Review: YES...AND NO
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2013
Here's another series which has received a lot of hype, so I decided to start with this novella as an introduction to the series to see if I might enjoy it...aaaaand, it's a yes and no. Let me start with the "yes". One of the reasons I would read it is because I have a fondness for stories with a boarding school / academy setting. Another reason would be because the series sounds as though it might contain elements or characters from Greek mythology - which I can never get enough of anyway. Those would be my two reasons for wanting to read the Mythos Academy series.My "no" - why I wouldn't delve into the series this minute - is because for some reason, the author's writing is a little too simplistic. I finished Jennifer L. Armentrout's Obsidian (Lux, #1) only yesterday, and I'm still on such a high from that fantastic book, Jennifer Estep's writing pales in comparison. It's just not drawing me into the story, and although this is a novella and only so much can be done in so many pages, I have read novellas where I've felt an instant connection with the main character(s) in less than twenty pages. Also, I don't see what the title "First Frost" has to do with anything in this novella. I'm sure though it would make sense once I read the rest of the books in the Mythos Academy series. I really do want to read it as per my "yes" reasons above, but I'm hoping the entire series won't read like it's written for ten-year olds.