The Frost Kingdom

Bringing Life, Falling Ash, Book 1

De: CS Patra

Narrado por: Meaghan Mack

In the kingdom of Themasa, 16-year old Alice lives as a baker with a secret very few know about - she has the ability to make flowers and leaves sprout out of living things with her bare touch. Over in the castle, 17-year old Princess Lavinia is locked away by her family because of her curse, the ability to turn living creatures into ashes with her bare touch. The two of them meet and realize that they both want to get rid of their abilities. Realizing that neither can survive like this forever, Alice and Vinnie decide to leave their kingdom and find a way to free themselves of their curses.

Aided by the help of a thief and fellow baker Kian, strange spirits calling themselves Light and Dark, a tiny pet dragon named Elias, and an ice serpent named Madelyn, the two of them start to move out of Themasa and stay one step ahead of the king's men. Along the way, they learn about the obstacles blocking them and that they need to cross three different kingdoms: the Frost Kingdom, the Petal Kingdom, and the Sugar Kingdom. In addition to avoiding the king's men, they must also fight against magic as well as the forces of nature to get their goal.

As it soon turns out, Alice and Vinnie realize their friendship is growing into something more. It's something that neither has felt before and they want to explore it. The only way to do that is to continue moving forward and finding a way to touch each other with love.

©2018 Cithara Patra (P)2019 Cithara Patra

Nice for Readers Who Enjoy The Lunar Chronicles

"The Frosted Kingdom" was an easy listen. The narrator has a very pretty and regal voice. I love that kind of voice when listening to fantasy books.

I enjoyed the story and for readers/listeners who enjoy books like The Lunar Chronicles or similar books you will probably enjoy this listen as well. I liked the story and the characters. Also had some Frozen vibes going on. I just hate when books end on cliff hangers. With that said, I am excited for the next book. I enjoyed the bakery setting, the mystery surrounding a royal child, and cannot to learn more about the various powers in future books.

I received this audiobook at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

A Decent Start, I'd Pick Up The Next Book

I wanted to read The Frost Kingdom for two reasons:
1. The Cover! Is it not gorgeous?
2. I tend to read mainly romance and I’ve been wanting to branch out to other genres so I figured pretty cover + audiobook + genre I don’t really read would work for me.

The Frost Kingdom is about a young princess and a baker both who were cursed. One can turn things into flowers and the other who can turn things to ash. Princess Lavina is tired of her curse and wants to find a witch who can reverse it and she enlists the help of Alice (the baker) and Kian (baker and thief). This sounds amazing right? The plot wasn’t executed that well but it was pretty decent start to the series.

What I Liked:
+ Obviously the cover! It is so eye catching.
+ The Narrator – some reviews will tell you that the other voices made for the other characters were annoying. I however, really enjoyed them and actually made me like the audio a lot.
+ The Romance – the romance was a nice touch and it was honestly a bit surprising. I did feel like the author threw it in at a random time so I felt like this could’ve been woven in a bit better. It did leave me curious about it.
+ The Ending – the ending was honestly the saving grace for this book. It felt like the novel was finally getting its gears going and I wanted to know what happened next.


What I didn’t:
+ The pacing of the story. It felt like a whole lot of nothing happened through the novel. It was also repetitive. I felt like the character kept saying the same things over and over again.
+ It left me with so many questions, maybe they’ll be answered in the next book but I felt like some of my questions should’ve been answered in the first book just so that it could have a solid foundation.

Overall,
I did enjoy the narration and the story finally started picking up at the end. I would read the second book, would it be a top priority? Probably not. I do see potential in the story and I am curious to see how this continues.

The story needed more

This book only gets you started in the story. The characters meet and start on a journey. OF course there are problems along the way. The book has a lot of potential but I felt after 6 hours that the story did not progress as far as I expected.
The story line is good just needs to be expanded.

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

Not My Cup Of Tea

I am not sure if I really understood this story. The narrator changed voices for the characters several times. I got this ARC via audiobook boom and this is my voluntary review. When it started the interactions between the characters was a little off by the end of the story I thought I understood what was going on. The young people were there to end the war, yet they were only able to do something if they could remove the curses. But removing the curses will not allow them to end the war.

Good book

Good book with nice characters and a nice twist on a what is a pretty classic plot.