Genesis and Jack live in a bunker where the seasons around them last for days or weeks causing them to live on the brink of starvation for much of the time. When the weather patterns start to vary, the members of the bunker must determine if one of their own is controlling the weather and manipulating all of their lives.

This is an extremely easy read. The plot is interesting and the characters are easy to relate to. That being said, the two main characters' relationship is extremely annoying. From the way they interact to the way they think and speak to each other is just extremely irritating. Honestly, I though I was going to have to place this one on my DNF shelf, but around halfway through the book, it picks up and makes it worth the time to finish reading the story.

This is the first in a series of books. I don't think I enjoyed it enough to care to read any of the following books.

I thought this book a bit 'childish'. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, it just doesn't work when your 35 years old ;)

I was drawn to this book because of the cover mainly, cause that's just absolutely gorgeous
The book was written nicely, I just wished there was a bit more dept in the characters. So I think this just wasn't the right pick for me, but I am sure a lot of people will absolutely love it.

A fun premise! I loved the characterization of Jack Frost. A perfect, fun read!


Many thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and author for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

This unfortunately was not in my taste. The cover is what actually grabbed my attention... and well you know what they say about judging a book by its cover. I thought this was going to be a Christmas read- something on the lighter side. That being said this was Dystopian... as i am not a huge fan i didn't care at all for the content. I wasn't a fan of anything in this book.

In my opinion, this is an excellent take on Jack Frost's character. When I started reading this, I was a bit skeptical, but as I began to under the context, I flew through this book. I loved the characters and the dialogue, but I felt like there was too much dialogue, which eventually overpowered the world building and left me wanting more.

Overall I immensely enjoyed this story. It had a little of everything; romance, adventure, action and all the chills that come with a book about Jack Frost!

I loved this twist on Jack Frost, it reminded me a bit of The Hunger Games (minus the fight to the death part!!) I loved all the character's which is rare for me, And I thought the plot went at a decent pace so as to keep you guessing but give you enough answers as well. The only question I have left is when's book 2 out?!!!

This book was so interesting. It was very enjoyable. I want to reread it again in the winter. I feel like reading this when it's cold outside would be perfect.

It took me forever but I finally finished this book. I wanted to like it very much. But, it was too much talking and not enough world building. The world that was there could have been awesome. I did finish- but didn't like it much.

Omg the take on Jack Frost in this story is brilliant! It took me a few chapters to understand the concept but once I did I could not put this book down.

This is definitely one I would read with my 8yr old. I will be purchasing this book on its release date. I dont have a single bad criticism. I loved everything!

The characters, the world, the romance, the friendships, the family.

5/5 stars!

I had a rough time with <i>The Revolution of Jack Frost</i> by K. M. Robinson. While, admittedly, the premise sounded pretty fantastic when it came down to the story itself I found that the mere act of getting into the novel alone was massively difficult. I regularly found myself putting off reading this one due to how quickly I got bored with what was going on. I didn't care for the main characters and frankly found the romance rather dull and irritating. No one ever really stuck out to me as interesting enough to focus on, even Jack who was just strange in a number of ways that didn't really mesh well with the story I was expecting.

Genesis is exceedingly dumb, and while you can have characters who are less intelligent and have it work within your story, it simply didn't add up to have Gen act as she does. She is happily ignorant of the implications that come from the way her boyfriend, Jack, is acting and hardly puts any effort into really thinking about what it all means. The dire situation never really seems as harsh as it actually is due to her poor narration and rather leaves me feeling as though they are all not taking anything seriously enough.

The plot, while interesting, is unfortunately something I found myself disliking on a number of levels. First is that it completely deteriorates from the picture I have had all my life for Jack Frost. And while I can see this aspect being something that many enjoy and appreciate, the changes simply weren't for me. Secondly, the entire situation felt far too similar to <i>The Maze Runner</i> for me. A group of people, primarily children and teenagers, locked away in what seems like an outside world but is actually a giant testing facility to prepare them for the horrors occurring in the real one. And then, of course, Jack's role in it all was exceedingly close to Thomas' role in <i>The Maze Runner</i> with a reveal and everything.

All in all, <i>The Revolution of Jack Frost</i> isn't a terrible book, but it never really seemed like a great book, either. The writing was difficult to get into, there were several instances of information that fell to the wayside until later in the story, and the main character was frankly just quite underdeveloped and irritating. I think this book could be for some people, but it definitely wasn't for me.

<i>I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. </i>

-- I received an eARC of this novel via NetGalley in exchange for a honest review --

I am rather torn about this book. It was a fine read, but there wasn't anything extraordinary about it. At times, it felt like the concept was not fully thought through, and there are a ton of open questions at the end. It also felt like the characters did not react to things naturally, but rather stayed very one-dimensional. I really tried to like it, but can't manage to feel anything but neutral towards it.

THE REVOLUTION OF JACK FROST is a creative retelling that’s fresh on ideas, but rather frosty on the delivery.

Enjoyed:
- The concept is amazing. I love the notion of a snow-globe world, and there are so many elements of it to explore.
- The opening of the novel hooked me right away. The prologue—and the epilogue, for that matter—were beautifully written, and those were my favorite parts.
- The banter between Gen and Jack was fun and cute. Possibly TOO cutesy, but I do know couples like that in real life, so it’s believable enough to me.
- I know some readers might want a more traditional romantic arc, where you see the build-up to the relationship. But I actually appreciated that the story started with these characters already in love. For me, traditional romantic arcs all seem the same after a while; they get boring and predictable. But when the characters start in a relationship, well, who knows where they might end up? (With that said, some things WERE predictable. The author made it incredibly obvious what Jack was up to, and I would’ve preferred for that to be more of a surprise twist. However, I imagine it will work for younger teen and tween readers.)
- I love genre-bending stories. This is primarily a dystopian/sci-fi novel, but it has fairy-tale elements that are skillfully woven throughout.
- That cover is gorgeous!


Didn’t enjoy:
- Nearly the entire book was dialogue. Thankfully, it wasn’t just talking heads; the characters did interact with the setting. Still, the excessive dialogue grew sooo tedious, and I found myself wondering what happened to the beautiful prose that the prologue had seemed to promise me. (I’m a survivalist, yet even I didn’t care about the characters talking and talking and talking about the minute details of their sheltering strategies.)
- Gen, the main character, is largely defined by being Jack’s girlfriend. I know virtually nothing about her as an individual, which is disappointing on many levels.
- There are a whole bunch of side characters, but we don’t get to know the majority of them. They’re all pretty flat.
- There were many technical errors such as typos, misspellings, action erroneously being used as dialogue tags, etc. I’m hoping these will be fixed before publication, but they were so numerous that I found it distracting. The writing definitely needs some polish.
- I would’ve liked to see more diversity (handled with nuance and respect, of course, not just thrown in). There weren’t any queer or trans/nonbinary characters, and I can only think of one POC in the whole book.

The bones of an amazing story are certainly here. This is one of the most fascinating concepts I’ve come across in a while. The execution needs a lot of work, though, and I hope it can get there.

ARC provided from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you, Bleeding Ink Publishing!

I cannot keep on reading books that Don't captivate me. I was so exited to read that book, and the story itself sounds good...but the execution is so bad, that i could not finish it.

I'm a very simple girl, I see a Jack Frost retelling, I request.

So the basic gist of this book is that the characters are living in a snow globe where weather's changing however it wants. The winter lasts the longest, so they need to harvest as much food as possible during spring, summer and fall. The characters are unaware to the fact that they are a part of a science experiment. The weather in this "snow globe" is controlled by Morozoko Industries in a desperate attempt to improve the way humans react, prepare and survive different weather scenarios.

Now, Genesis and Jack are in a relationship from the start - but the thing is, this doesn't feel like a relationship or a romance. There are no spark between the characters and if it wasn't for the one sentence kissing from time to time, I wouldn't even have thought that they were in a relationship (Gensis constantly pointing out that Jack is her boyfriend might have helped as well). Since the romance was already established, there was nothing to lead up to it and then it is important to create a good chemistry between the two characters instead, but they severely lacked any personality or interesting traits.

How does the authority and leadership in this book even work? From the beginning I thought Adam was the one in charge, but the people listen to Jack all the time? Why even have someone else in charge if everyone is going to listen to Jack anyway? There are so many characters from the start with little to no introductions that it is so hard to keep up with who is who - either try and shrink it down or make the characters more distinguishable.

One of my main complaints around this book revolved around the dialogue. The dialogue just seem so forced. There is no way that this is how normal people talk to each other. Our main girl, Genesis, and even most of the other characters, keep on saying the name of the person they are addressing and it is almost constant.

To conclude, this book does need some polishing. The characters, the story itself and how it is executed need work. For me, it is the dialogue that needs more developing - it felt unnatural and forced at times and the constant name-dropping eventually got on my nerves. This book just felt so juvenile in the way it was executed.

I couldn't finish this book. The writting was terrible and the characters are not relatable. The relationship between Gen and Jack is almost disgustingly over the top that it was annoying.

This book provoked mixed feelings from me, some parts were exceptionally bad and other parts were really gripping? A clumsy execution to what is otherwise a really intriguing story premise.

In the Snow Globe, as Jack calls it, the seasons aren't what you would expect. Harsh Winter's last for a month, whilst instantaneous Spring and Summer's last for a week. The unusual weather climate is enemy number one for the people who live in the bunker, and when it starts to get weirder, Gen and Jack want to know why.

This book drew me in initially because of the lack of explanation and backstory as to what was going on. I felt like the dynamics of the relationships weren't at all clear to me, and felt that I couldn't put it down until I understood fully what was happening.

I've mentioned above how the execution of the plot is clumsy, here's an example: The reader doesn't even find out that there are close to two hundred people altogether in the bunker to look after. It's fine that the characters were the same ones to pop up, in fact that seemed to only be the consistent aspect of this book, but I feel I would have better understood the complexities of the situation if the fact that there were two hundred people in the snow globe to look after was established a lot earlier.

I also found that there were a lot of deep profound metaphors and similes that didn't seem to fit with the overall narrative; the main character Gen is very brusque and action-ready, to be mulling on how Jack is like an Ice Prince for me feels like the author was forcing introspection that didn't fit naturally with the 'strong woman leader' type.

"He was a force of nature. He could warm your soul like the sun and then bury you in ice the next second. He was more destructive than any universal element has ever been or could ever be. It was his way, to be like a hurricane crashing upon the shores, or lightning splintering everything in its path. He was a force. And in the end, it didn't matter, because he disappeared, just like the weather always does. Here for one brief moment and gone the next. His name was Jack and his love for me was like a flood, now frozen over."


I did quite like the witty dialogue that bounced between Gen and Jack's joking personalities, it was a little cheesy at times, but to be honest, their entire relationship was a little problematic for me.

Here's a scenario for you:
You're in a snow globe with your romantic interest, you are struck with the idea that you are being watched and that somebody else is controlling the weather. Your boyfriend sneaks out at midnight all the time and you literally know he has secrets from you, because he tells you as much and disappears continuously. Would you naturally become suspiscious?????

If you answered yes, well done, you are a normal human being who understands that secretively sneaking out at midnight all the time is not an ordinary thing to do. If you answered no, then you must be the most trusting soul ever and I am a mere cynical, raving woman.

So yeah, although I wasn't particularly comfortable with their romance, the plot itself is pretty ace actually, it's immersive and I read this in two sittings.

Thank you to Net Galley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

When The Maze Runner meets folklore, Genesis must find a way to survive the deathly winter that brings hardship to her and the surviving group of people in a secluded bunker but things are not what they seem in her world and the discovery is earth shattering. Can she trust the one person who is everything to her? Or sacrifice everything to find the truth?

Genesis lives in a bunker since the last she remembered trying to make a meek living off of the land that only gives one day of spring, a week of summer and a month of winter she must survive the harsh climates but everything comes at a cost. The people have lost lives, fingers to frostbite and sometimes days without finding any food in the snow storms that rage outside that life has become nothing but survival. However when more children keep appearing outside with no recollection of who they are or where they came from and how the seasons are switching more drastically than before, it sparks fear and questions in everyone. How can they survive these new obstacles? What is hiding over the mountains that they are surrounded by? Is there more than just this life that they had made? Is there salvation to be found?

The author brought Jack Frost to the future and twisted the folklore into something so unique and chilling that there is no way you can put this book down until the very end! If you love fairy tales rewritten definitely check out The Revolution of Jack Frost! You won’t be disappointed.


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I thoroughly enjoyed the plot, atmosphere, and characters. I would recommend the book to friends and family for their reading pleasure.

I’m not going to lie, the cover and title are what initially caught my attention with this book. Then I read the synopsis and it sounded like it was going to be a really interesting read. Jack Frost has always been a concept that I would like to see more of in literature. The idea of this group of people unknowingly trapped in a giant environmentally controlled globe was a very interesting concept to me as well. I thought that the two of these combined had the potential to make a great story.

I wanted to enjoy this one. I really did but, sadly it didn’t happen. It just never had that moment where it truly hooked me. The beginning was VERY slow. I got about half way through and started skim reading, which I hate and almost never do as a rule unless I’m doing a reread.

I couldn’t stand the characters. Jack and Gen both just really annoyed me and were very flat. Gen was just so oblivious and it drove me crazy. The side characters had the potential to be interesting, and I was more interested in them than Jack and Gen but, they still weren’t great characters. The amount of random extra characters was also overdone and unnecessary.

The writing style was very jarring at some points and dry and drawn out at others. I loved the concept of this story and the idea of Jack Frost intrigued me but, the execution was just awful. This could have been such a cool story and I was disappointed by how bad it ended up being.

I spent the evening reading this book. The title sucked me in to checking it out. My bad. I could not for the life of me figure out what the heck I was reading the first few chapters. I've read stories based on snow globes, and the people in them, as picture books, and some how hoped this was an grown up version of the same. I mean, really, Jack Frost. Well, it wasn't. I can't really say too much without giving away the story, but basically a big company is behind the snow globe these folks are the guinea pigs in as the outside world is being destroyed. To say I was disappointed is a vast under statement. Sorry. I am sure there are lots of readers out there who will enjoy the tale. Just not me.