Butterfly in Frost

By: Sylvia Day

Narrated by: Emma Wilder, Joe Arden

Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

A Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts best seller

From number one New York Times best-selling phenomenon Sylvia Day comes a hotly anticipated and passionate new love story.

Once, I would never have imagined myself here. But I’m settled now. In a place I love, in a home I renovated, spending time with new friends I adore, and working a job that fulfills me. I am reconciling the past and laying the groundwork for the future. 

Then Garrett Frost moves in next door. 

He’s obstinate and too bold, a raging force of nature that disrupts the careful order of my life. I recognize the ghosts that haunt him, the torment driving him. Garrett would be risky in any form, but wounded, he’s far more dangerous. I fear I’m too fragile for the storm raging inside him, too delicate to withstand the pain that buffets him. But he’s too determined…and too tempting. 

And sometimes hope soars above even the iciest desolation. 

Emotional and heartrending, Butterfly in Frost marks a brilliant return by global sensation Sylvia Day, the number-one international multimillion best-selling author of the Crossfire saga.

©2019 Sylvia Day (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Loved It!!

You can't compare this to Cross Fire, It is completely different and it drives me nuts when people do that. I go into each book with an open mind.

I loved the narrators, I would of loved to hear more Joe Arden but I felt like Emma Wilder was perfect for her character.

I loved that we got updates on the Crossfire main characters, That was an added bonus. I love Ava!!

Without giving anything away I loved the end. I wasn't excepting it for some reason.

It wasn't what I excepted at all and I wish it would of been a lot longer just because I love Sylvia Day and her books. I recommend it. It had just the right amount of love, story, and lust. It wasn't missing anything and the end summarized everything.

The entire "female" performance is in a whisper.

narrator really needs to have a stronger voice. you really can only hear the male part well.

Good -- until the plot 'twist'

Enjoyed the story until the last two chapters. The plot twist felt contrived and was a complete 180 to the story. I didn't buy it at all, especially given the characters' behaviors throughout chapters 1-14. Completely changed my opinion of the story. The author needed to add more clues and some of the earlier dialogue and behaviors ended up making no sense based on the reveal.

Wanted to like this but was disappointed.

So disappointed!

I love the Crossfire series and expected better from Sylvia Day but this story felt rushed . The narrator was not good yet not horrible...I just cant believe this is what fans waited for!

Not the best Sylvia Day book

I have listened to most of her books and the narrator on this one leaves some to be desired. The story line just doesn't grab my attention like her other books. I actually was listening and had to switch to another book. I listened for about two hours or halfway thru and just decided it wasn't worth the other two hours. Unfortunate for me, I pre-ordered this book and was out of the country when it came in and I cant return it.

Not. A. Winner!

I could not wait for this to end! I did not connect to either of the main characters. The narration of the male voice was a bit freaky to me, and not in a cool way. The swearing was unnecessary and added no excitement. Not hot. Not sexy.

Listen twice

This is one of those stories you'll want to hear twice. Especially after the ending, I won't post any spoilers though. I do like the fact that Sylvia touched on the grief of losing someone close to you, not simply right after but the struggles that come months later. The narrative was excellent and I really enjoyed this book.

I’m torn

First off I am a huge Sylvia Day fan. I have listened to all of her books, not even going to mention how many times of listened to the cross fire series. Butterfly in the frost was good, but it wasn’t suck you in can’t put it down good. It was missing something for me. Anyway I’m still a huge fan and will continue to buy all of her books. The narrator did and amazing job!

Butterfly

Don’t recommend this one. Romantic passages are just too graphic. Difficult to feel the passion amidst torrid descriptions of sex organs on display. The ‘mystery’ seems to play second fiddle to the mish-mash of sweaty dialogue.

If you want steamy sex scenes, this book is for you. Want a plot? Not so much.

I struggled to connect with the characters in this book initially, and almost gave up. A reality TV doctor! A famous artist and photographer!
Their initial attraction to each other was not realistic, and I struggled with that as well.

But there was enough in the story and character development that I kept on, hoping to engage with these characters.

The ending was so forced and contrived, and the failure to connect to past events so overlooked, that I honestly felt f****d.

Either the characters have both had a psychotic break, or the author doesn’t care about developing a plot line or making any attempt at creating a realistic ending to the story.

Blah

3,5⭐ sweet and heartbreak 💔😢

I didn't expect that ending, and it felt unfinished to me. I needed more of a proper closer. Our couple here meet when he moved next door, but they are both dealing with grief and depression. It's a very sweet story, how they help each other overcome the loss and bereavement. Dealing with depression wasn't easy.
It's very spicy too, the author detailed their relationship development in the intimacy area well. It was 🔥🔥🔥🌶🌶🌶
The narration was outstanding, it made the spice hotter, the sweet moments more cute and the sadness palpable. Joe Arden and Emma Wilder did an amazing job 💖

Not the best work of Sylvia Day.

Slow and yet hard to keep up with.
The plot seemed to speed up unnaturally towards the end and it ended quite abruptly making it feeled rushed, whereas the start of the book was really slow, making it difficult to remain engaged.
Even worse was the slow droning voice of the female narrator.
I like the concept of the plot and I wonder if different narrators could have made it easier to remain engaged.
I love Sylvia Days work, but unfortunately, this book was nowhere near the same standard as her other works like the Crossfire Series.

Dissapointing

Struggled to finished, I found it to slow and was glad when i finished it.

unexpected

I enjoyed this, I found the twist very unexpected and clever but felt it ended too soon after the big reveal.
it was great to get an update on ava cross and carry.

so disappointing

well what can I day other than what a load of rubbish.! I fell asleep half way through as it was so boring. I found the narration to be annoying

Don't bother.

Total waste of time did not enjoy the book at all. No depth or actual story.

A great listen

I genuinely wasn’t sure for the 1st hour. A lot of stuff didn’t make sense. Then it got good, then it got really good. I won’t say anymore. It’s a great listen x

Moving

Amazing, so moving. Loved the writing brought to life as beautifully narrated. Delighted to check in on the Cross family, missing them.

nice story, easy to listenvery twisted at the end

nice story easy to listen to- no real problems unexpected conclusion, bit short but at the same time enough

Butterfly in Frost

This is a lovely new begin story, after a terrible incedent, with twists that surprised me at the end. Great to know Eva and Carry still on their happy endings and going strong. Read brilliantly by Emma Wilder and Joe Arden.