Flashback Friday: Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

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I don’t know about you but I’ve recently reviewed my bookshelves with the idea that I am going to focus on some re-reads of some of my favorites. With that in mind, I pulled Snow Like Ashes out because this was a book that I couldn’t put down. It has everything I look for in a book – action, amazing world building, solid character building, and swoony bits! If you haven’t read this one yet, the series is complete so you can binge them all while you’re on lock down.

Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
(Website, Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads)Published by Harper Collins on October 14th 2014
Genres: Action & Adventure, Family, General, Orphans & Foster Homes, Romance, Royalty, Survival Stories, Young Adult Fiction
Pages: 448

A heartbroken girl. A fierce warrior. A hero in the making.

Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since.

Orphaned as an infant during Winter’s defeat, Meira has lived her whole life as a refugee, raised by the Winterians’ general, Sir. Training to be a warrior—and desperately in love with her best friend, and future king, Mather — she would do anything to help her kingdom rise to power again.

So when scouts discover the location of the ancient locket that can restore Winter’s magic, Meira decides to go after it herself. Finally, she’s scaling towers, fighting enemy soldiers, just as she’s always dreamed she would. But the mission doesn’t go as planned, and Meira soon finds herself thrust into a world of evil magic and dangerous politics – and ultimately comes to realize that her destiny is not, never has been, her own.

About Sara Raasch

Sara Raasch has known she was destined for bookish things since the age of five, when her friends had a lemonade stand and she tagged along to sell her hand-drawn picture books too. Not much has changed since then — her friends still cock concerned eyebrows when she attempts to draw things and her enthusiasm for the written word still drives her to extreme measures. Her debut YA fantasy, SNOW LIKE ASHES, the first in a trilogy, came out October 14, 2014 from Balzer + Bray. It does not feature her hand-drawn pictures.

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