On the worst birthday of my life, I come home to find my boyfriend in bed with another woman. Within hours, I'm drunk, homeless, and pledging to stay single forever. And that is when the dangerously sexy Seelie King rolls through town, looking for fae like me.

Every generation, the king holds a competition for Seelie queen. But for reasons he won't explain, Torin is looking for a charade, not a real marriage. So when I drunkenly sling insults his way, I have his attention.

When Torin offers me fifty million to participate, I think, "What have I got to lose?" The answer turns out to be "my life," because my competition will literally kill for the crown.

And the more time I spend with the seductive king, the harder it becomes to remember it's all supposed to be fake. Now, my life-and my heart-are on the line.

Review

I was a little afraid that my excitement for this book was incorrect. Not necessarily character or plotline, it was mainly the writing. It felt very check list to me. Meaning there was a lot of telling what was going on. It was very much I walked home and then I hit my leg on the counter and let out a sound. And then I passed the blue chair in my living room and continued on my way to my bedroom which was down the hall. Thankfully, either the writing developed, or I got used to it. Around the fifth or sixth chapter, I very much started to enjoy this story.

This book had been described as The Bachelor meets The Hunger Games. And I think that is the best way to describe it. King Torin needs to find a fae wife in order to save his world. His world has been slowly freezing and running out of food, which had promoted him to make a deal with the humans. They will broadcast his hunt to find a wife.

As soon as it was mentioned that humans were aware of the existence of fae, and everyone in Ava’s life knew she was a fae, I was like wait how is this going to work. All and all, I think that was an interesting plot point, given that most fantasy books I read the world is hidden from us regular people. Ava faced extreme prejudice growing up in the human world, and she also never felt like she belonged to the fae world since she was never welcomed back. That added a lot of depth to her character, and I actually ended up liking her.

She mentioned time and time again how brutal the fae world was, and she was not wrong. The other contestants were brutal, and every competition I held my breath because I really didn’t know how Ava would do against them. Luckily, she’s a survivor. As for her and Torin. It was a delicious enemy to lovers, marriage of convenience romance. She needs the money, and he needs a wife for a few months. Of course, they have some sparks. Also mix in her mystery backstory, and his dark secret that has him determined not to fall in love with his wife. It’s going to make for a very good romance journey. I can’t wait for the second book to come out in February.

Final Thoughts

Frost didn’t start out as strong as I had hope it would; however, I’m happy that I stayed with it. It’s has an interesting take on the fae world in relation to the human world, and has a strong female friendship, and a strong well balanced romance that has potential to be addicting.

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