Escape into a post-apocalyptic fantasy world with magic, adventure, romance . . . and dragons.
A lonely princess.
A flying teen.
A kidnapped girl who only remembers what happens at night.
Seventeen-year-old Princess Nora is a frost eater who creates magical ice. Her royal life is luxurious but stifling.
Krey West has a rare magical talent: when he eats feathers, he can fly. His one goal is to … magical talent: when he eats feathers, he can fly. His one goal is to find his missing girlfriend, Zeisha. He thinks someone in power abducted her.
Krey’s daring feats of magic earn him an invitation to the palace. Craving adventure and friendship, Nora offers to help him find Zeisha. He’s desperate enough to accept—though he hates the monarchy.
The truth is more terrible than they could imagine.
Every night, Zeisha wakes in a dark room full of sleeping people, unable to remember what she did in the light. Her dreams provide violent glimpses into her forgotten days.
If Krey and Nora can’t save her, Zeisha may lose herself forever.
Sink your teeth into The Frost Eater, a new novel reviewers call “a wild ride” that “sizzles along to an unexpected end” with “heavy-hitting action,” “magic and dragons,” and “a touch of romance.”
Devour it today.
Quotes are from Goodreads reviewers Tasha, Clarissa Gosling, K. Law, and Mike, and Booksprout reviewer Beth H.
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Wow! What a wild ride. This book had a touch of everything which makes for a good read. Lovable, realistic characters that I felt invested in. A magic system that was well thought out and unique. A cover that is GORGEOUS. Young romance. And dragons!
Nora, a princess who, despite her magical abilities, has lived a fairly sheltered life. This book takes us on a journey of discovery alongside Nora while she figures out friendship, love, familial ties, and who she wants to be not only as a ruler, but as a person.
Anderson is a master storyteller and did a fabulous job of creating a post-apocalyptic world that was believable and a magic system that held my interest. She did a fabulous job of avoiding inf0-dumps and weaving in the back story to the narrative.
I look forward to reading the rest of this delightful, intriguing YA Fantasy series.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Frost Eater, the first in the YA fantasy trilogy by Carol Beth Anderson. Set in a post-Apocalypse world, the main characters are all searching for something different, but their search brings them together and eventually solidifies a strong bond of friendship. This is where the story really took off for me, once the characters banded together to work for the same goal. Whether in fantasy or contemporary or any other genre, for me, it’s the characters and their relationships that make an impression, driving the story forward, and leaving an impression long after I’ve finished the book. The Frost Eater did just that. Beth created relatable, sympathetic characters that I rooted for the whole way. And whet my appetite for the next book in the series. I would highly recommend this book.
I really enjoyed Beth Anderson’s take on this Post Apocalyptic world, magic, and how people who can produce magic actually fuel it! The Frost Eater follows the sheltered princess Nora of the Post Apocalyptic Earth, and her very unlikely friendships with Krey both magic users. Nora has ice-magic, this she is a Frost Eater. Krey is a rare duo magic user and has both ice and feather(flight) magic. Krey, who is in love with Zeisha, a Vine Eater, is convinced that Zeisha, who was supposed to be selected to be trained by the elite, has actually been kidnapped, and no one has seen her since. Krey goes out if his way to impress Nora and the King with his use if magic, in order to find his missing Zeisha. Nora, bored in her role at the castle, naive , and spoiled, is in need of friends, as much she is an adventure, and the two become close friends on the long journey, a long with a castle guard, to find not only what has happened to Krey’s beloved Zeisha, but other missing magic users as well. I honestly was very impressed with the author’s unique idea that to use a person’s individual magic, they had to consume that particular fuel, and that if they didn’t consume enough fuel that their magic would run out. The author actually also used great care in the linguistics in the book, developing other words that are close in the English language, but had slightly different quantitations, like distance. So her Post Apocalyptic world had some of it’s own language, without actually needing a separate dictionary contained within the novel to explain her meanings. Character development was very well done, and you learn to love as well as love to hate the characters the author provides in this book. Unfortunately, I felt a slight lag, by the time the threesome actually find out what’s going on, and why the magic users have been taken from the Kingdom, and that was before their actual attempt to free the magic users even took place. It felt almost too long getting to the point to where our “heroes”, and “heroine” actually get to the point to where the battle takes place. I did finish the novel, both because I love this author’s writing, and because I fell too in love with the characters not to see it through, plus I’m loath not to finish a book once I’ve started, and even though the book slightly lagged, it was satisfying in the end! I did receive an advanced copy of this book, and this is my personal and honest review if the book.
Very unique and magical world!
The Frost Eater is the 1st book in this trilogy by Carol Beth Anderson and I found myself drawn into the story right away. It’s well written and does a good job introducing you into this magical world and to its characters. Audio narration was very enjoyable to listen to. Strong and likeable characters, I am looking forward to following along with Krey and Nora!
This is book 1 in The Magic Eaters trilogy by Carol Beth Anderson who kindly gifted me with audio book in return for a non-biased review. It was great and I can’t wait to get my teeth into the next book.
Nora is a lonely and kind-hearted Princess living in a post-apocalyptic world called Anyari. Her ancestors left Earth to colonise this new world and it’s often described what life was like before ‘The Day’ This is when most of the population died along with all technology much like our own. What the survivors got in return was many of them now have magical abilities and Nora is a what is called a Frost Eater. Meaning when she eats shards of ice, she has the power to control and manipulate ice, frost or snow. Others have different magical gifts that manifest in a similar fashion to Frost Eating. They can control stones, fire, earth and some even fly. These are just some of the magical gifts but I won’t tell you more so you can experience this wonderfully created world as you read.
Krey is a Feather and Ice Eater who despises the monarchy, and he believes they are responsible for his girlfriend being missing. Nora is desperate for a friend and forgives his abrupt and obnoxious treatment of her as she just craves a friend her age. Krey needs to get over himself and put his trust in Nora and together they start to investigate other Magical Eater disappearances.
The world building is fantastic and the clever writing paints a very vivid picture in your head. Especially gives you a feeling of dread when you think what it would be like to live with no electricity or mobile phones! That’s a very scary concept for me as my phone is like an extra limb. Lol
This is a young adult high fantast with a little taste of romance and the ending will leave you itching to get to the next in the series!
I would give this a solid 4.5/5 only because I like a little more romance but trust me this is just my preference. This is packed with action and adventure and thrilling twists and turns! I would highly recommend the audio versions as its wonderfully narrated by the author herself! You really can feel her love for this world and the characters.
The Frost Eater was my introduction to Carol Beth Anderson’s storytelling, and while this is listed as a Teen/young adult series I found following along on Nora and Krey’s adventures as they attempt to find Krey’s missing girlfriend and Nora’s only true friend. The worldbuilding in this book is so complete I felt I was in the kingdom and experiencing all the action. Tis review is based on listening to the audio book version of The Magic Eaters: the complete trilogy and prequel. The Frost Eater set my expectations for the following bools at a very high level- typically I don’t normally read/listen to Teen/young Adult books, but I’m sure glad I took the Author up on her offer of a review copy of the complete audiobook series. I would be remis if I didn’t mention that Carol Beth Anderson does double duty in the Audio books, not only is she the author, but she does an awesome job narrating the stories and bring each character to life to the point they are all easily recognized.
I have not read (in this case, listened) to a YA fantasy in a while. The Frost Eater was a welcome return. The world-building was great, and the characters fun and driven. I love the banter between the three main characters, especially Princess Nora and Krey West.
The magical aspect was also interesting, and I love how they had to fuel themselves to keep it working. Also, when Krey explained what it felt like to incorporate objects and people into his magic was interesting and unique.
This is the first book of the series, and I look forward to reading more!
Also, as mentioned above, I listened to this book. The author narrated it, and she did a fantastic job.
The Frost Eater is, by far, the best fantasy I’ve read in a while. The characters were real and thoroughly endearing, despite their occasional stubbornness, and the storyline kept me on my toes, wanting to know what happened next. And there was enough romance to satisfy my greedy heart, without detracting from the overall plot. Well done!
Awesome book with great characters! Loved the twist at the end. A story about coming of age, love, grief, regret, and joy. On to book two now!
This story was very creative and one that I hadn’t heard before. The idea of a future where people have special powers is pretty cool and I really liked it. I read the story some months ago before it released as an ARC and I totally forgot about the release date..im super duper late but I’m so glad other books are already out because now I can finish this story. I remember the plot and I liked the Princess and how she left with the guy whose name I can’t remember. I will definitely do a re read so I can continue on with the other books. The books are so pretty cool! Pretty for my book shelf!
She is a princess and she is so bored and she wants excitement. When she sees him performing magic she asks for his help but he hates the royals. When they discuss it, they agree to team up but they may just find more than expected. What will they find? Can it be stopped? Follow them to see what adventures they get up to
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Could have been great, but the story line needed a little more thought. Not good enough to read the next in the series.
Watch as Nora (a spoiled princess,) Krey (an independant anti-royalist,) and Ovron (a jilted royal guard) become friends and set out to find Krey’s girlfriend. Their way is met with adversities along the way and they find out more about their country that they don’t like as they go along. I’m not sure about the unorthodox magic, though it is quite unique. I’ll see if I can be convinced as I read the rest of the trilogy.
Excited to read the next one
Allow two days for this PG13 first installment of the Magic Eaters Trilogy by Beth Anderson.
An imaginatively fun adventure
“The Frost Eater” follows Princess Nora as she goes from a sheltered, spoiled life to truly seeing the world and political machinations around her for what they are.
I quite enjoyed this novel. The worldbuilding and fantasy elements were well thought out, and I loved how real every character felt. The opening did seem a bit slow, but by taking its time to set up all the interpersonal relationships between Nora and her friends and family, every moment once the action really got going felt 100% earned, and made the twist very effective.
My favourite bit of the novel was the short journal entries at the beginning of chapter. Not only did they reveal a fascinating – though tantalisingly far from complete – glimpse into the past of “The Frost Eater,” but they usually directly related to something within the subsequent chapters, and it was fun to try and figure out the connection between each little “preview,” as it were.
The middle of the book got a bit slow for me. Between the chapters just chewing the scenery for a while with not that much happening, and the number of times it was mentioned that characters had to sleep because their reserves had been exhausted, I had a hard time fully engaging with that section of the book.
I must say, I’m not usually one for romantic subplots, especially in adventure books, but the one in this novel was done really well, and I was rooting for two certain characters the whole time.
Overall, a well crafted book whose fun moments definitely made up for the parts I wasn’t especially keen on. Oh, and it had dragons. I loved that!
I received an early copy of this book from the author and am leaving an honest review.
I devoured this book-read it in 2 days. I found myself sucked in to the post-apocalyptic life described in Cellerin. I particularly enjoyed the animals that played parts in the story. Made it feel like more than just “earth re-imagined”.
The characters-their flaws, their quirks, their growth throughout the story, their friendships/relationships/betrayals are what really drew me in and kept me engrossed in the story. I found myself as I was reading trying to predict how certain characters would react to things because I felt like I knew them.
I don’t want to give away anything, so please forgive my vagueness, but the action in the book is perfectly paced and I’d deem the book appropriate for my 6th grade daughter, and plan to stock copies in our grade-school library for the 6-8th graders. Yet though it would be appropriate for that age level, I truly loved it as adult!
There are a lot of unanswered questions and conflicts to be resolved. I eagerly await the second installment!
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Frost Eaters was a fun book to read. It was so original- it is a mashup of alien, fairytale fantasy, dystopian, sci-fi and it totally works! I am a voracious reader and I read plenty of enjoyable books that I have got figured out by the third chapter. This book kept me up reading all night long because I could not guess what was coming next. Without giving too much away, for example, the main characters, a boy and a girl and another boy, and I start to think “ugh, love triangle” but, nope! I thought I had the villain all figured it out and I was totally wrong and then wrong again. I love being wrong when it all makes sense in the end! There is action, mystery, a little bit of romance (but without it being the focus), and a lot about friendship and young adults growing into maturity.
Content warnings (because I’m a parent and I appreciate knowing what my kids are reading): lots of violence without being gory- a kid with an active imagination might be disturbed but it’s not not graphic descriptions; a couple of passionate kissing scenes where the young adults end up talking about why they should not have sex. I would recommend this for older teenagers and there are some great discussion topics, especially “what would you do in that situation?”
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
If you love a novel that you can’t put down until you have finished it then this is the one for you. I can honestly say that I loved it from the first page until the last.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I did I received a free review copy of the kindle version of this book in exchange for an honest review and I must say I truly enjoyed the book. The characters are relatable, the storyline is fluid and the read was quick and exciting. It makes it easy to hold on the storyline until the next book in the series comes out and we all know how hard the wait is.
I did received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.