The cold is coming. The shadows will win. Humanity will die.
Cressida and her allies must stand against the Shadow Assemblage one final time. If they fail? Frostma will freeze the planet and the shadow gods will rule.
"Ice" is the third and final book in "The Book of Fire Trilogy", a series of fantasy adventure novels aimed at children aged ten and above, but like Harry Potter can be enjoyed by adults too.
David L Dawson is the writer of The Fall and The Sky Is Falling, the first two parts of an explosive new dystopian quartet. He also wrote the novella series Snow White and Trip, as well as the upcoming middle grade Book of Fire trilogy. Upcoming projects include The Girl from Yesterday, a dystopian/scifi/vampire romance novel
Why I read the book: Having read books one and two, and being left with a huge cliffhanger at the end of book 2, I had to find out how it all ends!
Synopsis of the book: Reading my synopsis of book one may be helpful: Fire Reading my synopsis of book two may or may not be helpful: Shadow
At the end of book two nearly half of the people helping Cressida fight off the numerous groups of bad guys were….out of commission. She regroups, rescues allies, and renews the fight against the bad guys. With the Irie firmly on her side, a plan is formed. It almost goes awry at the last minute, but eventually the day (and Pangea) are saved.
What I thought: Ice was by far the best book of the trilogy. It was very fast paced, and I didn’t notice the grammar and spelling errors nearly as much as I did in the first two books. My only complaint with the plot is that the heroes split into groups during the final stand (each group has a different mission) and one group gets halfway through its mission and isn’t mentioned again for some time - almost as if the author had forgotten to follow up on their fate.
The bottom line: Ice is the only book of this trilogy that I enjoyed enough to consider recommending to anyone. However, it’s hard to read the third book of a trilogy, even with a decent recap at the beginning. Due to the disappointments of the first two books, I don’t plan to keep this series on my Kindle for rereading.