FrostFire (Daughter of the Flames) ~ Zoe Marriott

Frost is possessed by a wolf demon that brings death everywhere she goes. When she is captured by a band of warriors sworn to protect their country from rebel fighters she has to prove she is not an enemy.

 

For me, FrostFire really did love up to the reviews I have read. I loved the characters and how they interacted, and I may or may not have developed a teeny tiny crush on Luca. Frost has always lived in fear of the Wolf, the demonic spirit which has possessed her since birth and causes her to lose control and be taken over when her blood is spilled by another. The fear always causes her to run, until she meets Luca who persuades her that maybe the way to overcome the Wolf is to face her fear of it and not run anymore.

I do admit to having a disliking of love triangles (who doesn't, the only ways it can possibly end well are if one person decides to 'leave' the triangle by falling for another, or is one person dies - which isn't really a good ending for them-, so how on earth is a person meant to choose between two people who are equally compatible?) However, I thought that the love triangle in this book between Luca, Frost and Arian was well written and didn't really come into play as a love triangle until closer to the end, when it becomes resolved.

I liked the determination of Frost's character and how that made you want to root for her, but at times she did have me silently screaming in annoyance at her naivety and methods of dealing with some situations. Her romance with Luca was incredibly sweet, honest and funny:

"Nothing. Only... sometimes you can be a little... motherly."
There was a long pause. I glanced over my shoulder at him. He was still by the bed, mouth hanging open. "Motherly?" he repeated.

They had my heart fluttering and pounding at some points, whilst in others I was screaming at then not to be so stupid.

Her relationship with Arian, although not as romantic, was still funny to read and I liked how he had more of a brotherly than a lovers vibe going on. I do like his darker,  more brooding and secretive character, but I felt like his attraction to her was more one of comradely rather than love because they had had similar experiences. In this way, it was clear to me which way Frost would go in the triangle so I felt less stressed/ annoyed/ frustrated when she seemed to be moving more towards the 'wrong' choice.

Marriott's world building was excellent in this book as well as in the first in the series 'Daughter of the Flames', and I also liked how the previous characters where tied in with current characters so I could see how this book fitted with the previous story.

I would recommend this book to any YA readers who also enjoy a bit of fantasy.

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