Fantasy of Frost (The Tainted Accords #1)

I loved every second of this story! Fantasy of Frost is a story that is an adventurous tale about a young woman destined to be a ruler. Falling in love with the wrong man and taken to a different world has changed everything she has ever known. I love the amount of emotion that Kelly St. Clair is able to draw out of her characters, which makes it easier to connect to the story. I have read the books prior to listening to the audiobook and both are amazing! The narrator does a brilliant job with this book.

Olina is a young naive girl that contradicts herself with how wise and open minded she is. Amanda Dolan did such a great job capturing the spirit and strength of Olina\’s voice. This is one of my favorite books and it was so much fun listening to it. I didn\’t loose focus at all, Amanda kept me engaged with her lively voice. Just as Kelly keeps you invested in the story from the very first line. I would recommend this to anyone who loves fantasy. Great book. Great narration. Can\’t wait to hear more.

So I messed up with these books. I read them so fast I didn\’t get a chance to write my reviews. I finished this book about 11 o\’clock at night and immediately bought the next one. That lets you know I was quite interested in what happened next. Unfortunately it also means I\’ll have to give a simpler review to ensure I don\’t slip with spoilers. I\’m not sure why this book is listed in the Fantasy genre. There is no magic, no fae, no vamps/weres/mystical creatures or activities. The story does take place on two non-existent planets. But I guess it\’s Symantecs. This is apparently a YA series and it\’s one of a few YA seriesthat have thoroughly enjoyed. This first book introduces us to the hot, fire world of Osiris and the cold snowy world of Glacius. The people of the two hate each other but also need each to balance out their worlds. The princess of the Fire World wears this veil that hides her face. No one including herself has ever seen her face. That small tidbit was enough for me to want to find out how can someone go 19 years without seeing their own face and why. I\’m proud of the author for being brave in writing on some of the topics she covers. There are some that feel like certain topics are Taboo and could ruin their career. The author was able to accomplish alot in this first book. You first feel sorry for this seemingly caring princess Olena. Then you become terrified for her as she is forced to flee the world she has known. Then you get to see her at her best and worse. She is strong willed but not perfect. I hate \”perfect characters\” who do no wrong. Olena is a good character who has her flaws. There are times when I was proud of her and times when she did the most childish things. Which in turn makes her a true perfect character. Yes, that makes sense in my head 🙂 One thing thing I noticed is that the author doesn\’t give you full descriptions of the chsracters. She keeps it simple for the main characters by giving their height, weight, hair and eye color. For the secondary characters you get even less. However, you are able to picture the characters by the speech and actions. I found I liked this. some authors will spend pages describing every inch of each character because they want you only to have their exact image of the character. But when you give just enough I think we can fill in the blanks ourselves and all still come to a similar conclusion. This book has murder, fighting, royal court life drama, evil Queens, sexual suggestions, child abuse, world building, traitors, abductions, and pretty much everything else to yurn to know what happens next. I needed to know the child abusers were dealt with, I needed to know who Olina might love, I needed to know about this damned veil!!! She hooked me. I feel things are timed just right. The plot doesn\’t move too fast or too slow. The narrator was Amanda Doman. She did a really good job. There are many charters introduced and I had no problem following her. She was able to capture the innocence of the children and the anger of the Ice King.

I was hoping for a bigger explanation to the veil but overall loved the book and Amazon needs to get the next two books in ASAP!

4.5*s *Audio copy of book was received in exchange for an honest review* First I need to say, I\’m not usually a fan of YA stories, or fantasy but after reading the blurb, I was intrigued. Boy, am I glad I listened to my instincts here. I really enjoyed the book. The characters are genuine and not as far fetched as they could have been. Lena is a girl, well a princess, the tatuma of her world who is put in a bind when she falls for the prince of the other realm. That is offset by tragedy and then, as if life doesn\’t suck enough, she\’s taken prisoner. That status doesn\’t take long to change though. She grows on the people around her, even becomes friends with them, all while keeping up a vigilant watch out for a killer, and trying to keep herself out of harms way. The poor girl has been burdened with the task of staying hidden and not knowing exactly who she is for so long that once the time comes to unveil herself, she all but falls apart. That resolves into her need for answers. A trail is set upon to find answers which will take her from the comforts she has become accustomed to…. and lead her into a path of unknown consequences.

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