Review: Kiss of Frost (Mythos Academy #2) Jennifer Estep

Young Adult
Paperback, 354 pgs.
Published November 29th, 2011 by Kensington
Source: Purchased

Logan Quinn was try­ing to kill me. My Spar­tan class­mate relent­lessly pur­sued me, swing­ing his sword at me over and over again, the shin­ing sil­ver blade inch­ing closer to my throat every time. A smile tugged up his lips, and his ice-blue eyes prac­ti­cally glowed with the thrill of battle...

I’m Gwen Frost, a second-year warrior-in-training at Mythos Acad­emy, and I have no idea how I’m going to sur­vive the rest of the semes­ter. One day, I’m get­ting schooled in sword­play by the guy who broke my heart—the drop-dead gor­geous Logan who slays me every time. Then, an invis­i­ble archer in the Library of Antiq­ui­ties decides to use me for tar­get prac­tice. And now, I find out that some­one at the acad­emy is really a Reaper bad guy who wants me dead. I’m afraid if I don’t learn how to live by the sword—with Logan’s help—I just might die by the sword...

Kiss of Frost is the second book in the Mythos Academy series.  I can't promise there won't be slight spoilers for the first book in the series, but I'll try my best to keep it spoiler free.

This is such a terrific series!  Gwen is a character that I love, she's snarky, smart and stands up for herself.  She's a devoted friend and stands by those she cares about.  She's compassionate enough that she even stands up for others that are not her friends but whom she may feel bad for.  


The other characters in the series are great as well.  Her friends, her grandmother and her not boyfriend Logan.  He is a drop dead gorgeous kick butt Spartan and Gwen only has eyes for him.  But it's tearing her apart to see him with another girl and there's nothing she can do about it.  I love that the spark is so strong that it's nearly tangible, but yet things do not come easy for them.   


This book had loads of recap.  It didn't feel like it really started until fairly far into it and it just surprised me how much recap there really was.  It may have bothered me more because I had just read the first one and remembered everything, but others have said the same.  I think maybe all the recap wasn't really necessary but if you stumble upon the second without reading the first I guess you'll know what's going on.   


I think I liked the first one a bit better.  I felt the spark between Gwen and Logan a bit more and enjoyed their banter more.  That is because they had more scenes together, which of course is a bonus.  I also grew just a bit annoyed with Gwen in the second one with just a few things she did.  However none of these issues were huge for me and I still very highly recommend this series.


4/5 stars