Format: Audiobook Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep
Narrator: Tara Sands
Date Read: August 1st 2011
Genre: Paranormal, YA
More Information:My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy; a school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even the lowliest geek knows how to chop off somebody's head with a sword and Logan Quinn, the hottest Spartan guy in school, also happens to be the deadliest. But lately, things have been weird, even for Mythos. First, mean girl Jasmine Ashton was murdered in the Library of Antiquities. Then, someone stole the Bowl of Tears, a magical artifact that can be used to bring about the second Chaos War. You know, death, destruction and lots of other bad, bad things. Freaky stuff like this goes on all the time at Mythos, but I'm determined to find out who killed Jasmine and why; especially since I should have been the one who died..
Series: Mythos Academy #1
Also by this author: Deadly Sting , Kiss of Frost, Dark Frost, Crimson Frost, Midnight Frost
Also in this series: Kiss of Frost, Dark Frost, Crimson Frost, Midnight Frost, Killer Frost
Overall Rating: 4.00
Story Rating: 4.25
Character Rating: 3.75Audio Rating: 3.75 (not part of the overall rating)
Story Thoughts: How very clever Ms. Estep! I truly enjoyed my trek into Mythos Academy. I am a sucker for mythology based stories and this series has got potential written all over it. I liked how Jennifer took stories, creatures, and magic that we all know and gave it her own little kick! I was definitely impressed with how quickly I was immersed into Mythos Academy and was stunned that I was left wanting to continue the series (You guys know me and my YA thing). This also has Jennifer Estep’s quirky humor and fast-paced writing style that I love from her Elemental Assassin series. Perk: The Pork Pit was mentioned!
Character Thoughts: Gwen Frost is the epitome of what most geeky girls with reading problems are in High School. They don’t quite fit in but if you could hear their internal dialogue you would be in stitches all day. I love that Gwen does her own thing and I even like the way she ends up making friends. She is growing on me and by the end of book 2 I am certain I will love her. I am enjoying getting to know the rest of the characters too. As always with Jennifer Estep, I think the secondary characters will be very important in books to come. I hope so anyway because they were a delight!
Audio Thoughts:
Narrated by Tara Sands / Running Time 9 hrs and 46 mins
I am going to admit that it took about 3 hours for me to warm up to the narration for Touch of Frost. I don’t think Tara Sands did a bad job but sometimes it just takes a while to click. The pacing was great though and after I got Gwen’s “voice” the rest fell into place. I will be continuing this series on audio and imagine the audio will get higher ratings from me as I go along.
Final Thought: Touch of Frost was a fun ride with very little angst, no triangle, and very fun characters. It makes my very limited YA List!
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I’m listening to this one now…. is it just me or does this audio not have chapters? I’ve listened for almost 2 hours now and I’ve yet to hear the narrator announce a chapter number.
And the narration has not grown on me yet. I’m hoping it does soon or I’ll read the rest of this book and series.
I really need to read this series, all my favorite bloggers seem to love it! Glad to hear you were charmed by Gwen too. It’s great that the narrator finally won you over. It sometimes takes awhile to get adjusted to the voice. I might try this one on audio too. Great review!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY FELICIA!!!! You have no idea how happy it makes me knowing you loved this book! I know YA is very much not your thing, so I’m thrilled you were a fan of Gwen and company:) I just love the way Jennifer tells a story and I think Gwen really grows with each book. I like her more and more with each installment:)
Oh my goodness I bought this the day it came out!!! And its still sitting on my old Nook waiting to be read!! Your like the 100th person who has said it was really good, so now I must dig out the Nook and charge it so I can read this darn thing…:D
Now this is one that I think you would really like. It does have some great mythology tie-ins, the setting is fun, and the characters are quirky 🙂
Oh! I am glad I skipped HW and stopped by today. I wanted to tell you I got the year package to audiobooks so I am going to need some recommendations from you. 🙂 Great Review!
YEAH on the year package! I am always excited when more people get on the audiobook train 🙂 I am always willing to point out some of my favorite narrators!
Greek mythology and no love triange?! Sold!
YES and yes! I was really impressed 🙂 Plus, she is almost as snarky as Gin Blanco 🙂
Is this the first one? I liked it but the story was a bit too similar to several other stories I’d read (I know, I was sad) so it wasn’t my favorite and I haven’t returned to the series since.
With audiobooks, it’s got to be hard if you’re not into the narration right away. At least it wound up working for you!
This is the first one! I don’t read much YA so I hadn’t come across this type of story before so that may be it.
I have learned with audiobooks to give it a while because sometimes it is me (since I listen in a place where I have many distractions).
I love this series and I think I enjoy it because it doesn’t feel like YA. There is plenty of danger and action and the characters are more mature. I love the mythology as well. I also appreciate that there aren’t love triangles in this one, but the main romance will drive you nuts! I am so glad you picked up this series!
You are so right! I can’t wait to continue on 🙂 Someone else warned me that I will get frustrated with the romance (on/off/on/off) but oddly enough I buy that in YA books. I mean they are fickle creatures those teenagers LOL
Right, Estep, peeps seem to love her 🙂
She.is.awesome. 🙂
For me, this series gets better as it goes along. I do think you’ll love it more as you keep on with the books. BTW, didn’t you just LOVE Vic??? LOVE that character!
Oh good to know! I did love Vic 🙂 I really loved most of the characters (even the bad ones because that was pretty darn clever) and can’t wait to continue.
OMG!! Dude! I’ve heard that I would LOOOOVE this series like 900 times! I have the first two on my kindle!!! You gave the story rating 4.25… this is good enough for me!!! The characters are scaring me a LITTLE bit.. just saying.
Yes you would like it 🙂 You know how tough I am on YA (sometimes unfairly so but I like my smexy) and I really enjoyed this one. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Great review. I don’t think I’ve tried Tara’s work before.
I think you would like it! I think the voices took a bit for me not because of Tara but because of the story. Once it clicked, it clicked!
So glad you loved it Felicia! It is one of my favourite YA series as well.
I should have the 2nd one in my hands pretty soon. I requested it for Audiobook review too 🙂
I think I have the first in ebook. I need to bump it up on my reading pile. I figured I’d get caught up with Gin & then maybe dive into this one.
It was better than I expected. There was a little of the teenage angsty thing but other than that it was pretty good 🙂