Snow Like Ashes

I wanted Snow Like Ashes for quite a long time though. Then when we had our Christmas Party with my bookblogger friends, Kai gave me Snow Like Ashes and Ice Like Fire. I was totally surprised about it. Especially now that Frost Like Night will come out this year, I couldn't contain my excitement for it!

Snow Like Ashes started out with world building. The book took place when Winter was all shredded piece by piece. Only 8 of them had remained as 'Winterians', the rest of them became slaves of Spring. Meira, together with Mather and Sir, they seeked to find a way to reclaim Winter. It is retrieving the conduit that can change Winter. Mather is the King who is claimed to be the last ruler of Winter that can ignite the fire within Winter. But that is what all they knew. Interpreting the place, whether it is Winter or Spring. The idea of expressing the nature of it and how it could destroy is exciting on my end. It was the possibilities of saving and destroying. This is what makes Snow Like Ashes sets it outstanding.

The friendship of the King and an Orphan is remarkably romantic. I am a fan of characters who are worlds apart when it comes to it social standings. So I am intoxicated to see how Meira and Mather can set their feelings straight even in the middle of the war. Aside from that, it is also Sir and Meira that I am eager to see. These two were all battling with their own fights. Both have their own principles to achieve with. Sir, being their leader, Meira is unable to defend herself straight. But Meira, being a natural fighter, she sets her own fight and decisions to save Winter and be part of the team.

When half of the conduit was claimed, this is where the plot twist started to show. Gradually, the truth behind Meira's identity began to reveal. When she was forced to have an arrange marriage with Theron, they claim to help Winter survive. She began to doubt all of Sir's decision for Winter. Surviving became an option and she needs to fight and think straight how she can help. This is how she realized her identity and how Queen Hannah planned to save Winter and erase the Decay. I didn't knew it could throughout with so much killings. In fact, I almost knew the identity of Meira but at first I was quite hesitant to think about it.

The action-packed scene of the book is not just about the killings, it was the magic and the mystery. Angra's ability showed up in an extensible way that it almost destroyed a nation. Through Mather and Meira's decisions, Winter was saved. Winterian slave were freed but there are still mysteries that hanged in the air. This is what makes Snow Like Ashes as a tremendous novel. This book all mixed up with fantasy, magic, and romance. If you loved Shadow and Bone series by Leigh Bardugo and Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Mass, Snow Like Ashes is definitely the right book for you.