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The Clearsky Chronicles #1
Icefall
Her leaders turned ice-locked Earth into a bitter land. His cause could save the planet.
Together, they’ll change the course of history…
Reynal's dream of shattering the cloak of ice choking out the sun suddenly seems possible when the eighteen-year-old delivery boy discovers he is the secret key in a two-hundred-year-old plan to end the perpetual Ice Age. But Rey soon learns the tyrannical high-tech rulers will stop at nothing to keep Alice from arriving, making Rey a target.
Odessa can’t wait to start her new MEDcadet assignment on Earthland. But when the genetic hatchling witnesses her superiors murder her professor, the security force pins the crime on her and her fellow podmates. Before a cruel and unjust punishment can be carried out, Odessa's desperate cries for help are answered by someone she never expected... a rebel boy.
Torn between her loyalty to her leaders and the rebel forces she once considered enemies, Odessa must make a terrifying choice. As Rey embarks on a mission to save Earth, his trust in his former enemies could be his undoing.
The fate of Earth hangs in the balance, and Rey and Odessa may be the ones that determine who lives and who dies…
Icefall is the first book in The Clearsky Chronicles, a series of imaginative YA sci-fi post-apocalyptic novels. If you like fast-paced adventures, colorful casts of characters, and tales of rebels vs. the empire, then you’ll love Walt and Mica Stone’s thrilling tale.
Buy Icefall to bundle up for a frozen post-apocalyptic tale today!
Together, they’ll change the course of history…
Reynal's dream of shattering the cloak of ice choking out the sun suddenly seems possible when the eighteen-year-old delivery boy discovers he is the secret key in a two-hundred-year-old plan to end the perpetual Ice Age. But Rey soon learns the tyrannical high-tech rulers will stop at nothing to keep Alice from arriving, making Rey a target.
Odessa can’t wait to start her new MEDcadet assignment on Earthland. But when the genetic hatchling witnesses her superiors murder her professor, the security force pins the crime on her and her fellow podmates. Before a cruel and unjust punishment can be carried out, Odessa's desperate cries for help are answered by someone she never expected... a rebel boy.
Torn between her loyalty to her leaders and the rebel forces she once considered enemies, Odessa must make a terrifying choice. As Rey embarks on a mission to save Earth, his trust in his former enemies could be his undoing.
The fate of Earth hangs in the balance, and Rey and Odessa may be the ones that determine who lives and who dies…
Icefall is the first book in The Clearsky Chronicles, a series of imaginative YA sci-fi post-apocalyptic novels. If you like fast-paced adventures, colorful casts of characters, and tales of rebels vs. the empire, then you’ll love Walt and Mica Stone’s thrilling tale.
Buy Icefall to bundle up for a frozen post-apocalyptic tale today!
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First published December 22, 2017
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May 9, 2017
This book you guys! I didn't think I'd be able to complete a 400 page novel within a week because I'm so busy but this book is sooo good that I didn't realize how fast the time was passing by.
While it is a young adult book, it's NOTHING like your everyday run-of-the-mill YA where there are a distinct good and bad people, almost zero world-building and recycled characters.
Icefall has an A+ world building, characters that don't feel like they are just words on a page and a plot that was constantly moving. While at some points I felt like the book dragged slightly around the beginning, it was all lost by the time I reached 10-15% of the book because after that I just could not keep the book down... well I read an ebook (thanks to netgalley) but you get what I mean.
This book also had a lot of diversity. Diversity in terms of culture. There were names that got my heart beating because they are SO COMMON in India and I don't see those names in sci-fi or fantasy books usually (Navid Chaudhary, Mustafa and Darjeeling, which is a name of a place and I have a question that I'm dying to ask about him even though I'm probably just over-analysing this book) and words that were from Iceland (Andskottin!)
I can't wait for the next book already. I have so many questions and I have tried joining so many dots along the book. And just so I don't ramble on about how this book has captured me in its glaciers, I JUST WANT A DARJEELING PLEASE!
Do not be mistaken though. There were a few things I had issues with like how the relationship between Winnie and Odessa felt like a lot of telling and almost no showing and the parts where Teach was info-dumping on Rey a.k.a us. But OVERALL I enjoyed the book so much that it's a definite 5 stars from me.
If anyone wants to read more stuff about this fabulous book here's the link to the authors blog! http://micastone.net/the-clearsky-chr...
While it is a young adult book, it's NOTHING like your everyday run-of-the-mill YA where there are a distinct good and bad people, almost zero world-building and recycled characters.
Icefall has an A+ world building, characters that don't feel like they are just words on a page and a plot that was constantly moving. While at some points I felt like the book dragged slightly around the beginning, it was all lost by the time I reached 10-15% of the book because after that I just could not keep the book down... well I read an ebook (thanks to netgalley) but you get what I mean.
This book also had a lot of diversity. Diversity in terms of culture. There were names that got my heart beating because they are SO COMMON in India and I don't see those names in sci-fi or fantasy books usually (Navid Chaudhary, Mustafa and Darjeeling, which is a name of a place and I have a question that I'm dying to ask about him even though I'm probably just over-analysing this book) and words that were from Iceland (Andskottin!)
I can't wait for the next book already. I have so many questions and I have tried joining so many dots along the book. And just so I don't ramble on about how this book has captured me in its glaciers, I JUST WANT A DARJEELING PLEASE!
Do not be mistaken though. There were a few things I had issues with like how the relationship between Winnie and Odessa felt like a lot of telling and almost no showing and the parts where Teach was info-dumping on Rey a.k.a us. But OVERALL I enjoyed the book so much that it's a definite 5 stars from me.
If anyone wants to read more stuff about this fabulous book here's the link to the authors blog! http://micastone.net/the-clearsky-chr...
April 3, 2017
--- I received this book through NetGalley against an honest review. ---
We are in a post apocalyptic universe mixed with dystopia. Centuries ago the Earth suffered a collision between blocks of water and it atmosphere, the major consequence is the return of the ice age. In parallel to this event, 4 people, who learnt about this event well before it happened, have built a haven of peace for a tiny part of the population. Centuries later, this part of the population lives in ease while others undergo the difficult conditions of the weather and must in addition give away some of their wealth. The mixture is rather successful, we do not know right away the whole truth about this universe and I liked to dive into it and discover it gradually.
For the characters, I found them rather endearing and pleasant to read. Odessa and Reynal are independent and they quickly realize that some impostant stuffs are happening around them. But what I especially loved was the lack of romance. So yes, I know, some adore it in novel, but personally I see it way too often and I liked that it is not forced on our characters even if the situation can evolve, I like that it is not present in this first book.
As for the plot, it's rather exciting but irregular, sometimes the rythm was slow which is related to the format of narration, designed in episode . Another point that adds to this sensation lies in the fact that our main characters meet only at the half of this book. So yes, there is action, but on the global plot things are slowly advancing to my eyes. I find however that this first book is solid in terms of construction and now that the plot is well launched want to read to read book 2.
We are in a post apocalyptic universe mixed with dystopia. Centuries ago the Earth suffered a collision between blocks of water and it atmosphere, the major consequence is the return of the ice age. In parallel to this event, 4 people, who learnt about this event well before it happened, have built a haven of peace for a tiny part of the population. Centuries later, this part of the population lives in ease while others undergo the difficult conditions of the weather and must in addition give away some of their wealth. The mixture is rather successful, we do not know right away the whole truth about this universe and I liked to dive into it and discover it gradually.
For the characters, I found them rather endearing and pleasant to read. Odessa and Reynal are independent and they quickly realize that some impostant stuffs are happening around them. But what I especially loved was the lack of romance. So yes, I know, some adore it in novel, but personally I see it way too often and I liked that it is not forced on our characters even if the situation can evolve, I like that it is not present in this first book.
As for the plot, it's rather exciting but irregular, sometimes the rythm was slow which is related to the format of narration, designed in episode . Another point that adds to this sensation lies in the fact that our main characters meet only at the half of this book. So yes, there is action, but on the global plot things are slowly advancing to my eyes. I find however that this first book is solid in terms of construction and now that the plot is well launched want to read to read book 2.
January 9, 2017
I was privileged to be able to read an ARC copy of this book from the authors. I was not asked to write a review, but to help with editing problems. However, I was so excited after reading the book that I asked if I could write a review.
The world building in this post apocalyptic earth is amazing and the technology is believable. I was amazed at the astronomy, the knowledge of the cosmos that went into the apocalypse and made it so real! The descriptions of earth as it went through the changes and disasters really chilled me.
The authors spread out the narrators among so many sources, that it takes a little while for the reader to put the pieces together. The narrative comes from Rey, a boy who is a delivery man with a dog sled team on Earthland, the area of earth with the only arable farmland left on the planet. He works in and around The City, a fortified city and his adoptive father runs a trading post on the outskirts. Another part of the narrative comes from documents of scientists who predicted the disaster that befell earth and wiped out most life, and follows their ongoing progress at controlling human growth and plant growth on the planet after the ice age set in. A little bit of narrative comes from a mysterious prisoner in a jail tower high in the City, smuggling notes out to someone. More narrative comes from a med student Odessa, who was created as a genetic being in a lab. She is traveling from the main fortified underground city, where the Cerebus government is located, toward Earthland to spend her required time there immunizing and treating the "savages" who live there. Earthland is a bleak, mountainous, harsh and cold area which has no technology except what the Cerebus government people bring in. Since Odessa and her pod mates were raised on technology, even having it inserted into their bodies, she cannot imagine how the Earthlanders survive without it
Cerebus uses it's technology to control all the food that the Earthlanders grow. The Earthlanders don't get to keep enough of the food for all their people survive. There's a huge trade in black market items- fish that weren't reported caught, deer killed without permission from Cerebus. There is a lot of resentment and tension between the "rulers" who have weapons and technology, and the workers who do not. There are a few rebels ( mostly engineers ) who've established their own nation on some islands not too distant from Earthland and they aid and abet the disgruntled workers.
The adventure unrolls as the narrators meet and the action is swift and dangerous. Odessa and her pod mates find they cannot trust in their rulers, their lives are threatened and saved by Rey and his brothers. They all find themselves mixed up in a huge conspiracy against Cerebus. Rey and Odessa are confused, not knowing who or what to believe is the truth. Their friends are torn, not knowing what to do, but they all need to pull together just to stay alive. This book sees them on their way from Earthland off into adventure, knowing they have a part to play, but not sure what that might entail.
I really enjoyed this book. I liked the science mixed with a bit of sci-fi and a really good adventure with a twisty plot and interesting characters. The book ended at a good "resting" spot for the story, but I can't wait for the next book!
The world building in this post apocalyptic earth is amazing and the technology is believable. I was amazed at the astronomy, the knowledge of the cosmos that went into the apocalypse and made it so real! The descriptions of earth as it went through the changes and disasters really chilled me.
The authors spread out the narrators among so many sources, that it takes a little while for the reader to put the pieces together. The narrative comes from Rey, a boy who is a delivery man with a dog sled team on Earthland, the area of earth with the only arable farmland left on the planet. He works in and around The City, a fortified city and his adoptive father runs a trading post on the outskirts. Another part of the narrative comes from documents of scientists who predicted the disaster that befell earth and wiped out most life, and follows their ongoing progress at controlling human growth and plant growth on the planet after the ice age set in. A little bit of narrative comes from a mysterious prisoner in a jail tower high in the City, smuggling notes out to someone. More narrative comes from a med student Odessa, who was created as a genetic being in a lab. She is traveling from the main fortified underground city, where the Cerebus government is located, toward Earthland to spend her required time there immunizing and treating the "savages" who live there. Earthland is a bleak, mountainous, harsh and cold area which has no technology except what the Cerebus government people bring in. Since Odessa and her pod mates were raised on technology, even having it inserted into their bodies, she cannot imagine how the Earthlanders survive without it
Cerebus uses it's technology to control all the food that the Earthlanders grow. The Earthlanders don't get to keep enough of the food for all their people survive. There's a huge trade in black market items- fish that weren't reported caught, deer killed without permission from Cerebus. There is a lot of resentment and tension between the "rulers" who have weapons and technology, and the workers who do not. There are a few rebels ( mostly engineers ) who've established their own nation on some islands not too distant from Earthland and they aid and abet the disgruntled workers.
The adventure unrolls as the narrators meet and the action is swift and dangerous. Odessa and her pod mates find they cannot trust in their rulers, their lives are threatened and saved by Rey and his brothers. They all find themselves mixed up in a huge conspiracy against Cerebus. Rey and Odessa are confused, not knowing who or what to believe is the truth. Their friends are torn, not knowing what to do, but they all need to pull together just to stay alive. This book sees them on their way from Earthland off into adventure, knowing they have a part to play, but not sure what that might entail.
I really enjoyed this book. I liked the science mixed with a bit of sci-fi and a really good adventure with a twisty plot and interesting characters. The book ended at a good "resting" spot for the story, but I can't wait for the next book!
April 29, 2017
I received this book as a preview from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Summary : Future meets Ice Age. Four doctors in training get involved in a fight for the survival of the world. The first book of the Clearsky Chronicles takes us on an adventure filled with murder, technology, and an elaborate plan two decades in the making.
Cerebus is the head of society, while the Earthlanders live to serve. Four medical cadets get involved with a rebellion not against the City proper, but instead against the complacency of the government to intervene in a dying Earth. In an attempt to cover the rebellion, it has been decided that the med cadets must also die or risk putting a halt to the rebellion. Reynal and his “brothers”, pawns in the revolution under their secretive leader, “Teach”, see it necessary to save the girls from their demise. By saving their life, the girls are now thrust back in the middle of a plot to save their world, unknowingly on the same side as those who would have destroyed them.
Review: 4/5
I want to start off by saying, visually the novel is very appealing. When I read, my brain will paint a full world regardless of what is written there. This book’s world has been meticulously built and is enjoyable to read because I get to be a bit lazy with my imaging and still receive a bountiful image.
As I was reading, I couldn’t help feeling that this story might be more accessible as a graphic novel or comic series. The way the book is setup lends itself to that sort of medium as well. It is broken down into changing viewpoints (both characters and written point of view) and chapters, but episodes as well.
Because the book is broken into all these pieces that are intrinsically connected, it is sometimes difficult to follow. The pacing suffers because of this, making it difficult to keep reading at some points, particularly the beginning of a segment. Each ending segment, however, was a spectacular cliffhanger or sense of resolution. I would find myself trudging through the beginnings just to get to the satisfaction of a good ending.
This book would be a good fit for students who are interested in action or futuristic role-playing video games. I think my students might enjoy that the book is broken into so many small parts, especially those students who are not very good endurance readers. They would be able to read a portion of any chapter and feel a sense of accomplishment that they received a part of a story that was complete. This is the difference between a 3 and 4 rating for me. Even though it doesn’t fit my preferences of how I like to read, I see the value for that low endurance reader or the reader who wants to have a good story and may not have enough time to commit to reading a whole book (like during finals or state testing!)
There is some inappropriate language, especially toward the end. I will have to say, that at first, I found the final ending of the first 6 episodes lackluster, but reading the final text messages in the epilogue smoothed things over for me a bit. This is definitely a book for a the young adult, sci-fi reader/watcher.
Summary : Future meets Ice Age. Four doctors in training get involved in a fight for the survival of the world. The first book of the Clearsky Chronicles takes us on an adventure filled with murder, technology, and an elaborate plan two decades in the making.
Cerebus is the head of society, while the Earthlanders live to serve. Four medical cadets get involved with a rebellion not against the City proper, but instead against the complacency of the government to intervene in a dying Earth. In an attempt to cover the rebellion, it has been decided that the med cadets must also die or risk putting a halt to the rebellion. Reynal and his “brothers”, pawns in the revolution under their secretive leader, “Teach”, see it necessary to save the girls from their demise. By saving their life, the girls are now thrust back in the middle of a plot to save their world, unknowingly on the same side as those who would have destroyed them.
Review: 4/5
I want to start off by saying, visually the novel is very appealing. When I read, my brain will paint a full world regardless of what is written there. This book’s world has been meticulously built and is enjoyable to read because I get to be a bit lazy with my imaging and still receive a bountiful image.
As I was reading, I couldn’t help feeling that this story might be more accessible as a graphic novel or comic series. The way the book is setup lends itself to that sort of medium as well. It is broken down into changing viewpoints (both characters and written point of view) and chapters, but episodes as well.
Because the book is broken into all these pieces that are intrinsically connected, it is sometimes difficult to follow. The pacing suffers because of this, making it difficult to keep reading at some points, particularly the beginning of a segment. Each ending segment, however, was a spectacular cliffhanger or sense of resolution. I would find myself trudging through the beginnings just to get to the satisfaction of a good ending.
This book would be a good fit for students who are interested in action or futuristic role-playing video games. I think my students might enjoy that the book is broken into so many small parts, especially those students who are not very good endurance readers. They would be able to read a portion of any chapter and feel a sense of accomplishment that they received a part of a story that was complete. This is the difference between a 3 and 4 rating for me. Even though it doesn’t fit my preferences of how I like to read, I see the value for that low endurance reader or the reader who wants to have a good story and may not have enough time to commit to reading a whole book (like during finals or state testing!)
There is some inappropriate language, especially toward the end. I will have to say, that at first, I found the final ending of the first 6 episodes lackluster, but reading the final text messages in the epilogue smoothed things over for me a bit. This is definitely a book for a the young adult, sci-fi reader/watcher.
November 10, 2017
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I received a free copy of Icefall: Episodes 1 - 6 from the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion.
Set in the near distance future, Earth is almost completely covered in ice and near uninhabitable. The people of Earth have split into different seperate groups. The people of Cerebus rule everything, or at least they try to. The Earthlanders serve the people of Cerebus and the people of the Jekyel Republic are outsiders who do what they want and do not want to associate with either the people of Cerebus or Earthlanders.
We follow Reynal, a Earthlander and Odessa and genetically modified citizen of Cerebus. Rey (yes I thought of Star Wars when he was first called that as well) is a glorified smuggler who works for his adoptive father. Odessa is a medical student who is on her first compulsory trip to Earthland. Both get caught up in a 200 year old plot to end the ice age that has struck the Earth.
Whilst we have these two main characters, we also have POV’s from multiple other characters. It got really confusing with all of these perspectives that did not really add to the overall story (but they did clear up what was going on). These extra POV’s all make sense by the end of this first book and tie everything together but when you are reading them I had a constant blank look on my face as to what the purpose of them was.
I was continually confused as to what was going on, with both Rey and Odessa. Up until the final few chapters so many different strings seemed to lead to nothing, and whilst they do all serve a purpose I personally do not like how they left so much unresolved for majority of it. This style did not make me connect to any of the characters as everything that was going on seemed to be for nothing.
Whilst it does set up what is to come very well, I felt that it dragged too much and could have given a bit more of what was to come a tad sooner.
I received a free copy of Icefall: Episodes 1 - 6 from the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion.
Set in the near distance future, Earth is almost completely covered in ice and near uninhabitable. The people of Earth have split into different seperate groups. The people of Cerebus rule everything, or at least they try to. The Earthlanders serve the people of Cerebus and the people of the Jekyel Republic are outsiders who do what they want and do not want to associate with either the people of Cerebus or Earthlanders.
We follow Reynal, a Earthlander and Odessa and genetically modified citizen of Cerebus. Rey (yes I thought of Star Wars when he was first called that as well) is a glorified smuggler who works for his adoptive father. Odessa is a medical student who is on her first compulsory trip to Earthland. Both get caught up in a 200 year old plot to end the ice age that has struck the Earth.
Whilst we have these two main characters, we also have POV’s from multiple other characters. It got really confusing with all of these perspectives that did not really add to the overall story (but they did clear up what was going on). These extra POV’s all make sense by the end of this first book and tie everything together but when you are reading them I had a constant blank look on my face as to what the purpose of them was.
I was continually confused as to what was going on, with both Rey and Odessa. Up until the final few chapters so many different strings seemed to lead to nothing, and whilst they do all serve a purpose I personally do not like how they left so much unresolved for majority of it. This style did not make me connect to any of the characters as everything that was going on seemed to be for nothing.
Whilst it does set up what is to come very well, I felt that it dragged too much and could have given a bit more of what was to come a tad sooner.
August 29, 2017
I’m so glad I got to read this amazing book after some of my recent disastrous reads. This book takes your over-rated dystopian genre and snows all over it. The plot is such a strong sci-fi, the kind of sci-fi we fail to see in YA genres for some reason because I think “adults” think that “kids” can’t process/handle all that info.
The Bloggo
This book covers two main POV’s, one of Reynal Królik (an 18 year old ice-sled messenger on Earthland) and the other of Odessa (a genetically engineered 19 year old MED-cadet from Rhone). If the term a genetically engineered MED-cadet did not turn your head into a whirlpool then I’ll be disappointed because one of the reasons I read this book is because I wanted to know more about this character.
I liked that there were a few other POV’s as well besides the main characters because I always love it when the authors force you to connect the dots. It makes for an engaging and engrossing read.
The writing was super easy and adaptable. I had trouble putting this book down, once I reached 15% of the book because the writing was constantly flowing, and I was already invested in the characters. In the early 15% it took me a little while to adapt to the new characters, setting and plot in the beginning but that’s normal I guess.
The plot is very unique (obviously) and it’s not similar to anything I’ve read so far. I was constantly amazed by the detailed world-building and how similar yet different their world felt.
The characters are nothing like your average sci-fi. They are very smart, independent and strikingly realistic. I’m so tired of seeing dumb YA characters who make terrible decisions constantly, even though the surrounding in which they grew up in should obviously make them sturdier, as was the case in this book.
I love the lack of romance and the amazing characters development. This fact deserves a whole star in itself.
There’s great diversity in the book too, as you can see in the names: Mustafa, Darjeeling and Navid. These names are very common in South Asia or even in Muslim communities (There are no religions in the book as everything was wiped out in the beginning off the ice fall) And I also loved the Icelandic curse words that were used often.
While I found this book fabulous and loved its amazing and enjoyable characters, I did have an issue with Winnie (another genetically engineered MED-cadet), maybe because she was portrayed as giggling all the time or maybe it’s because Odessa kept mentioning the fact that Winnie was like her sister and she loved her so much but it felt like a lot of telling and less showing because I wanted to see Winnie and Odessa act like sisters instead of just having Odessa think it.
And also those occasions where Reynal was info-dumped by the Professor, regarding his past and his mum. I would have liked it if the information was weaved into the story line instead of having the Professor and Reynal go on mini walks/adventures and get Reynal a.k.a us, bombarded with so much information at once.
Besides these two shortcomings, I absolutely adored the book! I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book by the authors. And if you too enjoy a good sci-fi and do not find multiple POV’s confusing, definitely give this a try!
Lots of love,
Raven
The Bloggo
This book covers two main POV’s, one of Reynal Królik (an 18 year old ice-sled messenger on Earthland) and the other of Odessa (a genetically engineered 19 year old MED-cadet from Rhone). If the term a genetically engineered MED-cadet did not turn your head into a whirlpool then I’ll be disappointed because one of the reasons I read this book is because I wanted to know more about this character.
I liked that there were a few other POV’s as well besides the main characters because I always love it when the authors force you to connect the dots. It makes for an engaging and engrossing read.
The writing was super easy and adaptable. I had trouble putting this book down, once I reached 15% of the book because the writing was constantly flowing, and I was already invested in the characters. In the early 15% it took me a little while to adapt to the new characters, setting and plot in the beginning but that’s normal I guess.
The plot is very unique (obviously) and it’s not similar to anything I’ve read so far. I was constantly amazed by the detailed world-building and how similar yet different their world felt.
The characters are nothing like your average sci-fi. They are very smart, independent and strikingly realistic. I’m so tired of seeing dumb YA characters who make terrible decisions constantly, even though the surrounding in which they grew up in should obviously make them sturdier, as was the case in this book.
I love the lack of romance and the amazing characters development. This fact deserves a whole star in itself.
There’s great diversity in the book too, as you can see in the names: Mustafa, Darjeeling and Navid. These names are very common in South Asia or even in Muslim communities (There are no religions in the book as everything was wiped out in the beginning off the ice fall) And I also loved the Icelandic curse words that were used often.
While I found this book fabulous and loved its amazing and enjoyable characters, I did have an issue with Winnie (another genetically engineered MED-cadet), maybe because she was portrayed as giggling all the time or maybe it’s because Odessa kept mentioning the fact that Winnie was like her sister and she loved her so much but it felt like a lot of telling and less showing because I wanted to see Winnie and Odessa act like sisters instead of just having Odessa think it.
And also those occasions where Reynal was info-dumped by the Professor, regarding his past and his mum. I would have liked it if the information was weaved into the story line instead of having the Professor and Reynal go on mini walks/adventures and get Reynal a.k.a us, bombarded with so much information at once.
Besides these two shortcomings, I absolutely adored the book! I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book by the authors. And if you too enjoy a good sci-fi and do not find multiple POV’s confusing, definitely give this a try!
Lots of love,
Raven
August 3, 2017
This is a good, long read. The story moves at a fair pace and there were no dull moments where I felt bored or like I wanted to give up, which is saying something because it took me a long time to get through it due to personal circumstances, normally it’s hard to pick up a story after leaving it for a while- but not in this case!
The story itself is set in a post-apocalyptic ice age world; something unique to this genre that I haven’t seen before. The main characters are crafted vividly in my mind and I find myself really caring about what happens next to them (which is quite the adventure I have to say!)
The story itself is set in a post-apocalyptic ice age world; something unique to this genre that I haven’t seen before. The main characters are crafted vividly in my mind and I find myself really caring about what happens next to them (which is quite the adventure I have to say!)
September 23, 2017
Icefall is the first book in the Clearsky Chronicles, which was made abundantly clear when I reached the end to find a cliffhanger where I wasn’t sure just what had happened. Despite that, I really enjoyed the book and want to read the rest of the series. I liked this icebound world and the fascinating characters, especially the young man Reynal, the sled driver who is the key to an ambitious mission to save the world and Odessa, a young MEDcadet, who gets drawn into a situation completely foreign to her but faces whatever adversity comes up with bravery, using her medical knowledge to help her companions, even while fighting off panic attacks. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Infiltrate, which is supposed to come out later this year.
March 26, 2017
4.5 stars!
Icefall was packed with science fiction and adventure and I have to admit, this book may be by far the best science-fiction I have ever read. It had awesome characters (I loved Reynal and Odessa) and I loved the story and the writing. The world is so intriguing and intricately created and its so EXCITING! I am so looking forward for the next book.
Icefall was packed with science fiction and adventure and I have to admit, this book may be by far the best science-fiction I have ever read. It had awesome characters (I loved Reynal and Odessa) and I loved the story and the writing. The world is so intriguing and intricately created and its so EXCITING! I am so looking forward for the next book.
March 23, 2017
405 pages, but the book reads longer as the authors have packed so much into the book’s pages. Icefall by Walt & Mica Stone is the first book in the Clearsky Chronicles, a science fiction adventure set in a future beset by a catastrophic climate change. Breakneck pace, an intricately & tightly woven story line set in an exciting new world. I look forward to the next book, and yes there has to be a next book!
April 10, 2017
*ebook given through Netgalley which doesn't affect my opinion*
An exciting book full of action and awesome characters. Loved the story and style! A must read!
An exciting book full of action and awesome characters. Loved the story and style! A must read!
March 25, 2017
This epic read is an exceptional tale of prejudice, fear and hope. It is well written and tells of the journey of Reynal, his new found female friends and his adopted brothers, Navid and Darj. There journey is filled with suspense,death and distrust. The tale is woven expertly and the story enthralled me so deeply, that I didn’t want to put the book down until I reached the end, and still yet, I kept looking for more. I am curious to know what happened, and how and if Rey accomplished his task, of moving the moon in the upcoming episodes.
February 4, 2017
Science, science fiction, and the apocalypse are all combined for a great story with plenty of action as we get a number of narratives regarding the changes and adjustments and excitement happening on every page. It feels real and the people are easily related to. Great book can't wait til the next book in the series.
February 10, 2017
This is a terrific story with lots of action that keeps you reading to the end. The characters are very believable and the icy world they live in shows the strength it takes to survive this world. Very well written and I'm looking forward to continuing the saga.
I volunteered to review an Advanced Review Copy of this book.
I volunteered to review an Advanced Review Copy of this book.
February 3, 2017
Was a great read. Fantastic plot and characters. I volunteered to read advance copy for honest review,
May 6, 2017
i don't know if it's just because my brain is stupid, but the multiple POVs really confused me, especially as i had no idea what was going on in the first place. then again, i managed to get my head around cloud atlas and a song of ice and fire, therefore the logical conclusion is that my confusion was not inherently to do with the many POVs, but the specific writing of this book.
basically, me and icefall just didn't get along, i think. the plot wasn't really clear until around 20%, and by that time there were like five POVs and i was confused as hell and to be honest i didn't really care about what was going on by the time something was, finally, Going On.
but a bunch of other people seem to like it, and i can't even really pinpoint exactly what i didn't like about it except from the fact that i had no idea what was going on 80% of the time, so i guess it's just me and my weird brain.
tl;dr it wasn't for me but it might be for you, so if the blurb intrigues you then you should probably go for it.
basically, me and icefall just didn't get along, i think. the plot wasn't really clear until around 20%, and by that time there were like five POVs and i was confused as hell and to be honest i didn't really care about what was going on by the time something was, finally, Going On.
but a bunch of other people seem to like it, and i can't even really pinpoint exactly what i didn't like about it except from the fact that i had no idea what was going on 80% of the time, so i guess it's just me and my weird brain.
tl;dr it wasn't for me but it might be for you, so if the blurb intrigues you then you should probably go for it.
June 23, 2018
I got this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest reviw.
This was such a good read! Sci-fi, natural disaster, big brother watching everything... and the main characters don't even know half of it.
The world was very well developed and I liked how it was introduced. You got tidbits of information throughout the story and the world slowly took shape before your eyes. What really made this work well was that you weren't thrown into the most high tech section at the start, but instead got introduced to the high tech by a character that himself wasn't too familiar with the more high tech of the high tech stuff.
It took a while before you actually knew where this story was heading, but even though you went half the book not knowing, there was still a lot going on which kept my interest.
Definitely recommend it! I rarely read sci-fi myself, but this was great!
This was such a good read! Sci-fi, natural disaster, big brother watching everything... and the main characters don't even know half of it.
The world was very well developed and I liked how it was introduced. You got tidbits of information throughout the story and the world slowly took shape before your eyes. What really made this work well was that you weren't thrown into the most high tech section at the start, but instead got introduced to the high tech by a character that himself wasn't too familiar with the more high tech of the high tech stuff.
It took a while before you actually knew where this story was heading, but even though you went half the book not knowing, there was still a lot going on which kept my interest.
Definitely recommend it! I rarely read sci-fi myself, but this was great!
February 23, 2017
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April 18, 2017
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Icefall – Walt Stone & Mica Stone
In “Icefall” we get introduced to a world that is covered in ice, and reminds us more of the ice age than a world where people can live in. But people live in this world. Some are born naturally, others are created in a lab, in a way to create “perfect” people. Those who aren’t born in a lab are quite rare. Mostly because those who get created in a lab can’t reproduce, because they get pills so they aren’t able to, and don’t feel like creating new people.
Cerebus is the one with power in this world. They control pretty much anything. The Eartlanders (aka the people who live on earth and are natural born) rebarely have any free choice, they have to give lot of their food to the Cerebus, which leaves them with barely and food left.
And, as expected, not everyone agrees with the Cerebus. But help can get from unexpected people, especially if they are from Cerebus.
In the beginning I had to get used to this book, it gets better when you make progress. When you get used to the writing style the book also gets better.
About the writing style, you definitely have to get used to that. This is because of the different POV’s per character. So, for this book contains both an I-perspective and a he/she-perspective, which changes per character. Especially in the beginning this got super annoying. A book just needs one POV, regardless of the number of characters.
The book contains two main characters, Odessa and Rey. An Eartlander and a Cerebus. Odessa’s chapters are written through her eyes, and Rey’s chapters are in a he/she-perspective. Every chapter we get a different character, and a different perspective. And this was my main issue with this book. It a thing that can be amazing for a book, or be its downfall. And for this book, it actually was a downfall, sadly.
The characters are better, luckily! They all have their unique elements that makes them enjoyable! Though there are certain moments that it looks like the characters know each other for way longer than a few hours (which is the reality).
Also, certain events happen a bit too fast, and certain events are a bit too slow for my liking. Which makes the book sometimes hard to read, because after an exciting event, you knew it would be slow after. Which sometimes makes the book a bit wordy and boring.
Of course I have also positive things about this book! The world building for example was something I really loved in this book. The world is really unique and I enjoyed the descriptions of the world so much!
I would love to read the second novel in this series, especially since there is a lot of room to improve!
I ended up giving the book 3 out of 5 stars!
Icefall – Walt Stone & Mica Stone
In “Icefall” we get introduced to a world that is covered in ice, and reminds us more of the ice age than a world where people can live in. But people live in this world. Some are born naturally, others are created in a lab, in a way to create “perfect” people. Those who aren’t born in a lab are quite rare. Mostly because those who get created in a lab can’t reproduce, because they get pills so they aren’t able to, and don’t feel like creating new people.
Cerebus is the one with power in this world. They control pretty much anything. The Eartlanders (aka the people who live on earth and are natural born) rebarely have any free choice, they have to give lot of their food to the Cerebus, which leaves them with barely and food left.
And, as expected, not everyone agrees with the Cerebus. But help can get from unexpected people, especially if they are from Cerebus.
In the beginning I had to get used to this book, it gets better when you make progress. When you get used to the writing style the book also gets better.
About the writing style, you definitely have to get used to that. This is because of the different POV’s per character. So, for this book contains both an I-perspective and a he/she-perspective, which changes per character. Especially in the beginning this got super annoying. A book just needs one POV, regardless of the number of characters.
The book contains two main characters, Odessa and Rey. An Eartlander and a Cerebus. Odessa’s chapters are written through her eyes, and Rey’s chapters are in a he/she-perspective. Every chapter we get a different character, and a different perspective. And this was my main issue with this book. It a thing that can be amazing for a book, or be its downfall. And for this book, it actually was a downfall, sadly.
The characters are better, luckily! They all have their unique elements that makes them enjoyable! Though there are certain moments that it looks like the characters know each other for way longer than a few hours (which is the reality).
Also, certain events happen a bit too fast, and certain events are a bit too slow for my liking. Which makes the book sometimes hard to read, because after an exciting event, you knew it would be slow after. Which sometimes makes the book a bit wordy and boring.
Of course I have also positive things about this book! The world building for example was something I really loved in this book. The world is really unique and I enjoyed the descriptions of the world so much!
I would love to read the second novel in this series, especially since there is a lot of room to improve!
I ended up giving the book 3 out of 5 stars!
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