Dark Frost

Dark Frost (Mythos Academy, #3)by Jennifer Estep

I’ve seen so many freaky things since I started attending Mythos Academy last fall. I know I’m supposed to be a fearless warrior, but most of the time, I feel like I’m just waiting for the next Bad, Bad Thing to happen. Like someone trying to kill me—again.Everyone at Mythos Academy knows me as Gwen Frost, the Gypsy girl who uses her psychometry magic to find lost objects—and who just may be dating Logan Quinn, the hottest guy in school. But I’m also the girl the Reapers of Chaos want dead in the worst way. The Reapers are the baddest of the bad, the people who murdered my mom. So why do they have it in for me?It turns out my mom hid a powerful artifact called the Helheim Dagger before she died. Now, the Reapers will do anything to get it back. They think I know where the dagger is hidden, but this is one thing I can’t use my magic to find. All I do know is that the Reapers are coming for me—and I’m in for the fight of my life. (goodreads.com)

Goodness! I completely forgot I hadn't finished this post from a week ago!  You know how I figured that out? I commented on someone's blog and when the CommentLuv widget pulled up my NYC/BEA post, I was confused as to why that was my last post. Oops. My poor brain is in desperate need of a holiday. Two more weeks and it'll get its wish.ANYHOO...I do enjoy the Mythos Academy series so. Gwen Frost is a witty, fun, strong female protagonist and the story itself is interesting and a nice mix of all sorts of mythology. This is one YA Urban Fantasy series that I would strongly recommend if you're looking for a paranormally read that doesn't have love triangles, insta-love or the regular cast of creatures that you normally get these days.Dark Frost wasn't my favourite book of the three, but it was still very fun to read. In a year where I can't seem to care about most of the books I pick up (in fact, I haven't TOUCHED a book since I finished this one on July 7!) the fact that Dark Frost kept me page turning from start to finish in one day, says a lot about it. It's up there as one of those types of books I can get into no matter my mood. I like that about a book. :)There's not much I can talk about in this post that won't spoil things, being a third book in a series and all, but trust me, there's a decent mystery in each book with action and suspense and death, or near-deathness. There's fighting and snark, lots of cookies decent friendship relationships and the adults aren't all incompetent fools (yay).I do have one question/issue though. Mythos Academy is surrounded by walls that have these large Sphinx statues guarding the gates. They are supposed to protect the students (and teachers) from the evil Reapers by coming alive (supposedly) if they try to enter the grounds. My issue is this: How the hell is it that there are Reapers and bad guys on the inside without the Sphinxes knowing? I mean, there have been instances in each of the books where the bad guys are hiding amongst the students and school grounds and yet it's like, a surprise? I think those guard statues are broken. Or it's all just a legend that isn't actually real because not once have these Sphinxes ever actually done what they are supposed to, yet it's mentioned over and over and over again in the books like it's a Big Deal when I have yet to see it be Any Deal at all. Hmmph.Oh, one other issue... Nickamedes, the grumpy Professor/Librarian guy reminds me way too much of Snape from Harry Potter. The way he's described, his out of nowhere dislike of Gwen. Way too Snape-ish for my taste. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Severus Snape to pieces, but I don't like when he's cloned and renamed in other peoples' books. Does any one else who reads this series see the similarities? Is it just me?Ok then, I have now written something for this blog post and I shall try and not spend my entire sunny weekend on the couch on the computer. The internet sucks up way too much of my time and yet I can't seem to kick the habit. Maybe I need an intervention? I do know I need some sort of help to get me back into reading again. Since October I have not really felt like reading at all. I have too many other things going on in my brain and life. Alas. I was almost at 100 books read by this time last year and I'm only at 55 so far. Way behind what I normally read. My TBR pile has exploded to scary numbers yet again, when I had managed to get it down to a much more reasonable number. I do realize that the addition of 20 new books from BEA is partially to blame for that, but I'm still buying books, too, and it's getting CRAZY. Sigh.Mythos Academy

1. Touch of Frost
2. Kiss of Frost
3. Dark Frost
4. Crimson Frost
5. Midnight Frost - August 2013