After her mom died in a car accident six months ago,
Gwendolyn Frost found herself at Mythos Academy, a school
for the descendants of ancient warriors, such as Spartans
and Amazons. What Gwen doesn't get is why she's at the
school. Sure, she's a gypsy with the gift of psychometry,
the ability to read an object's history by just touching it,
but she's nothing special compared to what everyone else can
do at her new school. Even the biggest geeks can kick ass,
while she can't even get through gym class. A complete
social outcast, Gwen's only friend is her grandmother, but
even she's keeping secrets, like the reason why Gwen has to
attend Mythos Academy.
When Gwen stumbles across the dead body of Jasmine Ashton,
the richest and most popular girl in her class, she finds
herself knee deep in a mystery. While everyone else seems to
agree that the murderer was a Reaper, a follower of the God
Loki, Gwen's instincts tell her otherwise. When Gwen starts
digging into Jasmine's life, she discovers not everything
was perfect with the popular girl. With a little help from a
few new friends, tentative though the friendships may be,
Gwen plunges further into the mystery. Someone doesn't want
Gwen poking around into this murder though, and they'll do
anything to stop her from continuing.
I'm a huge fan of Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assassin series
and couldn't wait to check out her new YA series, but once I
read the premise, I admit, all I could think was that it
sounded kind of like the Percy Jackson series, just with
different Gods. I'm sure I'm not the only one who will make
that comparison but having read the book, if you take a pass
on this book based on that belief, you'll be missing out on
an amazingly addictive new series. I read TOUCH OF FROST in
one day and am desperately jonesing for more.
Ms. Estep has done her research when it comes to the
factions of mythology she covers and it shows when she gets
into explaining about all the Gods and their history. Then
she manages to weave it into a book about angst-ridden high
schoolers and makes the entire endeavor believable. From the
catty popular girls to the geeks in band, and all the
uncertainty that plagues every teen at some point, this is a
book everyone can identify with, super powers or not. Who
hasn't dreamed about learning that they are, in fact, more
than they really thought they were. I loved how Ms. Estep
built up the friendship between Gwen and Daphne, and, of
course, Gwen and Logan. With many threads hanging loose, not
to mention the fate of Gwen and Logan's relationship, the
wait for the next book in the series, Kiss of Frost
(out in December) seems a long way off. TOUCH OF FROST is an
exhilarating start to the Mythos Academy series and I, for
one, can't wait to get back to school when the next book
comes out.
My name is Gwen Frost, and I go to Mythos Academy -- a
school of myths, magic and warrior whiz kids, where even
the lowliest geek knows how to chop off somebody's head
with a sword and Logan Quinn, the hottest Spartan guy in
school, also happens to be the deadliest.
But lately, things have been weird, even for Mythos. First,
mean girl Jasmine Ashton was murdered in the Library of
Antiquities. Then, someone stole the Bowl of Tears, a
magical artifact that can be used to bring about the second
Chaos War. You know, death, destruction and lots of other
bad, bad things. Freaky stuff like this goes on all the
time at Mythos, but I'm determined to find out who killed
Jasmine and why – especially since I should have been the
one who died …
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