The Snow Queen

I read it when is was younger (15? 16?) and definitely enjoyed it. It's aged somewhat, not in a bad way but in a way that I can definitely date it to an earlier era of sci-fi– the treatment of gender specifically felt a little odd, strangely dated as to the treatment of matriarchy vs patriarchy, and the treatment of the mers as bodies to be acted upon and never acting themselves caught my eye as something that I wasn't aware enough to notice when I first read it, as well as something that is slightly less common in SFF now.

It took me several sittings to finally get through, but in the end the characters were solid and mostly sympathetic, the pacing was strong, it's a GOOD BOOK, even if not always to my taste in SFF styles anymore.