First Frost (Mythos Academy, #0.5) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jun 26, 2012 Steph rated it liked it

Shelves: series-completed, author-웃, series-ended, age-group-ya-na, shorty, recommended-2-me, year-read-2012, series-prequel

"You're a wizard, Harry!" I mean, you're a gypsy, Gwen. Gypsies are magical now? Best kept secret, I think. Nevertheless, I am going to give the series another shot and read book 1 b/c of the recs I've received. This was, after all, only 20 pgs or so. But, in that short span there were some major points Estep wanted us to take away: (1) Gwen and the females in her family are violet-eyed magical gypsies {Not sure, are those two synonymous now?}; (2) she's being herded off to ~~Hogwarts~~ Mythos; and ...more

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Mar 26, 2012 Paula Phillips rated it really liked it

Have you been following the Mythos Academy series by Jennifer Estep ,author of the popular series Elemental Assassin ? If you have been reading my reviews, you would know that I have and have read Books#1 - 3 and now of course the prequel Book #0.5 . Personally for me , I think that if you haven't read the series then this is a great book to start you as I felt a bit disappointed reading this last as throughout Books #1-3 her mother's death and what happened prior Gwen attending Mythos academy p ...more

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Jul 10, 2017 Dichotomy Girl rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2017, ya, fantasy

I cringed every time she referred to herself as "Gypsy". It's grating ...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Michelle rated it really liked it

Shelves: jennifer-estep

A nice little teaser about what's to come.
This is the story of how Gwen came to be enrolled at Mythos Academy.
I'm intrigued now and I will be continuing on with the series :) ...more

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