Scan barcode
inaraexplains's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
breezy610's review against another edition
3.0
it was okay. it wasn't great or fanstantic(sp) but okay. i felt myself getting lost at some points( like when i can heard a convo around on around me) but i was able to pick up on go on, so it wasn't too bad. i will check out the rest of the series thought.
zapkode's review against another edition
4.0
{My thoughts} – Nat is an interesting character. She breaks out of some prison she was being held in against her will in the beginning of the book and then she ends up working as a black jack dealer in a place called New Vegas. She had gotten this far by following a voice in her head. A voice that rarely was quiet and a voice that new what it wanted.
Wes is cocky but kinda on the cute side guy. He knows what he wants and he has moral. He won’t do something that will cause harm to another unless he can’t prevent it, but if he has no choice harm will occur. He also doesn’t like to leave any of his pals behind in danger which makes him a great traveling companion.
{Part One} – Nat figures out that she needs to get to a place called New Crete. When she gets there she should be able to use a map, which she had acquired from her ex-boss Joe to lead her to The Blue. The Blue is rumored to be the perfect place where none of the bad stuff has effected nature and all. She finds a runner to take her and that runner is Wes. While they are attempting to leave the Strip in order to get over the fence into what is known as the Garbage Pile they are caught outside after curfew by patrol. They have two choices: Surrender or fight. They chose to fight and ended this part with a nice bang.
{Part Two} – I didn’t enjoy reading this part as much as the first. I felt cheated. The first part ended with so much action. I assumed it would carry into the second, but no, that’s not what happened. Instead we were given lots of flirting parts between Wes and Nat. Yes, they kept the story and adventure going but it wasn’t holding onto my interest well. Instead I had to push forward hoping for it to get better.
{Part Three} – Sadly, this portion only slightly reached my expectations. We had more flirting and Nat finally showed her true colors. Their ship got some what ruined, but it wasn’t action packed enough to pull me back in. We also learned more about Nat’s back story and that Wes has a twin sister. It would also lead one to assume that all the flirting is eventually going to lead to some romance. Still, however, I am still not impressed with the book at this point.
{Part Four} – This part was a bit more entertaining. We got to learn more about the night that Wes’s sister went missing. We learned more about Nat and who she was before she landed in New Vegas. We also were introduced to some miner excitement.
{Part Five} – I am happy to say that this portion for the most part redeemed the book for me. It brought back the action and the adventure and sucked me right back into it’s pages. The only thing I think is that some of this action should have happened much early and been strewn throughout the book and not just in the first and last part. The action to me is what was making the book readable and pulling me into it’s story line.
Wes is cocky but kinda on the cute side guy. He knows what he wants and he has moral. He won’t do something that will cause harm to another unless he can’t prevent it, but if he has no choice harm will occur. He also doesn’t like to leave any of his pals behind in danger which makes him a great traveling companion.
{Part One} – Nat figures out that she needs to get to a place called New Crete. When she gets there she should be able to use a map, which she had acquired from her ex-boss Joe to lead her to The Blue. The Blue is rumored to be the perfect place where none of the bad stuff has effected nature and all. She finds a runner to take her and that runner is Wes. While they are attempting to leave the Strip in order to get over the fence into what is known as the Garbage Pile they are caught outside after curfew by patrol. They have two choices: Surrender or fight. They chose to fight and ended this part with a nice bang.
{Part Two} – I didn’t enjoy reading this part as much as the first. I felt cheated. The first part ended with so much action. I assumed it would carry into the second, but no, that’s not what happened. Instead we were given lots of flirting parts between Wes and Nat. Yes, they kept the story and adventure going but it wasn’t holding onto my interest well. Instead I had to push forward hoping for it to get better.
{Part Three} – Sadly, this portion only slightly reached my expectations. We had more flirting and Nat finally showed her true colors. Their ship got some what ruined, but it wasn’t action packed enough to pull me back in. We also learned more about Nat’s back story and that Wes has a twin sister. It would also lead one to assume that all the flirting is eventually going to lead to some romance. Still, however, I am still not impressed with the book at this point.
{Part Four} – This part was a bit more entertaining. We got to learn more about the night that Wes’s sister went missing. We learned more about Nat and who she was before she landed in New Vegas. We also were introduced to some miner excitement.
{Part Five} – I am happy to say that this portion for the most part redeemed the book for me. It brought back the action and the adventure and sucked me right back into it’s pages. The only thing I think is that some of this action should have happened much early and been strewn throughout the book and not just in the first and last part. The action to me is what was making the book readable and pulling me into it’s story line.
mb_lovestoread's review against another edition
3.0
So I actually liked this book, but it wasn’t a game changer. It’s another dystopian story with a twist. Frozen is set on earth, it was flooded and a new ice age is upon us. There are marked ones and are they a threat or are they brilliant? Who knows. The characters are well-rounded and show some growth. This is a series and I do not have the other books, which is a pity but I can’t order them anywhere or find them anywhere so I can’t finish it and that bums me out!
yodamom's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 With great trepidation I started another series. I am suffering from series drag. Several of my series have just gone past their shelf life and muddled into the dull zone. I blame these authors that drag a good thing till it's nothing but trash. When this came up for early review i declined it. Then is came to the library and I just wanted to read a few pages. Still I held it for a week before I picked it up. Holy frozen world, I wish I had given it a shot earlier. The blurb on the book was terrible compared to the book.
The book started with a Vegas card dealer, Nat. She is looking to escape this world frozen under ice to a mystical utopia called The Blue. Her world is filled with starvation, cold, fear and death. She hides her true identity, she is one of the marked. The marked have special abilities, and are taken out of society and used or killed. The propaganda of the government has humans fearing them. One day a beautiful boy steps up to her table and tries to con her but ends up changing her life.
Wes is an ex military, survivalist, con man and hired gun. He has a crew of men he is trying to keep alive. The dealer at the casino, saw his con and ended up coning him. He is intrigued when she wants to hire his crew to The Blue. This girl attracts him, there is something about her. She is money which is survival, he take the job.
The world is frozen, the greenery is gone, life is held in sealed pockets for the wealthy to enjoy. Pirates, Smugglers, Slavers, and Flesh sellers run the outskirts. The inner cities are run by a totalitarian militant government. The Seas are black poisons, with floating islands or trash. Food and clean water are rare.
The journey is dangerous, deadly and bleak. The crew faces death and themselves. There are discoveries of new life, misunderstandings and even some hope. The world is not what the government has drilled into their heads the real world is a complex and beautiful place even with the destruction around them.
This had all the right levels of intrigue, romance, action, horror, adventure to keep me reading through the night. I even talked about it to my friends, family and some poor guy at the coffee shop who probably though I was crazy. It was just so 'cool' and there was so much to share as it related to our world. My nerd loving light is flaring, it lightly reminded me of a Star Trek movie.
The book started with a Vegas card dealer, Nat. She is looking to escape this world frozen under ice to a mystical utopia called The Blue. Her world is filled with starvation, cold, fear and death. She hides her true identity, she is one of the marked. The marked have special abilities, and are taken out of society and used or killed. The propaganda of the government has humans fearing them. One day a beautiful boy steps up to her table and tries to con her but ends up changing her life.
Wes is an ex military, survivalist, con man and hired gun. He has a crew of men he is trying to keep alive. The dealer at the casino, saw his con and ended up coning him. He is intrigued when she wants to hire his crew to The Blue. This girl attracts him, there is something about her. She is money which is survival, he take the job.
The world is frozen, the greenery is gone, life is held in sealed pockets for the wealthy to enjoy. Pirates, Smugglers, Slavers, and Flesh sellers run the outskirts. The inner cities are run by a totalitarian militant government. The Seas are black poisons, with floating islands or trash. Food and clean water are rare.
The journey is dangerous, deadly and bleak. The crew faces death and themselves. There are discoveries of new life, misunderstandings and even some hope. The world is not what the government has drilled into their heads the real world is a complex and beautiful place even with the destruction around them.
This had all the right levels of intrigue, romance, action, horror, adventure to keep me reading through the night. I even talked about it to my friends, family and some poor guy at the coffee shop who probably though I was crazy. It was just so 'cool' and there was so much to share as it related to our world. My nerd loving light is flaring, it lightly reminded me of a Star Trek movie.
harleyrae's review against another edition
4.0
I had received this book as part of a goodreads giveaway
Wow! this book is just wow. I loved it, i felt it was beautifully put together. I loved every aspect of this book.
Frozen is about a girl named Nat who wants to get out of New Vegas and find the blue, just like the voice in her head is nagging her to do. The only problem is that the blue isn't suppose to exist. All of the land is covered in ice, no where is free from the frozen tundra, so how can a place like the blue where everything as we know it exists. With the help of Wes and his crew, Nat goes on a journey to find the blue, go thing unthinkable hardships along the way.
So yea, i'm once again in love with another book. The only thing i wasn't to excited about was the beginning, i felt that I was just thrown head first into a pool and had to learn to swim, or in this case a frozen pool. I wasn't completely sure what was going on at MacArthur and when the explosion at the casino happened i was very confused. To me the explosion should have been a bigger deal than it was, but everyone just went around like it was an every day..which it just might have been.
I loved the connection between Wes and Nat, they both clearly liked each other, they just didn't want to admit it. They just kept wanting to tell themselves that they don't feel anything, and that the other person is only acting as is to trick them. Its not till they almost lose each other that they really come to terms with their feelings.
I also loved Shake as well, i felt he brought fun and happiness to these dark times on Earth.
All in all i found this to be an exciting, fast paced book. My heart was literally pounding at some points. I'd recommend this book to just about anybody wanting an awesome read.
Wow! this book is just wow. I loved it, i felt it was beautifully put together. I loved every aspect of this book.
Frozen is about a girl named Nat who wants to get out of New Vegas and find the blue, just like the voice in her head is nagging her to do. The only problem is that the blue isn't suppose to exist. All of the land is covered in ice, no where is free from the frozen tundra, so how can a place like the blue where everything as we know it exists. With the help of Wes and his crew, Nat goes on a journey to find the blue, go thing unthinkable hardships along the way.
So yea, i'm once again in love with another book. The only thing i wasn't to excited about was the beginning, i felt that I was just thrown head first into a pool and had to learn to swim, or in this case a frozen pool. I wasn't completely sure what was going on at MacArthur and when the explosion at the casino happened i was very confused. To me the explosion should have been a bigger deal than it was, but everyone just went around like it was an every day..which it just might have been.
I loved the connection between Wes and Nat, they both clearly liked each other, they just didn't want to admit it. They just kept wanting to tell themselves that they don't feel anything, and that the other person is only acting as is to trick them. Its not till they almost lose each other that they really come to terms with their feelings.
I also loved Shake as well, i felt he brought fun and happiness to these dark times on Earth.
All in all i found this to be an exciting, fast paced book. My heart was literally pounding at some points. I'd recommend this book to just about anybody wanting an awesome read.
linzthebookworm's review against another edition
3.0
I received an e-copy of this book from Net Galley.
While I liked this book, I found that it was a little slowly paced. There was a lot of information in the end that is making me hope that it gets better and more action packed. I didn't really care for it being written in "Textlish." It gave me a headache and made it really hard to read. I would have preferred a few examples and then it being written normally. I was also hoping there'd be a little more explanation on the magic, but considering that Nat didn't know exactly who she was, I can look over this. I hope there will be more magic in the second book.
Overall it was a entertaining and a decent read. I'll probably read the second book when I get a chance.
While I liked this book, I found that it was a little slowly paced. There was a lot of information in the end that is making me hope that it gets better and more action packed. I didn't really care for it being written in "Textlish." It gave me a headache and made it really hard to read. I would have preferred a few examples and then it being written normally. I was also hoping there'd be a little more explanation on the magic, but considering that Nat didn't know exactly who she was, I can look over this. I hope there will be more magic in the second book.
Overall it was a entertaining and a decent read. I'll probably read the second book when I get a chance.
rachael_amber's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition
1.0
1/5
The book to me ended up being slow to the point to where I just wasn't excited to read it.
The book to me ended up being slow to the point to where I just wasn't excited to read it.
b0hemian_graham's review against another edition
3.0
2.5/5, I kept getting distracted and would go read other things, as I found the novel to be dull, and the characters uninteresting. I was expecting more based on the popularity of de la Cruz's other novels, which I was interested in reading. now I'm not so sure I want to read more, if they are anything like this. the plot seemed interesting, but the prose ruined any interest I had.