ABANDONED. Epic fantasy, pretty dark. ice was a big thing in the book. There was a princess, who was maybe being attacked by someone? There was also a tribe of people that lived in a tundra, and there was a little girl with agoraphobia in that tribe

[Ash and Cinder]

I read it 10-12 years ago. It was a series, but I read only the first book. The title or the series possibly has something to do with ice or ash, or maybe a sword?

[Sebastian]

I don't know if this is it, but when I read the post I thought of the "Malazan book of the fallen" series. Gardens of the Moon

[Ash and Cinder]

Oh no, I've read that :D Malazan is way more complex than this one

[Kate]

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[STU]

The Ring of Allaire by Susan Dexter?
Book 1 of the Winter King's War trilogy

Can't remember it being particularly dark.

Master magician Blais was dead, murdered by the evil ice-lord Nimir. Now there was only Tristan, an ill-trained apprentice, to carry on the quest to rescue Allaire, a princess held in enchanted sleep in Nimir's frozen halls. Though a thousand master mages had already failed in the quest, Tristan must succeed — or all of Calandra would be doomed by Nimir's greed.

[Kris]

No response, moving to Abandoned folder.

Ash and Cinder (OP) last posted in the group in October 2019.