out, this is a wonderful series if you want a good all round paranormal – there is action, romance, mythology and teenage drama, definitely great fun!

Rating

Author	Jennifer Estep
Book series	Mythos Academy: Book #3
Genre	Mythology / Paranormal / Young Adult
Publisher	Kensington
Published	May 2012
Source	Purchased for Kindle
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8 Comments:

Jem says:

August 3, 2012 at 4:02 pm Reply

Ooh! This sounds like a series I am going to have to read!!

Philippa says:

August 3, 2012 at 8:10 pm Reply

It is heaps of fun – I think you’ll love it!

Xia says:

August 3, 2012 at 5:20 pm Reply

This is one of my favorite series! Sometimes Gwen’s ignorance annoys me too. And I definitely agree that Logan and Gwen should just get together already! I found a lot of things predictable in the story, but I still loved it. Can’t wait for the next book. I have feeling there’s going to be a lot more action, and Vic (LOVE him!!!).