I enjoyed this spin on such a classic tale and one of my personal favorites at that. Jaemis and Klara are a beautiful take on a well-known pairing. The lore was beautifully interwoven into modern times and the world building and array of characters was stunning in detail. 

My only wish is that it was split into a duet possibly as it did feel fairly lengthy as time went on. I didn't mind the lighter moments and introduction to backstory for side characters, it just would've helped to split it up some I think. 

Thank you to Netgalley and Verika for the chance to Arc this.

Who doesn’t love the Nutcracker?

A Curse of Frost and Fate is a wonderful fantasy retelling of the nutcracker. Klara isn’t sure if she dreaming or the magical world she’s transported to is all a dream.

I enjoyed the world building, this retelling was different than some of the others I’ve read this Christmas.

There are some spicy scenes, but they are easy to flip past if that’s not your thing. 

I enjoyed the description of the different magical entities that live in the realm that Klara goes to. I loved the chemistry between her and the Prince.

If you like a HEA - check this one out!

I followed this story easily enough, it kept me engaged and interested but not overly excited. The spice was a minimum and the love happened to fast for my personal taste. Overall I enjoyed it.

I've always been obsessed with the Nutcracker. since I was little. Especially Barbie and the Nutcracker. It was what got me hooked on the story, so I delved right into this. 

It was initially a slow start, and it did suffer a bit of insta-love but the story was magical enough to make up for it and the characters were likeable (except from Klara and the slightly spoiled air that wafted from her, but I could move past it). For me, there wasn't much spice, but that's not hugely important if I enjoy a story enough. I think the dual POV also helped up the like factory of his book. 

It was, however, far too long. Some books need to be lengthy to ensure everything important finds its way in, but it wasn't necessary here. I felt at times like I was reading a story the author just didn't want to end, which I can understand, but it did make for a slightly frustrating reading experience. 

As for the writing...it was...okay. Heavy emphasis on the okay. It was not great. This book needs a heavy, heavy edit. There were a lot of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes peppered throughout and the use of some words that didn't fully make sense to me in the way they were being used. There were a couple of words/sentences that made me reread, say "...what?" out loud and then Google to make sure I was correct in that the words were being used incorrectly. Nothing that a good edit wouldn't fix. 

I think this would have been a little more magical for me if I'd read it just before Christmas, as opposed to after it, but it's not bad for what it is.

As a kid, I was made to watch The Nutcracker so many times, I ended up disliking it. This book has made me a fan once again. Thank you for that.

This is as such a fun premise for a novel, I wish that it had been a little more on spot with the execution. The characters were interesting, magic system was good.  The romance was definitely Insta love which isn’t a bad thing but in this instant it seemed too rushed and not paced in any way. The plot while interesting seemed to drag in parts and I struggled with the ratio of romance vs action and  adventure. I would definitely reach for another novel by this author.

Estás preparando/a para una historia llena de fantasía y pasión ? Es una re versión del cuento Cascanueces que no dejará de sorprenderte 💞

I loved every word of this book, it has everything you need for a cosy Christmas read with a little bit of added spice.

I love a classic retelling and this one is up there in my top 10

Hopefully we’ll get to see more of Galindria in the future.

This was one I grabbed from NetGalley as something I could read in my downtime at work. It was cute. I loved the nutcracker as a child, and thought an adult version could be fun! There were a few things through the book at just weren’t for me, which is why I rated it in the middle. I also think it was exceptionally long-winded in areas and could have been probably 100 pages shorter? Lots of good imagery in this one though! Also, a little twist on how the nutcracker was written which was cute!

Wasn’t too bad. The first part was quite good, and then it just dragged a bit. Felt like it was too long, and I ended up lacking motivation to read it all.

I was excited to get my hands on a Nutcracker retelling and while this story had some great bones and concept, I felt it was a little lengthy. With that said, I adored how things are played out between the romance and the way things played out. I am looking forward to reading more from this author!

Ok, I have started and re-started this book. I have struggled to stay reading and engrossed into this read. I had some issues with the kindle version of this download. I could not see any words with the black background (my usual setting) and had to change to the lighter one. The way the book is lay-ed out seems to bother my brain as well. It seems choppy and for the life of me, I could not fix it! I felt     That a lot of the beginning of the story seemed “long winded” and in general just struggled. It is very rare that I DNF a read. Unfortunately, this is one of those times.

This book was an interesting, exciting, nutcracker retelling. I liked how parts of the original story were kept but i also liked how some aorta were added to keep the book from being predictable. This book was filled with romance which made it very enjoyable to read. My main issue with this book is how long it is. I think this book definitely could’ve been made shorter and was very very dragged out. I believe this book could’ve been better if it was more of a slow burn rather than be insta love. I wasn’t a big fan of the fmc either. Overall, I don’t think this book was bad but definitely not the book for me.

A Curse of Frost and Fate was an enjoyable take on the Nutcracker.  I found the characters well-written and the setting fantastic.  It is a perfect story for the holiday season.

So I don't like reviewing books I DNF but I wanted to like this book. The eARC I got though had so many errors and was so poorly formatted that it was actually difficult to read. I may try giving this a go again at another time, right now it's just too difficult to try and puzzle through the bad formatting.

A cute retelling of ,,The nutcracker" best to read around the holidays. Was fun to read. Not amazing, not bad. I enjoy it!

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an arc of this title, in exchange for this honest review. 

This book, while a great concept, was executed incredibly poorly. The names of people and places were sometimes ridiculous, sometimes ill chosen and sometimes both. What do I mean by ill chosen? The author paid NO attention whatsoever to connotation, for example, the kingdom was called Vartikan, which sounds uncanny much like the Vatican. Sorry but the last thing I want to compare the love interest in a spice book to is the pope.

Furthermore, it was laced with grammatical errors and the author not using words correctly. A few of them seemed to have been a case of the the author misremembering the word and writing an entirely different word that sounded similar, but meant something else entirely. 

The main character was also annoying and I honestly didn’t care for any one of characters. The only reason this isn’t a one star is because of how much I liked the idea behind this.

Thanks to NetGalley for the e-ARC.
This was an interesting read. I liked how there was travel to a new world and that we got to experience it. It felt like the author made a list of things the Nutcracker had to have and they incorporated it however possible. It felt like there were too many 'extra' things that were added to the story when there could have been more of a focus on the story and romance.

I first picked up this book because the title and gorgeous cover drew me in. It is a Nutcracker retelling, but as I have not read/seen the Nutcracker, I cannot say how similar or different it is to the original storyline. However, this book was amazing. I stayed up late trying to finish it, it had me so hooked. The worldbuilding in this book is just enchanting and the love story between Klara and Jaemis just draws you in. You really get a sense of all the emotions and events the characters go through, from their amazing adventures and battles, to heartache and despair to falling in love. This book has it all.

I received this book in exchange for my honest opinion!

I wanted to love this book so so much. The concept and general story were great but I just found something was lacking for me and it was extremely hard to get into. It’s a good holiday read though if you’re looking for one!