wintery1's review
5.0
I don't usually write reviews. But, as a fantasy genre fan, I feel like it is my duty to all fantasy genre fans to say, "Go read this book!" I first heard about this book from a friend who read it as a judge for a writing contest. She was blown away by the unique storytelling and magic system. I absolutely love unique magic systems (that's why I have a whole Goodreads shelf dedicated to unique magic systems). Recently, I've been reading books by Jeff Wheeler - books with magic from water or magic that tattoos the magic-users' flesh - and "Ice Magic, Fire Magic" blew me away with the storytelling and creative magic system. I'll wrap up my review with a story of my own. I love books that connect me to the characters, but I rarely cry while reading books. Until last night, the last time I cried while reading a book was when a certain old, wizard mentor in the Harry Potter series died. Without spoiling anything, I found myself unexpectedly sobbing in the second half of this book following some ferocious knitting to save a life. My investment in the characters and the story caught me off-guard and speaks to both the strength of the story and the skill of the author.
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