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brianne_k's review against another edition
1.0
*Many Thanks to Net-Galley and the publisher for an advanced e-copy. This did not affect my rating*
1/5
I am sorry; I just did not like this book. It was not my cup of tea.
It is a mix of post-apocalyptic, dystopian, and fantasy. Frankly, none of it was done really well. Melissa de la Cruz has put out some really popular books, i.e. The Blue Bloods series.. and I don’t know if I want to try something else by her because I was so underwhelmed.
Welcome to New Vegas! Las Vegas, but covered in ice and it is freezing cold, like most of the rest of the planet. But the world building was pretty non-existent. I want to know more about the world, why is it the way it is.
Nat wants to escape to a place known as “Blue” where the sun still shines, and the ocean isn’t toxic. But to get there is extremely dangerous. Enter cute boy, and then cue feelings.
The plot was rushed, the characters were bland, the world isn’t really explained well at all. I can’t really recommend this to anyone, which sucks because I loved the premise.
1/5
I am sorry; I just did not like this book. It was not my cup of tea.
It is a mix of post-apocalyptic, dystopian, and fantasy. Frankly, none of it was done really well. Melissa de la Cruz has put out some really popular books, i.e. The Blue Bloods series.. and I don’t know if I want to try something else by her because I was so underwhelmed.
Welcome to New Vegas! Las Vegas, but covered in ice and it is freezing cold, like most of the rest of the planet. But the world building was pretty non-existent. I want to know more about the world, why is it the way it is.
Nat wants to escape to a place known as “Blue” where the sun still shines, and the ocean isn’t toxic. But to get there is extremely dangerous. Enter cute boy, and then cue feelings.
The plot was rushed, the characters were bland, the world isn’t really explained well at all. I can’t really recommend this to anyone, which sucks because I loved the premise.
ambeesbookishpages's review against another edition
2.0
The full review can be found at The Book Bratz!
This is the point where I kick myself for judging books by their covers...again. When I was scrolling though NetGalley I spotted Frozen and was immediately intrigued by the cover. I knew I was going to have to request it. What I didn't realize was that Frozen was downloadable to everyone. So I downloaded it. This is one of those books that I want to say I loved but I can't. It was meh. The idea was interesting but that is all this book had to it.
Frozen took me a week to read. I want to say that I was busy (which I was) but when I had time to sit down to read I could only get through a couple of pages. It didn't grab a hold of my attention, which wasn't a surprise because I wasn't a fan of Melissa's Blue Bloods series either.
I found the plot of Frozen was scattered and didn't stay in one place long. The characters were a bit flat and hard to relate to, and everything bad that could happen, happened! I would groan each time something came up because I knew it was going to have a negative outcome. When the ending came it was quick, and hard to follow. The overall ending though? I predicted it. Frozen didn't surprise me. The world frozen in ice did, but the story kept me hanging.
rainbowdragonz's review against another edition
1.75
I bought Frozen for the cover, namely because it has a dragon in it. I love dragons. I wanted a story about dragons. Also if its on the front cover one assumes it's going to be a main feature throughout the book. Absolutely not apparently. When I went back to review this book a few years after I'd initially read it, I could not remember a single dragon. Upon reading reviews to check this apparently there were dragons, and zombies, and pretty much everything else except the kitchen sink which is why I forgot about the dragons. And the single drakon that does apparently appear is actually an important plot point of the next two books in the series? My point still stand however as I swear most of the book goes by without one. To be honest I think I'm so negative about the insides of this book, because of my negative feelings about the cover. And I feel betrayed that it wasn't the dragon story I wanted.
rainbow_storm3200's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
missbookiverse's review against another edition
2.0
So richtig komplett habe ich Frozen nicht gelesen. Zwar schon bis zum Ende, aber ab Seite 150 haben meine Augen gern mal ein paar Paragraphen übersprungen. Ich kann da gar nichts für! Es war einfach so langweilig.
Die Welt, in die das Autorenpaar die Leser entführt, ist eigentlich ganz interessant. Frozen spielt in einer düsteren Zukunft, in der die Erde von verschmutztem Wasser und Eis beherrscht wird. Das Militär spielt eine große Rolle und hat mich damit ein wenig an den dystopischen Staat von Legend erinnert. Außerdem werden einige ungewöhnliche Begriffe eingeführt, die einerseits für Originaltiät, andererseits für Verwirrung sorgen.
Leider sind die beiden Protagonisten Nat und Wes totale Schlaftabletten. Sie haben 0 Individualität, weswegen mich ihr Schicksal völlig kalt gelassen hat (außerdem ist sowieso fast jede gefährliche Situation glatt ausgegangen). Dazu kommt die übliche Prise Instalove und vier Hände voll 0815-kitschig-langweiliger Sätze.
Ach und wer auf Drachen hofft, muss wirklich bis zu den letzten Kapiteln durchhalten. Vorher kriegt man nur die ein oder anderen seltsamen — aber recht coolen — Wesen zu Gesicht.
Die Welt, in die das Autorenpaar die Leser entführt, ist eigentlich ganz interessant. Frozen spielt in einer düsteren Zukunft, in der die Erde von verschmutztem Wasser und Eis beherrscht wird. Das Militär spielt eine große Rolle und hat mich damit ein wenig an den dystopischen Staat von Legend erinnert. Außerdem werden einige ungewöhnliche Begriffe eingeführt, die einerseits für Originaltiät, andererseits für Verwirrung sorgen.
Leider sind die beiden Protagonisten Nat und Wes totale Schlaftabletten. Sie haben 0 Individualität, weswegen mich ihr Schicksal völlig kalt gelassen hat (außerdem ist sowieso fast jede gefährliche Situation glatt ausgegangen). Dazu kommt die übliche Prise Instalove und vier Hände voll 0815-kitschig-langweiliger Sätze.
Ach und wer auf Drachen hofft, muss wirklich bis zu den letzten Kapiteln durchhalten. Vorher kriegt man nur die ein oder anderen seltsamen — aber recht coolen — Wesen zu Gesicht.
theowlerybooks's review against another edition
4.0
Do not get me wrong by the end of this book I had fallen in love!!! But the beginning of this book just sucked because I had no idea what was going on at all! By page 100 I had a grasp on the world that Ms. De la Cruz built but I really with there had been more explaining and world building in the beginning of the book! I absolutely loved the ending and the characters by the last 5 or 6 chapters although some of the events seemed really convenient and unbelievable I wont say exactly what because of spoilers but I think a lot of the beginning stuff could have been shortened so the end wasn't so rushed! All that aside the writing style was fantastic and the characters were just great! I will definitely be continuing on with the series!
christinaerickson33's review against another edition
3.0
I love Melissa De La Cruz. Both her Blue Bloods series and the Witches of East End.
Frozen will be a another great series. Melissa just likes to keep you guessing and she did it with this one too. Though I don't know how to feel about a world set in ice. We have way to many cold days here is Colorado, but the characters are very intriguing.
Frozen will be a another great series. Melissa just likes to keep you guessing and she did it with this one too. Though I don't know how to feel about a world set in ice. We have way to many cold days here is Colorado, but the characters are very intriguing.
fyrekatz's review against another edition
3.0
I like the concept and characters of this story but the beginning is so slow getting into it and the end is rushed! *sighs*
pewterwolf's review against another edition
3.0
Under three stars (but am rounding it up so bear with me). Anyway, review taken from The Pewter Wolf
In a futurist world covered in ice, there is New Vegas. Its neon lights still shining bright. The gambling still 24/7. Nat is a young blackjack dealer in one of the casinos, but she is Marked and in hiding. For if you're Marked, you are treated with fear. Nat can hear a voice inside her head, ordering her to travel to the Blue. A place where the skies are blue, the water is drinkable and the sun shines. But the Blue doesn't exist... right?
But when she's finds a map that could take her there, she enlisted the help of Wes, a "runner" and a former Marine. Can he get her safety there? And what would the pair face as they cross the ice and the dangerous black waters?
Now, I'm in two minds over this. I like the audiobook and I like the idea of the story. But I have problems. Quite a few problems that can really be summed up into three points.
But let's start with the positives. I enjoyed listening to the story, and I think the main reasons for this was he two readers of the audiobooks: Phoebe Stroll and Dan Bittner. I liked how they read the characters of Wes and Nat. Even though one or two characters's voices grated on me a little bit, I enjoyed how they told the story.
And (all English teachers around the world would be furious that I started a sentence with that word) I liked the general idea of Frozen. I like the idea of there being a second ice age and the idea that there is a utopia somewhere on the planet. Plus, the story between Nat and Wes that slowly turned from client and hired help to friends to possible lovers was nice and slow. Not instant love. HURRAY!!!
But I have faults. Three real faults.
The first is age. By that, I mean both of the main characters and the target readership. Both Nat and Wes are sixteen. Yet, this feels unbelievable. As I stated before, Nat is a blackjack dealer so it kinda fits. If you don't think too much about the gambling laws at the present moment (which, by the looks of it, don't exist in this new icy world). But Wes is the problem. Wes is an ex-Marine sergeant, a mercenary and a "runner". Yet, we are told that Wes is sixteen years old. It doesn't feel plausible, and because of this, you begin to wonder if the authors change the characters's age by a few years to fit the YA age group. The reason I feel this is because, at times, I honestly felt that the characters should have been eighteen, nineteen, maybe even twenty and the story could have been more interesting but this would be classed as New Adult or fantasy.
My second problem is world building. I am using this as a very broad umbrella so please bear with me. The world building in this story was, to me, either vague or non-existent. If you want me to believe in this world, you have to give me something to believe in. For example, the world is in the grip of a second ice age but, to my knowledge, the authors didn't tell us what caused this ice age. Was it global warming? Was it a meteor, crashing into earth? Did the sun die? This was never explain so I always doubted it. Then we were introduced to fantastical creatures - sylphs, draus, drakons (aka dragons to you and I), thrillers (aka zombies), wailers and the Blue being a utopia that might have been Atlantis - and it's too much. We get confused and ask questions that don't get answered. You can't create a good world building by throwing magical creatures at the readers. It doesn't work.
My third and final point is predictability. Apart from one hour, maybe two hours at a push, I knew where the story was going. I could guess (and usually got right) what was going to happen in each chapter and saw how each chapter was going to end. And (that word again) because it was so predictable, I saw things and went "Oh, how convenient. Maybe... a little too convenient". Like I said, there was a nearly two hours of the story where I didn't know where it was going and there was one point I went "NO! Don't you dare do a Jace/Clary in City of Bones on me!" but, most of the time, I saw where it was going.
There is potential in this series. I'm hope that this potential could be hit upon in the second book. But the question is: will I go back to this series? Truthfully, I'm not certain. Maybe I will, just for the narrators. But the story... I'm not certain that I will rush out and buy it. Maybe I'll wait other reviewers reactions....
In a futurist world covered in ice, there is New Vegas. Its neon lights still shining bright. The gambling still 24/7. Nat is a young blackjack dealer in one of the casinos, but she is Marked and in hiding. For if you're Marked, you are treated with fear. Nat can hear a voice inside her head, ordering her to travel to the Blue. A place where the skies are blue, the water is drinkable and the sun shines. But the Blue doesn't exist... right?
But when she's finds a map that could take her there, she enlisted the help of Wes, a "runner" and a former Marine. Can he get her safety there? And what would the pair face as they cross the ice and the dangerous black waters?
Now, I'm in two minds over this. I like the audiobook and I like the idea of the story. But I have problems. Quite a few problems that can really be summed up into three points.
But let's start with the positives. I enjoyed listening to the story, and I think the main reasons for this was he two readers of the audiobooks: Phoebe Stroll and Dan Bittner. I liked how they read the characters of Wes and Nat. Even though one or two characters's voices grated on me a little bit, I enjoyed how they told the story.
And (all English teachers around the world would be furious that I started a sentence with that word) I liked the general idea of Frozen. I like the idea of there being a second ice age and the idea that there is a utopia somewhere on the planet. Plus, the story between Nat and Wes that slowly turned from client and hired help to friends to possible lovers was nice and slow. Not instant love. HURRAY!!!
But I have faults. Three real faults.
The first is age. By that, I mean both of the main characters and the target readership. Both Nat and Wes are sixteen. Yet, this feels unbelievable. As I stated before, Nat is a blackjack dealer so it kinda fits. If you don't think too much about the gambling laws at the present moment (which, by the looks of it, don't exist in this new icy world). But Wes is the problem. Wes is an ex-Marine sergeant, a mercenary and a "runner". Yet, we are told that Wes is sixteen years old. It doesn't feel plausible, and because of this, you begin to wonder if the authors change the characters's age by a few years to fit the YA age group. The reason I feel this is because, at times, I honestly felt that the characters should have been eighteen, nineteen, maybe even twenty and the story could have been more interesting but this would be classed as New Adult or fantasy.
My second problem is world building. I am using this as a very broad umbrella so please bear with me. The world building in this story was, to me, either vague or non-existent. If you want me to believe in this world, you have to give me something to believe in. For example, the world is in the grip of a second ice age but, to my knowledge, the authors didn't tell us what caused this ice age. Was it global warming? Was it a meteor, crashing into earth? Did the sun die? This was never explain so I always doubted it. Then we were introduced to fantastical creatures - sylphs, draus, drakons (aka dragons to you and I), thrillers (aka zombies), wailers and the Blue being a utopia that might have been Atlantis - and it's too much. We get confused and ask questions that don't get answered. You can't create a good world building by throwing magical creatures at the readers. It doesn't work.
My third and final point is predictability. Apart from one hour, maybe two hours at a push, I knew where the story was going. I could guess (and usually got right) what was going to happen in each chapter and saw how each chapter was going to end. And (that word again) because it was so predictable, I saw things and went "Oh, how convenient. Maybe... a little too convenient". Like I said, there was a nearly two hours of the story where I didn't know where it was going and there was one point I went "NO! Don't you dare do a Jace/Clary in City of Bones on me!" but, most of the time, I saw where it was going.
There is potential in this series. I'm hope that this potential could be hit upon in the second book. But the question is: will I go back to this series? Truthfully, I'm not certain. Maybe I will, just for the narrators. But the story... I'm not certain that I will rush out and buy it. Maybe I'll wait other reviewers reactions....
paginasdeclyo's review against another edition
2.0
I received this book from the publisher in exchange of an honest review.
I didn't like this book at all.
There's deal breakers for me in books, and instant love is one of them. There wasn't chemistry between the characters. I just couldn't understand why or how it happened, it was just like "bam, love", and I just didn't feel it.
The building of the book was very good. Both the world they lived as the story. Dystopians are incredibly hard to write, and this world they created was incredibly well written. As an environmental engineer I found the idea of a Frozen Earth highly intriguing and fascinating.
The idea of a dystopian/magical civilization was really interesting to read, whoever I didn't get hooked on it. I just couldn't get into this book.
Overall I think it was okay, but it wasn't good.
I didn't like this book at all.
There's deal breakers for me in books, and instant love is one of them. There wasn't chemistry between the characters. I just couldn't understand why or how it happened, it was just like "bam, love", and I just didn't feel it.
The building of the book was very good. Both the world they lived as the story. Dystopians are incredibly hard to write, and this world they created was incredibly well written. As an environmental engineer I found the idea of a Frozen Earth highly intriguing and fascinating.
The idea of a dystopian/magical civilization was really interesting to read, whoever I didn't get hooked on it. I just couldn't get into this book.
Overall I think it was okay, but it wasn't good.