About The Book:
White Frost has only ever known the darkness. Everything outside of her closed society is The Unknown – a strange and dangerous place accessible to only a chosen few. White’s only glimpse of the world beyond comes from her beloved cousin in the form of mysterious collections of words that hint at astonishing wonders. When an accident upends her simple existence, she’s given an unlikely chance to see the truth for herself. What she finds is greater and more terrible than she could have imagined, and before long she is forced to make the most important choice of her life: does she accept her safe, limited world that she’s known or take a desperate gamble in a world not meant for her with the Boy with Words?
*Review contributed by Michelle Lynn, Staff Reviewer*
Strong Story!
I finished this book a few days ago and have given my brain time to think before writing the review. That’s not really a bad thing. It just means that this is a story that takes a lot of mental energy. It twists the mind every which way, making you want to be a little weirded out while at the same time rooting for these characters that were just written so well.
Frost has lived her whole life never seeing the outside world and she’s no different than most of the people in her colony. The world is dangerous, they’re taught. If they’re seen outside by what they call a creator, it could be disastrous. There are scriptures that tell them that very thing. Only a few select chosen get to venture out to bring supplies.
But Frost is curious. She has to know what’s out there. What she finds is shocking and unbelievable to her. The most surprising thing of all is that the “creators” aren’t the odd, different ones. She is. She doesn’t find some evil beings. She finds Kes. A perfectly normal human being who just happens to be much much much bigger than she is.
It’s the romance part that made me feel a little funny- but that’s no fault of the authors. Frost was 6 inches to Kes’s 6 feet. I found it hard to root for them to be together. But it was the easiest thing to root for them separately, because each is so strong in their own right. I loved watching Frost discover the world with such wonderment.
This story was a joy to read from beginning to end. It’s easy-to-read style pulls you in and holds tight as it takes you on a bit of a crazy ride.
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