Series: Fairytale Retellings (bk. 4)
Genera: Paranormal Romance/Fantasy Adventure
Subjects: werewolves, winter, magic, supernatural, love,
rescues, retellings
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 323 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $18.00
Publisher: Hachette: Little, Brown
Summary/ product description: “Kai and Ginny grew up
together–best friends since they could toddle around their building’s rooftop
rose garden. Now they’re seventeen, and their relationship has developed into
something sweeter, complete with stolen kisses and plans to someday run away together.
But one night, Kai disappears with a mysterious
stranger named Mora–a beautiful girl with a dark past and a heart of ice.
Refusing to be cast aside, Ginny goes after them and is thrust into a world she
never imagined, one filled with monsters and thieves and the idea that love is
not enough.
If Ginny and Kai survive the journey, will she still
be the girl he loved–and moreover, will she still be the girl who loved him?
Cold Spell is a retelling of the Snow Queen”
My Review: This is a perfectly wintery read and I
definitely recommend reading it this winter. Although, the book technically
starts in October, there’s a freak winter storm in Atlanta. Snow in Georgia
seems unthinkable, especially this early. Something happens to Kai’s grandma
and then a mysterious girl offers Ginny and Kai a ride to the hospital. Mora is
the Snow Queen and she kidnaps Kai with her mind control and cold kisses. Mora
used to be a mermaid/water girl, like in the previous book, Fathomless. Kai
says he doesn’t love Ginny, even though he’s loved her since they were kids.
Ginny goes on a quest to find Kai and get him to love her again.
This is the best book in this series yet. Maybe it was
because the time of year. Maybe it’s just because I love the whole Snow Queen
story, even though this is a completely different take. I read the Stork series
by Wendy Delsol, and the 2rd book, Frost, is also inspired by the Snow Queen.
This book has a fun, fast adventure and it’s a complete page-turner.
I liked that we got to see another of the older
Reynolds brothers. We met Silas in Sisters Red, and he had 8 siblings. Lucas is
one of the older ones, and he’s married to a woman named Ella. They’re really
nice and take Ginny in for a few days and that’s how she learns more about
Fenris, the were-wolves. I also loved the part when Ginny end up “kid-napped”
by Travellers in Kentucky. They’re Gypsies and they’re kind of Irish, because
they speak some other langue to, possibly Gaelic. One character, Flannery, is a
real tough girl. She’s the Princess of Kentucky, or at least the clan in
Kentucky. She’s really great in a fistfight. There are other exciting and funny
parts. I love the wintery road-trip that Ginny and Flannery go on in order to
track down the Snow Queen. Near the end of the book they end up on an island
that’s part of Michigan, in Lake Superior. I’ve never been there, but I know a
lot about it. I love the great lakes, though.
This is a great edition to the series. You don’t have
to read them in order, but I still suggest that you do. It’s fun to see the
connections between different characters. I recommend this book if you loved
the books Stork, Frost and Flock by Delsol, the Need series by Carrie Jones, the
Siren series by Tricia Rayburn, Lies Beneath series by Anne Greenwood Brown,
and Shiver, Linger and Forever by Maggie Steifvater.
Cover Art Review: Love the broken mirror and the
title. The lines that swirl around the title are a bit tangled, but look nice.
It’s all very beautiful. Wish is was metallic like Fathomless was.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!
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