I received this Arc in exchange for my honest review

This book is absolutely perfect!! I devoured it and desperately want more!! I feel like Kelan and Sol's story isn't over and I so hope there is more.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for giving me this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Oh boy, where do I even start. At first, I sort of liked Sol and Kelan but then the insta-love striked. The "romance" didn't make sense at all. Why did they "fall in love" so quickly for two people who's supposed to be enemies? Plus, they literally just met each other. Kelan was so ready to leave everything behind to be with Sol in around page 130?? C'mon, make it make sense. Their first kiss was also so sudden and basically their whole ~relationship~ is not believable at all.

Next, the little to no worldbuilding. The concept of flameskins and pyras were interesting and I thought it would be elaborated later, but there was no further explanation at all. The story also felt rushed and nothing really happened throughout the book. I didn't enjoy the author's writing and dialogues too, and none of the characters stood ot. I simply couldn't care about any of them. I was even tempted to DNF it halfway through the book.

It's really such a shame that I ended up not liking this book because I enjoyed the first 50 pages or so. It had potential, but it wasn't executed well. In the end, it was truly a waste of time.

The concept of this book was interesting and as I got further into the book, I connected more with the characters. Classic enemies to lovers but I was able to understand the validity in each of their viewpoints. Sol is a huntress who learned important skills from her father. Kelan is a Fireskin but not what anyone would except. He is incredibly strong to resist what should have overtaken him long ago. The story was well paced and side characters added to my enjoyment.

As a slow burn trope lover, I APPROVE OF THIS BOOK!!! I felt like my heart was being squeezed from all the feelings this book gave me all throughout the book. I was literally screaming!!!! You know what reminds me of this book? Six of Crows’ Nina and Matthias!! It’s like reading about their story and their journey to finding a safe place except it’s super detailed, extra action and adventure, and SUPER romance filled.

As a fantasy AND a romance lover, I really liked this book. But just a reminder for those who doesn’t like a lot of romance on their fantasy book, this might not be the best one for you. (IT IS FOR ME THOUGH)

Reading this book also felt like I was reading a whole series. Except for the one main conflict, there were so many (maybe too many?) other conflicts in it that were solved almost instantly. I think I prefer less conflict with a longer time before they’re solved (more exciting!!!)

All in all, this is a great read!!

My official rating is 3,5 stars.

The first thing that caught my attention was the gorgeous cover and I am so glad it was also fitting to the story.

In this book we follow Sol, a huntress from a little mountainvillage that is making sure Lady Isabella has a save passage through the mountains so she can ensure an alliance and save the kingdom from the Flameskin.
One of those Flameskin is Kelan, he gets in an encounter with Sol and her party and is only survivor left and now has to travel to the mountains with her.
While traveling they get in some dangerous encounters while only getting closer to eachother.

I LOVED everything about the magic system in this book, the Flameskin and their pyra were in my opinion the very best thing about this book. I also loved how we got to see Kelan resist his pyra for a big part of the story, I was amazed by his strenght.
My other favourite thing about this book was Kelan. I adore him. The way he hated being called a demon because he was not like other Flameskin, the way he never hid his feelings for Sol, even though he was scared they weren't returned at first. I loved him.

It took me a big while to warm up to Sol tho, in my opinion she seemed a bit childish at first. She kept on calling Kelan "Demon" rigth to his face, even while addressing him. When she stopped doing that and the author showed us the reason to her hate I could understand her a bit better.

Sol and Kelan were a beautiful couple, I just wish they got a little more time to pine over one another before they came together.

Over all I really enjoyed this story and the ending got me excited for a sequel that I'll definitetly check out.

I would like to thank Camille Longley & BooksGoSocial for my copy of the ARC. Due to this kind gesture, I have decided to leave an honest review.

I am in looooove!! I loved the cover, I loved the description and I completely loved the book. I haven't really been impressed with books lately so to actually enjoy this has brought me great joy, 4 stars!

In a world where an age-old war is still blazing (literally) Sol must help move Lady Isabella to meet her Prince to help gain troops to win this thing once and for all. But when a close encounter with the flameskins turns sour, what happens when human/mage must team up with the Devil to get back home safely? Can Kelan show Sol he's not the demon that she thinks he is?

Aw I loved this so much, then I found out this is just the start, it's prequel before the actual story and I am SHOOK. I genuinely don't know how to feel? I absolutely adore these characters. They overcame so much together. Freezing cold winter, hunger, everyone trying to kill them, family prejudice, their own prejudice! Now we need to say goodbye to them?! URGH.

There were a few characters but the love I have for Kelan is real. He is just a sweetheart right from the start! He is battling his own demon, loves someone who is ice, just wants to be free! He is perfect. My heart always ached how he always just thinks he's not good enough, he is.. HE ALWAYS IS.

I am looking forward to reading on in the series. It was fun, good paced (even with complete cringe moments) and I even had some Pocohuntus vibes going on! I just can't wait to see where it goes.

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"He laughed. "Warm? I could walk naked in the snow and still be warm." Solmexhaled. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't." "You sure?" he asked and grinned wickedly.

It seems like 'Demons' are going to be the next big thing in Fantasy. I also recently Beta Read another book about them. Before reading Firefrost, I didn't realize it was a prequel. Firefrost read like a prequel. I didn't get a very good sense of the Universe other than the basic plot. Firefrost felt like a generic Fantasy focusing on the romance. (All the stars for the enemies-to-love trope, though.) Maybe things will be expanded on in the actual series. I did like the premise of people knowingly existing with demons, or Flameskins. I may pick up the rest of the series at some point.

Thank you to BookGoSocial and Netgalley for the review copy.

This book gripped me from the start, and I connected to the characters almost instantly. A big bonus was that it had one of my favorite tropes, enemies-to-lovers. And I loved this trope in this book! But unfortunately from the 50% mark, it started to be a bit repetitive and slow in some chapters, and I started losing interest in the story.

We follow Sol, a huntress and a mage, sent to protect Lady Isabella on her journey to Cassia. We also follow Kellan, a lieutenant of the Flameskins army, sent to kill Lady Isabella. The only thing they have in common is that they both want to end the war. But they're on opposite sides, which makes them enemies.

When an avalanche buries everyone on this journey, leaving only Sol and Kellan, they are forced to work together in order to survive on their trip through the harsh mountains to Cassia.

I loved the dynamic between these two characters, and the whole thing about the war between Tokkens and Flameskins. We also got to learn more about a Flameskin's pyra (inner demon), and also how the war started.

What I didn't enjoy though, was that the story dragged at some points, and that some decisions made by the characters later on in the story felt like they were out of character for them. But, in the end, I did quite like reading this book.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you so much to BooksGoSocial via NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for an honest review! All opinions are my own.

So we have a classic enemies to lovers story, set against the snowy and magical Ulve Mountains. The Flameskins are a race of people who coexist with a demon called a pyra, and once their soul is fully consumed they essentially turn into demons. The nonmagical people and army of Tokkedal are attempting to eradicate this army of fire demons, a war which was been ongoing. With atrocities like cutting out the hearts of, and then burning flameskins being commonplace, the hatred and prejudice and fear of the nonmagical citizens runs deep.

The world building was really quite well done. We learn all about the snowy and inhospitable mountains, their legends, and the people who inhabit them. How they live, what they eat, how they feel in regards to the ongoing war. The political aspects got a bit confusing because even though a Tokken King was mentioned several times, a queen ended up being in power? Other than that I enjoyed the world quite a bit, especially the place at the end. Cough no spoilers.

The magic includes the Flameskins who have their demons, or mages that have similar skills but must use a stone to achieve them. There is so much intricate detail about the pyras and mages and their respective curses, that I was pretty impressed for the first 40% of the book. Even the history and prejudices and course of the wars were pretty interesting, as were all the ways in which the fire could be used. From firesharing to Saint Katerine and her powers, there were a very wide range.

The characters are a bit of another story. Sol is her village’s huntress, and ends up on a confusing journey of survival with a Flameskin commander named Kelan. They have to rely on each other for guidance, food, warmth, and emotional support while more or less having to escape both armies and everyone else they meet. Their goals change as they go, but safety is hard to find in a world where there is no place to be together.

Can they trust each other? Should they hate each other or jump into a bedroll? Can Kelan fight off his Pyra and stay human despite the fact that Sol is a bit of a moron and forces him to use it all the time? The relationship and inner monologue between them got so repetitive during the 35-70% part of the book that I just had to skim at times. There were no new revelations and yet every few pages I had to read about their very repetitive feelings and confusion towards each other. 1.5 stars docked right there, I would have just preferred a shorter book or to spend those pages maybe hearing more stories about the mountains, the Saints for sure, or literally anything else.

Kelan was a pretty interesting and complex character, while Sol just drove me nuts until she got her sh!t together and figured out which side to be on. I get that watching your pa cut out a Flameskin’s heart would have lasting effects, but it took her a very long time to come off her high horse and work cooperatively with him to survive.

I was on an easy 5⭐ course until I hit the middle of the book doldrums that some of the early reviews mentioned. There was still action going on but just so much repetition. This looks to be a prequel book to the rest of the series, taking place 100ish years before the next book occurs, so there was just no reason for it. I once again encourage YA authors to give their readers some credit and back off the repetition.

Fans of enemies to lovers, found families, adopted families, fire magic, superstition and lore, keep an eye out for this one! It releases September 21st!


Blog review can be seen at: https://onereadingnurse.com/2020/08/11/arc-review-firefrost-by-camille-longley/

Thank you to netgalley and Camille Longley for providing a copy in exchange for an honest review.

✨Firefrost✨

Sol is a huntress, born of the mountains. Kelan is a Lieutenant in his peoples army fighting to keep a hold on his soul. They are born enemies. But when fate ensures their paths to cross and forces them to depend on each other for survival, how will they cope with the hand they’ve been dealt? As the war rages on, lines are crossed, feelings are fought and sacrifices made. Can fire thaw hearts full of ice?

Rating-
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ /5 (overall)
❤️❤️❤️/5 (romance)
🧭 🧭 🧭 🧭/5 (adventure)

Firstly, I love the whole idea of this book, there is so much potential for future novels! The characters were likeable. Sol was a badass independent woman who supplied her village with food, she had great character development as the series progressed even if she had random mood swings (relatable, right?). Kelan, once Sol opened her mind and let her guard down, turned out to be a squishy cinnamon roll who would do anything to protect the ones he loved or deemed innocent. A man of morals and integrity.

I very much enjoyed that the book was multi-pov! I loved seeing the story from both perspectives and seeing how each interpret the others words and actions in comparison to how they were intended and how their different backgrounds and upbringings impacted this! However, for an enemies to lovers book, the romance, whilst sweet developed a little too quickly for me, with this trope I personally prefer a much slower burn and a build up of tension.

I feel there were parts that could’ve been elaborated on more. I found the idea of the Pyra interesting, but I was a little confused when it came to the differences between a Flameskin and a Mage and how they occurred, as there were families that had both. I’d like to see this elaborated on and explained a bit more as the series continues! Dryads were also mentioned but not much information was given so I hope to see more of them and their relevance explained a bit more too! Some important characters were mentioned fairly early on in the book but when it came time for them to appear, powers were mentioned but not explained, I feel that they would’ve had a stronger impact on the reader if it were explained why they were so feared, what they/their powers were, there was mention of it but not in great detail!

And damn! I was not expecting to be ambushed with a battle pretty much straight away but I am here for it. It gives you a sense of powers early on and has you wanting to read on. The ending definitely left me wanting more!

All in all, I believe this was a good introduction to the series, it’s the authors debut novel so I expect we’ll see things ironed out as the series progresses. Great for YA fantasy lovers! I will definitely be picking up book 2 to see what happens! This is definitely an author I’ll be keeping and eye out for!!

I love reading books where the protagonists start of as enemies and eventually become lovers,which is why I requested this book. I loved the idea of Flameskins and mages and was really into it during the beginning. But then the story became a little repetitive because they kept running away.

Overall, I thought it was an alright read and I was sort of satisfied with the ending, although I still had a few questions left unanswered.

Firefrost is the prequel to a new fantasy series called Flameskin Chronicles set in a world where some people possess a pyra, kind of a fire spirit that give them powers but that also controls their actions if they let the pyra take over their souls. I found this premise very interesting and I also discovered that it includes an enemies to lovers romance which is my favorite trope of all type so I knew right away that I was going to love this story.

Sol is a huntress that has to begin a journey through the mountains to escort a princess whose marriage will guarantee the safety of Sol’s home. On the road, they come across a group of flameskin, the people that threaten to destroy everything that Sol knows and loves. They decide to attack but an avalanche kills everyone except from Sol and Kelan, a flameskin that fights to not give his pyra the control and lose himself in the process. They are forced to work together if they want to survive the cold of the mountain winter and Sol soon realizes that, maybe, Kelan is not her enemy.

Firefrost has two main characters, there aren’t many characters apart from them that have a very important role in the story. The two of them have a lot of depth thanks to all of the internal conflicts that they have to face throughout their journal across the mountains. They also suffer a huge evolution because of having met each other.

My favorite was, without a doubt, Kelan. I think that his psychology was really interesting, he is always fighting his own nature, this fire that lives inside him and that wants to take away his change to do good. I grew very fond of him and he has become one of my favorite characters ever that is going to stay in my heart for a long time.

Then we have Sol who is the one that evolves the most, in my opinion. She grew up in a place that encouraged the hatred towards the flameskin and she has never considered that what her parents told might not be the truth. The questions that she asks herself plus all of this moments in which she doubts her family, specially her father, give her a lot of complexity. I connected pretty quickly with her, I think she is very strong and that she has a lot of perseverance.

Firefrost is a character driven story. It mainly focuses on the relationship that appears between the two main characters, their feelings and internal conflicts. This doesn’t mean that nothing happens or that the author doesn’t develop the worldbuilding. On the contrary, the action scenes and the survival have the same importance than the slower scenes that give the characters more depth. I really enjoyed this combination and I think that the balance is just right.

One of the things that surpised me the most in this book was how much it hooked me from the very beginning. I don’t know exactly how long it took me to finish it but I think that I didn’t last me more than a day and a half. I found something within the pages that kept me inside them without the possibility of stopping.

As I have already mentioned, this book contains an enemies to lovers romance with has become in the past few years my favorite trope. The romance is the main focus of the story so, if you don’t usually enjoy romances, this might not be your book. I personally love to find books like this one when I am in the mood. Sol y Kelan start off the book hating each other, specially Sol. She thinks that Kelan is a demon but feelings start to grow between the two of them. I think that the romance is not rushed or anything like that, the more intimate scenes are just beautiful and I loved their relationship.

The worldbuilding is very different from what I usually encounter in this kind of books. It is explained enough to understand but it also leaves some topics without answers so I think that they are going to get explored in the rest of the series. What I found the most interesting is the pyras and the fire magic, it is a concept that I am looking forward to exploring more. It is true that, maybe, the world is not developed as much as the romance, for example, but I understand it and it doesn’t bother me at all.

The ending is closed, the story of Sol and Kelan finish with the last line of the book because, from what I understand, the next installment called Flameskin is going to follow another bunch of characters several years later. I can’t wait for it to be published.

Before I begin my review for Firefrost by Camille Longley, I would like to personally thank Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read this ARC in return for an honest opinion.


Immerse yourself into an exciting and new fantasy world of fire, magic and derogatory. Firefrost by Camille Longley explores a forbidden, enemies to lovers romance and their fight to survive in a world ravaged by war.

Firefrost features, but is not limited to, the following themes:
○ Enemies to lovers
○ Forbidden love
○ War
○ Adventure
○ Magic
○ Family
○ Survival
○ Fantasy
○ Kick ass heroine

My overall rating for Firefrost is…

4 stars!

Firefrost is an incredibly creative fantasy tale with interesting concepts and a fluffy romance. I loved getting to know the main characters and living their adventures through well written words. I was captivated from page one and believe readers of Leigh Bardugo and Maria V Snyder will devour this book.

I read this thanks to NetGalley.

Well, if you like a good dose of fantasy - YA, I would say - then you'll have a lot of fun here. Sol is a huntress, Kelan is a soldier, they are on opposite sides in a war to the end - so, yes, of course, blah, blah, blah.

The fun is in the getting there, and the plot twists. It started out and I thought "Oh, yeah, this is this kind of book", and then suddenly we switch to something else and something else. So many ideas here, interesting world building, and plenty of room for more books from the world Longley has created.

Firefrost by Camille Longley
Firefrost is a love story. Enemies become friends and fall in love. There is a reason this basic plot is used so much: it’s intriguing. It appeals to our basic interest in the beauty and the beast story (and both characters are the beast in the others eyes at first). So even not knowing anything about this universe I was intrigued and picked it up.
The story started well- I always love a good gender reveal- and I was interested to learn more about the elemental mages called Fireskins. I like that the book jumped right into the action with minimla background/history. However, this entire book is about running from place to place. Just when you think Sol and Kelan can find a place to stay they are up an running again. This didn’t bother me at all in the first half of the book, maybe because there is character development going on. The second half, however, has several large time- skips that I found startling and with could have been removed. The second half has almost no relationship development, just the introduction of children.
Started well, but was disappointing in the middle and end because of the plot. 2/5 stars.

Thank you for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review. I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. I'm sort of a sucker for the enemies-to-lovers trope, and although Sol and Kelan were an interesting dynamic (truly forbidden lovers and natural-born foes), the romance evolved too quickly for my taste, felt a bit forced in places, and ultimately caused the story to drag. Don't get me wrong, the author does a wonderful job presenting these characters and their abilities to the reader; however, some of the other elements felt neglected in the process...elements I felt really could have improved the story and its pacing.

For starters, I didn't know enough about the world they came from. (Since my understanding is that this is the prequel to the Flameskin Chronicles, perhaps this will be further explored later on.) Also, and maybe it's just me, but I wish I could have followed the "pyra," "emberstone," and "mage" concepts more easily. I seemed to get lost throughout these particular scenes which made my reading experience a bit frustrating.

What I enjoyed most about this story was the two separate points of view. It was interesting to hear the perspectives of both Kelan and Sol; to really dig deep into their trains of thought and internal struggles. Sol's prejudice against Flameskins was fascinating, particularly when her romantic feelings began getting in the way of everything she had been raised to believe. And Kelan is wrapped up in so much turmoil as he was fighting off his pyra---he was really my favorite character.

A lot was going on in this story. Sometimes I was really into it, and other times I never thought it'd end. While I don't think I'll continue the series, I wish for its success going forward. I see it having a lot of potential.

I absolutely loved this book and it reminded me so much of one of my favourite books that I had to go back and re-read it! This is definitely one that I will be buying to put on my bookshelf to read again and again as it was just so good to read. There is violence, betrayal, love and vengeance, it has everything a good fantasy novel should have in it.

My only criticism is that some of the book seemed to be breezed over where it could've been made longer to really enhance the story.

Amazing book and I can't wait to read more from this author

Fire Frost started out strong and then kind of fizzled out.

The characterisation was brilliant but conflicting a lot of the time and the conflicting, unreliable perspectives between the two pov's was more frustrating and less of a plot device.

The story itself has HUGE potential and felt kind of like a blend of Romeo and Juliet blending in Peter Pan. My main qualm is that it was climactic event after climactic event and it kind of dulled the effect.

The pacing started out realistic but then there was jumps of time and things seemed to be rushed just to finish in one book when I feel like it could've been fleshed out a lot more and potentially broken down and expanded into a whole other book.

I also would've enjoyed a bit more imagistic, world building. The characters have been given depth by a fair bit of internal monologing but there wasn't enough world building to really build a clear picture of the environment or even understand the society the story is based in beyond the superficial knowledge of two opposing breeds of life (human and fireskin).

Overall it was a good read and engaging enough that I wanted to know what happened but sadly I was progressively more and more disappointed with how it turned out.

Review will be live on socials by mid August.

I received this ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Firefrost follows two enemies on opposing sides of a war. Sol, who is a hater of flameskins, huntress for her village and Fire mage, though she has sworn to never use her power and Kelan, a flameskin soldier who has resisted possession by his ‘Pyra’, the demon that lives inside him and gives him his fire ability.

Sol and Kelan’s story is a delight to read. You will quickly find yourself attached to them as characters and immersed in their banter as they are forced to rely on each other to survive.

Firefrost gives an interesting twist to the enemies to lovers trope as the very thing which can extinguish Kelan’s ability to use fire enables Sol to utilise fire herself. But what happens when both of them are forced into circumstances where they must make a choice: Become what they despise or perish.

This book has quite a few interesting twists and turns, the further i read the more interesting it became. Especially towards the end.

Kelan is a Flameskin. He lives every day with his pyra, the voice inside his head that will someday consume him, whispering for him to burn the world to its knees. Sol is a huntress with a hatred for Flameskins inherited from her father.

When an incident in the wilderness leaves the two of them as the only survivors, they must rely on each other to survive the journey onward. The fiery dynamic between Kelan and Sol keeps the reader turning pages to find out what happens next.

Their journey is refreshingly unique. Longley weaves a story with many unexpected twists and turns. When I read, I’m constantly trying to puzzle out what’s coming next. “Firefrost” left me delightfully surprised and hoping for a sequel.

TL;DR:

“Firefrost” is a refreshingly unique fantasy that will keep the reader questioning until the last page. Add this one to your wishlist now!