Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Author: Jill Cresswell
Publisher: Blackstone
Format/Source: ARC
From GoodReads: Burn brightly. Love fiercely. For all else is dust.
Every child of Glasnith learns the last words of Aillira, the god-gifted mortal whose doomed love affair sparked a war of gods and men, and Lira of clan Stone knows the story better than most. As a descendant of Aillira and god-gifted in her own right, she has the power to read people's souls, to see someone's true essence with only a touch of her hand.
When a golden-haired warrior washes up on the shores of her homeland--one of the fearful marauders from the land of the Frozen Sun--Lira helps the wounded man instead of turning him in. After reading his soul, she realizes Reyker is different than his brethren who attack the coasts of Glasnith. He confides in her that he's been cursed with what his people call battle-madness, forced to fight for the warlord known as the Dragon, a powerful tyrant determined to reignite the ancient war that Aillira started.
As Lira and Reyker form a bond forbidden by both their clans, the wrath of the Dragon falls upon them and all of Glasnith, and Lira finds herself facing the same tragic fate as her ancestor. The battle for Lira's life, for Reyker's soul, and for their peoples' freedom has only just begun.
HERE'S WHAT I THINK...
Beast of the Frozen Sun is magic. PURE Magic. Set in a Viking inspired world, Lira and Reyker give us an original story about a god gifted girl and a man with a past who washes up on the shores of her village. The world is lush and developed. It's easy to give lost in it and forget about anything outside the story.
The Main Characters Lira and Reyker are amazingly real. They are flawed, scarred and realistic in many senses. This made them incredibly easy to relate to. ira and Reyker won me over pretty quickly.They have such incredible personalities and are written so well.
It was not a slow novel by any means. The plot is so weaved with action, mythology, romance and war that it's almost impossible to put down. I cannot believe how amazing this novel was!
I am already signing my own soul over to Lira's reading, in hopes that Cresswell will grant my wish of getting the sequel NOW! :)
5/5 stars!
About the Author:
Jill Criswell is a writer of Young Adult Historical Fantasy. She was born and raised in the swamps of northeastern Florida. She earned degrees in English and Psychology and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida. Her greatest passion, besides reading and writing, is traveling the world; she’s visited fifty countries across six continents, falling in love with places like Iceland, Namibia, and Cambodia. She works as a university English teacher and lives in South Carolina, near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with her husband and daughter (who is named after a volcano in Iceland)
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