Review: A Strong Second Book to a Delightful Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2013
After Bianca makes it back from Everafter, she only has a couple of weeks left before her senior year of high school begins where she will return to being a relative nobody. At least she has her best friend Ming and memories of the young man, Terrance, she left in Everafter with no idea if she'd ever see him again.Of course she will!When a door to Everafter appears in her backyard and Terrance is on the other side saying that the Queen is requesting her help, Bianca gears up for a new adventure where she will face new foes and make new friends. Who will they be? You'll just have to read it to find out, but you won't be disappointed.I continue to enjoy Bianca and her impulsivity as she grapples with the realization that her actions have far-reaching implications in two realms for those here now and also those later. She faces some tough decisions in Book 2 and I liked reading her thought process (or lack there of) as she weighs the options. Terrance is a delight. He genuinely cares for Bianca (and she him), and even though he has a restless broody side, it's alluring rather than domineering which I see often in male characters.Glass Frost contains even more of the varied landscape of Everafter, which is one of the things I hoped for after reading First Frost. The realm is both beautiful and charming and mysterious and sinister. Add to it a touch of magic and you have a setting that is a character not a backdrop.Overall, Glass Frost was a delightful and quick read that I think with appeal to the YA crowd and above. It will make you fall in love with fairy tales all over again. I so look forward to seeing what the next year holds for Bianca and her friends, family, and Everafter.Review abridged from my book review blog, Reading the Alphabet.