Hello dear readers! This is miss A,Misra here to tell you about yet another book called: Frost heart, written by Jamie Littler.
Frostheart is a book about a little boy named Ash who lives with Tobu, the forest yeti ( yes this book is fictional and Yetis can talk in it) in the Fira stronghold. He does not know his parents. They were pathfinders, and disappeared and were not heard of again. He was always trying to figure out how to find them. There is ice and snow everywhere around where they live, and in the snow live leviathans, called Lurkers, Hurtlers, and even Gargants.
If you did not know, a leviathan is a mythical monster that lives deep in the sea, according to mythical legends. In the frostheart, leviathans are described as white, big, with long lashing tongues and six white eyes with no pupils. The story starts out with Ash and his friends looking sadly at their ball which had fallen into the snow. And as we know, leviathans are masters at hiding. They could be anywhere in the snow, and you would be caught and devoured immediately. The children were scared to go until Ryse went to fetch it. He nearly makes it back. Emphasise on the word nearly.
Three lurkers jump up on him and it takes ten of the Fira stronghold archers to get him out in one piece, not including tobu the giant yeti, and Ash who managed to drag Ryse up to a wooden platform. Yeah. Things like that happen in Fira everyday.
One odd thing about the Fira stronghold though. They hate singing. ( I know. What? ) because of the legend of the songweavers, people who can weave their own song and control the leviathans. Some songweavers turned evil, using the leviathans for attacking instead of protecting. That’s why they forbid anyone to sing, lest one of them be a songweaver too. Ash however. He loves to sing. It’s his one desire and urge and it’s the only thing forbidden for his society.
Great.
But one day, the Fira noticed some pathfinders, people who navigate the great snowy regions in enormous snow sleighs. The sleigh the Fira spotted were trying to come to them for provisions but they were attacked by three hurtlers. The fira archers shot multiple arrows at them and that distracted them a bit. But it didn’t stop them. Ash knew he had to sing. I mean, he had to. ( I’m glad he did because otherwise this book would have drastically changed.) So he sang. He opened his mouth, weaving his song into the minds of the hurtlers, calming them enough to retreat. The pathfinder crew were safe! You’d think everyone would congratulate the skinny young,shy little boy to help them survive. No. They exiled him and his protector Tobu ( Ash for singing,Tobu for protecting him.) But meanwhile, the pathfinder crew were delighted with him.
So,what does Ash do? Just before the crew of the pathfinder ( which was named Frostheart) left the stronghold, Ash rushes up to them and asks them to take him along. They agree to do so, because- why not? A potential song weaver could be useful for driving off more monsters on the way!
Ash is extremely happy to be leaving a place he never fitted in to go with people who didn’t mind him singing. This was also a chance to find his parents. There is another songweaver upon the deck, and it’s an evil one. But who is it? How will Ash find his parents? And will the frostheart crew survive the hungry monsters eager to eat them for lunch ahead the trail?
The frostheart is a gloriously imagined novel. It’s got a rather deep plot, and could continue for several more books. This book has a trilogy and I plan on buying it sooner or later. (I prefer sooner) One might complain about the “no humour” part. The thing is, the book is so interesting it leaves you hanging onto it, trying to find out what happened. No one realises the fact there are no jokes. Again, the humour is very deeply embedded and subtly shown. Most of the humour is not in jokes, but rather sarcasm, which I personally don’t mind much. It’s a very engaging book and the storyline is amazingly written and it makes you NEVER want to stop reading it. Like NEVER. Never ever. ( let’s move on-)
I really liked Lunah’s character in the story. Ash is kind of shy and Luna just the opposite! Their interactions were funny and sarcastic in most cases.
I liked the fact that the author did not make it ALL about Ash. He added another mean sorcerer and the quest of finding Ash’s parents in the way. The whole Leviathan thing is rather scary but the adventure scenes are better than most I have read.
In my opinion, this book is definitely a thumbs up. It deserves a good rating but if you are an EXTREMELY realistic person who does not like fiction. don’t even touch the book. It practically radiates the stuff. Some people, I see, like more facts in the story. They might as well find the whole book questionable! If you’re one of those, be warned. Better leave it alone or you’ll simply upset yourself over it! If you like sci-fi stuff, this is the book for great for you!
Anyways, that’s the end of this article/book review! Hope you enjoy your day! Goodbye readers, signing off till the next post!