First Frost by Jennifer Estep
Mythos Academy 0.5
Kensington Books –
July 1, 2011
30 pages – Young
Adult, Urban Fantasy
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Summary from
Goodreads: I am Gwen Frost, and I have a Gypsy gift. It's called
psychometry - that's a fancy way of saying that I see images in my head and get
flashes of other people's memories off almost everything I touch, even
guys. My gift makes me kind of nosy. Okay, okay, maybe
a lot nosy--to the point of obsession sometimes. I want to know everything
about everyone around me. But even I don't want to know the secrets my friend
Paige is hiding or the terrible loss that will send me to a new school - Mythos
Academy, where the teachers aren't preparing us for the SATs, but to battle
Reapers of Chaos. Now I have no friends and no idea how my gift fits in
with all these warrior whiz kids. The only thing I do know is that my
life is never, ever going to be the same. . .
This
has been sitting on my kindle for a while now, and since I was going to begin
this series I thought that I would start with this. I am glad that I did. I guess that I would
have been fine without reading it, but there is something about reading events
as they happen and not as a reflection or memory. I don’t know much about psychometry or
gypsies, but I am definitely intrigued. I like Gwen immediately, and that may
have to do with the fact that she really is kind of special. She’s nosey and
that kind of gets the ball rolling with the events that happen in First Frost – how she learns Paige’s
secret. Don’t think she knew that would
be the thing that changes her life forever.
She wanted to do the right thing and it came at a price. A price that
even Gwen is sure she would have knowingly paid. I’m sure this is a lesson that will come into
play many times for her. It was a nice
quick read, and a great way to get started in the series.
What's Next? Touch of Frost
4 Stars ****
Always Shine,
Starr K
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