Frost Burned (October 2022) Buddy Read Discussion - Mina & Jen

[mina, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

Welcome to the Frost Burned Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on October 2nd and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 10/01
October 2: Chapters 1-3

Week of 10/03
October 3: Chapters 4-6
October 4: Chapters 7-9
October 5: Chapters 10-12


PARTICIPANTS
~ Mina
~ Jen

[mina, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

Must be active in the buddy discussion to count for the points. Minimum of two comments talking about the contents of the book, not only "It's good, I like this/that."

[mina, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

I won't be starting this today, soon I have to go to work, and after I get off I'm just going to bed. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have time to start it.

[Jen K]

No worries. I started. Fun to be back with the gang and it starts off with a bit of a bang as usual. It is always impressive how she manages to involve everyone in the world.

Also extremely thankful that we are reading in order including the Alpha & Omega. I would be a bit confused if I hadn't known the ending of the last one.

Have fun at work!

[mina, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

😂 thanks for telling me that I have to know the ending of the previous book, because I don't remember it. I looked at my list of the books and haven't checked the last book we read and I thought we were supposed to read an A&O book.

[Jen K]

Yes, the last one we read was A&O #3 Fair Game and this one definitely picks up from there.

You don't have to remember. She explains enough that it wouldn't be confusing. However, she makes lots of references to events in that one and even River Marked, the last Mercy one, that I appreciate knowing the full events that happened.

[Jen K]

Chapters 4-6
(view spoiler)[ I like that Kyle has a bigger role in this one and that Asil has joined in the fun. The interaction with Stefan is a bit odd but I guess it is to be expected now that Mercy is official with Adam. The wolf pack breaking out was a bit gory. Interested to see where this ends up. (hide spoiler)]

[mina, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

I started the book! I didn't look up the previous books because I'm feeling lazy and would much rather watch Veronica Mars than read 😅 😂 but like you said there's a recap so I kinda remembered what happened. And yes, I'm glad we are reading all the books in the universe, so we know the other book's characters.

It looks like the pack can't have a minute to breathe in peace, there's always something happening to someone. I'll see how I feel about it by the end, but I think that because it's a longer series I'm getting a bit "annoyed" that in every book some big catastrophe is happening... like I get shit happening and we need things to happen for the book to be interesting but it feels repetitive in one hand.

But moving on.. Asil appeared here! I'm excited to see more of him. I read only 5 chapters, and maybe I'll pick it up a bit later to read more, but no promises.

[Jen K]

I feel you. I happily enjoyed this read but also feel like it is just a bridge book trying to connect all these disparate pieces and throwing random attacks every couple of chapters for fun. It is fun but not the same satisfaction as a more complete standalone/ duology/ trilogy book.

Love that Asil joined this one!!

[mina, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

😂 Fae zombies this is new one.

I feel bad for Mercy, she again lost her free will, thankfully nothing bad had happened.
I liked that she was able to take the silver through the bond and help Adam and the pack, it's too bad it's a skill she won't be able to do again. Or maybe she could but taking out the silver out of her body.. ouch.

I just finished chapter 10, and I don't know if I'll be able to finish the book before going to work so maybe I'll finish it tomorrow. Wow, it's all about the vampires.. I didn't expect that. I'm intrigued who is this vampire person that is bonding the ghost to themselves, and why they are doing it, and also how Peter hasn't moved on and Mercy can still feel him through the pack bond which I assume has something to do with her ghost ability. I wonder if other's can feel that he's still connected, probably not.

[Jen K]

I finished last night. It kept a good pace. The loss of will thing (again) is pretty traumatic. I'm kind of surprised that it she got over it so quickly, they must be somewhat desensitized with the constant crazy.

It is great that she is growing in her powers as she feels more comfortable with the Coyote's gifts, both the silver and with the ghosts. The vampire thing was unexpected since it seemed to start in a completely different space- zombie fae and such. It is a fun ending.

[mina, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

I don't know if it was because I wasn't able to organize myself to read normally, but I feel like the whole book was a bit all over the place? It could also have something to do with not really remembering what happened in the previous books.

Overall it was good, glad we had some Asil here.

[mina, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

I'm gonna read the Redemption story too.

[Jen K]

mina wrote: "I don't know if it was because I wasn't able to organize myself to read normally, but I feel like the whole book was a bit all over the place? It could also have something to do with not really rem..."

I enjoyed it because I always enjoy but I think she was overreaching trying to fit in too many people and touch on too many overarching story ideas. It was a bunch of mini-events strung together to keep the action going than one cohesive story.

But still very enjoyable.

[Jen K]

I know you shared a link to the short stories with me so I will also track them down and read Redemption.

I usually don't love the decimal additions to series but I am enjoying these and find them useful for better understanding the universe and the people. I'm glad you suggested them!

[mina, Group/Buddy Reads Procrastinator]

(view spoiler)[😃😃 Mel Dreyer

So I thought there's going to be something.. but she's married, and Ben pretty much hates women so... yeah, it makes sense. I like that we learned more about him, I don't remember if it was mentioned he was in IT. I liked reading more about him, too bad it was to short. (hide spoiler)]

[Jen K]

I love Ben!! I would have enjoyed more too.