Title: Frozen Tides
Author: Morgan Rhodes
Published: December 15th 2015 by, Razorbill
Series: Falling Kingdoms book #4
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Stars: 4/5
CLEO: Reeling after a bloody showdown in Limeros ending with Amara’s abduction of the water crystal, and a vacancy in the Mytican throne, Princess Cleo must cast aside her feelings and look toward her kingdom with the eyes of a Queen.
MAGNUS: With the kingdom in chaos, Princess Lucia still missing and quite possibly in danger, and a shocking realization about Cleo, the steely prince is once again torn between love and duty, leaving him wondering whether he’s strong enough to rule his people.
LUCIA: The young sorcercess has had her vengeance after the cruel death of her first and only love. Heartbroken and unable to trust anyone, she allies with the awoken Fire god, who also seeks revenge.
JONAS: After escaping death by the skin of his teeth, the defeated rebel—along with a mysterious stranger–leader reunites with Princess Cleo, only to find himself a mere pawn in a dangerous hunt for the elusive Kindred.
KING GAIUS: Abandoned by Melenia and betrayed by his own children, Gaius flees Mytica and sails to Kraeshia, where he attempts to ally with the famously brutal emperor across the Silver Sea.
This is the fourth book in the Falling Kingdoms series and
it still produces the same goods as the previous books. Click here to read my
review on book 1, book 2 and book 3.
The plot line is still the same but perhaps slightly a tad
bit more confusing. It seems as the series go on and as the readers, we find
out more, the plot line thickens and more ingredients are added to the bubbling
potion that will erupt by the end of the whole series.
Our four main
characters: Cleo, Magnus, Lucia and Jonas are still in the midst of all the
elemental, Kindred and Watchers business and none have found a solid answer as
to how to end this all.
The four main characters are all set in their own journey
but they do see each other along the way.
We see a whole new side to Lucia in this book. She simply
does not care about anyone at the beginning of the book and wants everyone to
feel the same level of grieve and hurt that she experienced. Her vision in this
book did annoy me and what did not help was that she became all pally with the
fire Kindred, who was let out from his globe in book 3 by Lucia. Both are vengeance
seeking creatures and because of this they tend to create some damage wherever
they go. However, near the end of the book, once Lucia finds out a little
secret about herself, her vision become a little bit clearer and she realises
the damages she has caused.
Jonas. Ah, Jonas. Constantly
failing in whatever he was doing that even his hard core fans were getting
tired of him. Nonetheless, throughout this book he does seem to be making
moderate steps at achieving a better world, or at least getting some worthwhile
people on his side.
Cleo and Magnus. I put them together and for all of you who
have read this book will understand. They are so similar yet so different from
each other. One is literally like light, whilst the other is dark. They need
and want each other and as the readers you desperately want the two characters
to make up their mind quicker and just get together! No doubt that it is Magnus
who is more afraid of revealing his true feelings even though his teasing and
arguments with Cleo was comical at times.
As always with the Falling Kingdoms books, there are sudden
deaths. I always have to remind myself never to get attached to these
characters because they could disappear in a blink of an eye.
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