Frostkuss

I've had Touch of Frost on my bookshelf for years and in a bid to finally read some of these books, I finally decided to start the Mythos Academy series.  I really liked this book!  I've been a Jennifer Estep fan for years and ate up her Elemental Assassin series, so I was totally excited to jump into this new series that is adjacent, both being set in Ashland.  I'll admit that I was a little hesitant since it is a YA and in general, I don't read them.  But I got sucked into this mythological world that Gwen is discovering as she navigates her first few months at Mythos Academy.  Was this book perfect?  No.  Jennifer Estep is notorious for being repetitive, and it continues in this series.  And I'll agree with other reviewers that the writing did feel a bit dumbed down for the YA audience.  However, the actual plot was what hooked me and wants me to continue the series.  I can look past those “issues” (at least for now) because I want to know what happens next in Gwen's adventures.

Overall a great start to a series, had that unputdownable quality. The plot was too unoriginal to be a favorite, the romance sucked and the repetition in the writing killed me. However, I did like the solitary main character and her lone road to discovering self-awareness. Gwen was a well-rounded character that believed in reality more than fantasy, and knew that circumstances, magical or otherwise have a lasting effect on people.