Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep

Kiss of Frost (Mythos Academy #2) by Jennifer Estep
354 Pages (Paperback)
Kensington
November 27, 2011
Source: Publisher
Format: Paperback


Logan Quinn was try­ing to kill me. My Spar­tan class­mate relent­lessly pur­sued me, swing­ing his sword at me over and over again, the shin­ing sil­ver blade inch­ing closer to my throat every time. A smile tugged up his lips, and his ice-blue eyes prac­ti­cally glowed with the thrill of battle...

I’m Gwen Frost, a second-year warrior-in-training at Mythos Acad­emy, and I have no idea how I’m going to sur­vive the rest of the semes­ter. One day, I’m get­ting schooled in sword­play by the guy who broke my heart—the drop-dead gor­geous Logan who slays me every time. Then, an invis­i­ble archer in the Library of Antiq­ui­ties decides to use me for tar­get prac­tice. And now, I find out that some­one at the acad­emy is really a Reaper bad guy who wants me dead. I’m afraid if I don’t learn how to live by the sword—with Logan’s help—I just might die by the sword...

    I definitely liked this installment in the Mythos Academy series better than the first, but I am seeing a few similarities between the two. Firstly, the book takes a while to pick up the pace, which was my major problem with the first book. However, once it picks up, I was hooked. Another thing I noticed which bothered me the first time around was the repetitive language. Logan is described as a "man-whore" about thirty (made up number, but it was definitely in excess) times in the first half of the novel. Okay, I got it the first time. Lastly, I don't like how the characters are named often by what they are not by their names. Like Logan would be called "the Spartan" not Logan. Other than those things, I saw many improvements.

    I am so happy that I actually started to like Gwen! In the first book I didn't dislike her, I just really didn't care about her. She seemed to become more courageous and have a bit more common sense in this novel. Come to think of it, I really like all the characters better - especially Logan. I can't wait to see where the characters go in the next book.

    Although the plot was a bit predictable, there was enough diversion to keep me guessing until the end. I was shocked by some of the things Gwen was put through! Also, I really liked how the book had more leeway, for lack of a better word, since now the reader -and Gwen - knew about this new world of mythical creatures and weren't still trying to figure it out. I also enjoyed at the end there is a "Beyond the Story" section where the world is explained a bit more, that was fun to read.

    So overall, if you've read the first, definitely read the second! Sure, some things got me mad, but in total I really enjoyed the book. I'm really looking forward to Dark Frost coming in June 2012!