I absolutely love the Pathfinder Tales stories, so was excited to find another RPG style series. While I didn't think Frostgrave: Second Chances was as well written as my favorite Pathfinder Tales, it was a decent story. I'm hoping future stories in the Frostgrave world are more developed. I found this tale to be kind of slow moving, once you got past the initial burst of action. There was a lot of introspection and sister dialog, which isn't my cup of tea. I prefer more action and old school epic fantasy (which I was hoping for here). Well written and I will definitely keep my eye out for future tales though.

I adore the cover for this book, and the blurb. At the beginning, the story starts right in the inciting event with action and purpose. It snared me right into the story.

However, the initial event lasted for nearly the first 10% of the story, so after awhile it began to drag, despite the action. I wanted to get there and get out of the cave to explore the rest of Frostgrave. When it finally happened, the characters stopped, and entered a long segment of sitting and talking and reminiscing. It stalled the story, and thus my interest.

I tried every few days to pick it back up as I really wanted to continue this tale, but unfortunately by the time anything happened again I'd lost interest. This is purely subjective on my part as characters sitting and talking in long droves loses me in any story. DNF at 16%

While continuing this story isn't for me, I'd probably recommend it to readers who love fantasy and stories that focus on sister relationships.

Frostgrave Second Chances by Matthew War is based on tabletop wargame Frostgrave: Fantasy Wargames in the Frozen City. Yelen and Mirika are doomed by a curse that as Yelen uses magic the sooner she will be subsumed by the demon Azzanar. To survive their search for treasures Mirika has to use magic. When the twins are sundered Yelen has to save them; however the frozen city is riven by deceit and war. Who will win.