When I heard my favorite author, Jennifer Estep, was stepping in the young adult world, I was intrigued...even more so when I heard it had mythology, gods & goddesses and more. With Touch of Frost, we meet Gwen Frost and the world of myths, legends and magic that make up the Mythos Academy.
My Rating for Touch of Frost, Book 1 Mythos Academy: 3.5 Stars
Gwen Frost is different. She goes to a really different kind
of high school, one where myths and legends come alive as magic goes through
the place. But Gwen has a gift of Psychometry, where she can get the history of
an object just by touching it and finds herself in hot water. First, there was
a murder-mean girl Jasmine Ashton was killed in the museum of antiquities and
now the Bowl of Tears is missing. If Gwen doesn’t find answers fast of Jasmine’s
murder and the theft of the bowl will be the least of her problems.
I
love Jennifer Estep’s adult series, Elemental Assassin, and was thrilled to see
she has a young adult series as well. Touch of Frost is
her debut in the young adult/urban fantasy genre and is full of wonderful
surprises. From intriguing characters to a story-line that picks up steam as it
goes that sucks you in to a mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat, Touch of Frost delivers a unique blend of mystery, and character led story
and mythology all rolled up in the Mythos Academy Series. Jennifer Estep is a
fabulously talented author who knows how to keep her readers intrigued till the
very end. With the right blend of twists, mythology and more, this author
delivers a stellar introduction into the Mythos
Academy and all the characters.
Meet
Gwen Frost. Always a bit different, she is a gypsy like her mother before her
and with the power of Psychometry, she touches an object and knows its
history-good, bad and in between. She is sent to the Mythos Academy, a place where
legends, myths and magic roam freely. This author does a beautiful job in linking
and creating back stories for the Greek and Norse gods/goddesses. I love
mythology and this author did a good job in making them come alive for me. Gwen
is a little hard to understand at times though, which is the one bad thing
about this book. Granted it’s the first in the series and the author is setting
it all up for the reader. I just wish Gwen got a clue so to speak every now and
again as she came off as spacey at times, which had me scratching my head. The secondary characters introduced here kept me intrigued and moved the story along
nicely. The sparks between bad boy Logan and Gwen had me wondering if they would ever get a 'happily forever after' or not. Gwen has wit which was fun to read and her comments to Logan had me smiling at times, going 'You go girl'.
Touch of Frost is a satisfying debut into the world of young adult urban
fantasy and one series I plan to continue to read. Ms. Estep has another winner
in her debut book and I can’t wait to see what happens next for Gwen and all
the rest of the Mythos Academy
characters. It is highly addicting and one that is worth a second read through.
I can’t wait to see what else happens in this magical high school in the future.
Definitely one worth checking out.
The entire series so far includes:
Book 0.5: Prequel~First Frost (E-Book only) Can be found on author's website
Book 1: Touch of Frost
Book 1.5: Halloween Frost (found in Entangled Anthology, E-book only)
Book 2: Kiss of Frost
Book 3: Dark Frost
Find more information on the series go to Jennifer's website HERE
Buy Paperback at Amazon HERE
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