Icebound

Chronicles of Aronshae #2

by J.K. Barber

The Ice Queen’s attack on the royal city of Aiersga thwarted, Sasha, Katya and Jared, along with their companions have only a moment’s respite before they are forced to turn their attention towards regaining Snowhaven, the twin’s birthplace and strategic foothold of the Ice Queen’s campaign to destroy the peaceful Kingdom of Illyander. However, Salamasca, the Empress of Ice, has plans within plans and winning one battle against the sorceress monarch does not mean victory in the war against her evil crusade. With the help of her newly created draconian allies, her schemes take a devastatingly dangerous turn for the people of Illyander threatening to crush the land under her eldritch might. Will the bold strategy of King Morgan to attack the Queen in Snowhaven and in her place of power, The Ice Palace, be enough to finally destroy the Ice Queen once and for all or has Salamasca grown powerful enough to see her plans to fruition, encasing Illyander in her icy grasp forever?

Genres: Fantasy

460 pages, Paperback

First published October 12, 2010

About the author

Jay and Katie Barber combine their names to write under pen name, J.K. Barber. The couple lives in Roswell, GA with their children, Maya and Gabe, as well as their four rescue cats. Jay graduated from The University of Georgia with a BA in English Literature, and Katie graduated from The University of Colorado at Boulder with a BA in English Creative Writing. They combine their educations, writing together as a co-author team for projects such as the "Chronicles of Aronshae" and "Mervidia."

In addition to their collaborative work, they also have individual titles: "Hidden Path," a prequel to their trilogy written by Jay, and "Fallen," a post-apocalyptic angel novel written by Katie. The Barbers enjoy being parents, table top gaming, reading, mixed martial arts, reading, riding motorcycles, and PC gaming.


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Reviews

[David Teachout · Rating 4 out of 5]

A continuation and improvement. The characters continue to evolve, albeit within a thin framework but are nonetheless fun to get to know further. The parental conservative stereotypes are ridiculous, but the reactions by the daughters to them is both mature and impressively stated. There is more epic feel in this second installment without getting too big and falling under it's own weight. The addition of dragons frankly is always fun and this doesn't disappoint.

[Seth Tucker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was fantastic. Unlike a lot of books that fall in the middle of a series, this book did not bore or fall short of its predecessor. As we read along we can see the characters maturing and evolving. Also the shocks found in the epilogue of the last book are such an integral part of this story, as well as some of the most interesting characters of the book. If you haven't picked up Spellbound, then you should most definitely do so and then pick up this volume. Once again J.K. Barber has given us a great book and drawn us further into the adventure that will determine the fate of Aronshae.

[Laurie Hopkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Icebound

I enjoyed this more than the first, the story moved along quicker. The battle scenes were very vivid and the orcs very scary.