Review – Embers in a Dark Frost (Fire and Frost, Book 1) by Kelly Keaton (4/5 stars)

Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 294 pages
Publisher: Kelly Keaton
Release Date: May 27, 2016
ISBN-13: 978-0988522510
Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Fire and Frost series
Source: Gift
Rating: 4/5 stars

“The Fire Breathers have come. The Underworld calls. A choice must be made…

With her feared half blood and flame-colored hair, DEIRA D’ANU is a constant reminder of human betrayal and the war that claimed the light from Innis Fail. Now, darkness and frost creep across the land, strengthening the Lord of the Underworld. War is imminent—an allegiance with the Fire Breathers is vital. When their champion, Balen, sees Deira, he believes she is the key to finding the light and stopping the dark frost.

But the Underworld calls to Deira, tempting her to turn her back on a world that never cared and betray the champion willing to sacrifice everything to keep her safe and save his world from darkness.”

This is the first book in the Fire and Frost series (although I couldn’t find any info on a second book). I really enjoyed this book about faerie. It was well written, interesting, and engaging.

Deira is scorned because of her half-fae heritage until one of the Fire Breathers asks to take her with him in order to forge an alliance against the Underworld. Suddenly Diera is pulled into a new world where she is respected instead of shunned. Little does Diera know that her half blood may be the key to returning the light to Innis Fail.

This was a well done YA faerie novel that I really enjoyed. It’s well written, a bit dark, and intriguing. I love reading about fae, so I enjoyed the setting and topic a lot. I also loved the characters and their struggles. There was a lot of adventure and magic in here and I found it to be a highly entertaining and intriguing read.

Overall this was a well done YA faerie novel that I really enjoyed. I plan on continuing the series if another book is released in it. I would recommend to those who enjoy dark faerie fantasy novels with magic in them.

This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge