I'm going to just dive right into this review for this book. No beating around the bush. I LOVED this book soooooooo much! I can't even add enough o's to so that is how much I loved it. But I have found the fever series to be one of my absolute faves, so I am not at all surprised by how much I loved it. I was, however, just a little bit cautious about reading ICED, in fact I had in earlier in the year from the library and chose not to read it at the time. I think because I was so in love with the Mac and Barrons books that I was nervous at just how I would feel about the first book from Dani O'Malley's point of view. But I shouldn't have been worried, not one little bit.
This book is the first one as of late that I haven't wanted to put down and stayed up til 2 or 3 in the morning reading, making me wake up with red eyes. But it was so worth it. Dani is a breath of fresh air in the world that has fallen completely apart in Dublin AWC, which is after the wall crashed. If you haven't read the fever series, I would suggest doing that before you try to figure out Dani's book because the whole story just continues from the fifth fever book, only in Dani's and Christian Mackeltar's points of view.
Dani is young, fourteen and going through all the teenage hormones we all love remembering. Being emotional. Grumpy. Upset for no reason. All that and more are going through Dani's head all the time and she is really good at keeping her cool. At the beginning of the book she (literally) runs into Ryodan while she's freeze framing and Ryodan wants her to work for him. I suspect Ryodan wants more from her than that, but she is too young to see the things I as a reader saw. KMM does an amazing job at writing her character as a naive young teenager who is full of emotions she doesn't understand. She also does an amazing job at writing her other characters. I always fall in love with the characters.
Dani eventually gets corralled into working for Ryodan and trying to find out why people and places throughout Dublin are getting ICED. No warning, no nothing, things are just freezing over and randomly exploding. People are getting killed left and right and none of them have no way of knowing why. So they go to each scene and investigate.
But the whole while this is going on, Dani is being followed by Christian Mackeltar, whom wants to protect her at all costs. He was once a Highlander and now is turning into an Unseelie Prince from the outside in. His power is astonishing, but he won't hurt Dani. I think he's halfway to the moon and back about her. But she doesn't see that until he starts dropping more than subtle hints to her. All the while, you've got Ryodan fighting for her to stay by his side, (which is quite funny to see) and Dancer, her all too human friend who helps her out the most and understands her the most out of anyone.
One of my favorite things that happens throughout this book is the jealousy that occurs when Ryodan starts sleeping with Jo, Dani's sidhe-seer sister who is working at Chester's, Ryodan's club because she was weasled into it to get Dani to sign a contract to work for Ryodan. It makes Dani so angry and jealous because of her own feelings that she's developing for Ryodan, I suspect. But she doesn't even know that she's jealous and that is where KMM really nails it in her writing. I just love this author, will read anything she publishes. She's that good at her job.
Of course, Ryodan only has eyes for Dani, at least some kind of eyes even though we haven't quite figured it out yet. Right now he only wants her to work for him, but the jealousy that comes anytime she smells of Christian and the anger, it would suggest some kind of feelings. But he makes it clear he cares for her, way more than any others, when he sends the five star steak meal to her to make sure she eats.
All in all, Iced was an amazing read that will probably become one of my book that I read over and over when nothing else catches my attention. I can't wait for the next one to come out, and I know there is quite a long wait until that happens. But I bet it will be worth it!!
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