- Title: Temple of Ice
- Author: Christian Cura
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My Thoughts
Book dragons, I have a new book for you. If you’re like me and love winter, then this book gives you another reason to love it. Winter; it’s both beautiful and deadly. It also makes the best time to snuggle in a corner with a good book and just read. (Hibernation mode for the book dragon.)
Temple of Ice by Christina Cura was one of the few books I have ever read that built their own world. He had vocabulary and different regions in this world. It was similar to another book I have read but it was slightly different. As a person that loves mythology and the like, some of the words that Cura decided to use were very familiar to me. (You’ll know what I mean when you read the book yourself. If you find out, leave a comment about which mythology I’m referring to. Hint: it’s a name.)
Cura had requested that I read his book and I have to say, I am so happy that he reached out. This book was an absolute blast and chilling in the best of ways.
While I was reading the book, I was getting flashbacks to my favorite moments when I was growing up and that made the book even more enjoyable. After having read so many reverse harem books, this book was a welcome change of pace.
The action scenes were well thought out and I was enraptured by the book. There was a main plot and subplots and the story followed that. I personally felt that nothing was given more importance over something else. We read as the story unfolds and get more and more concerned as the story continues. Towards the middle of the book, it does start to get a little predictable but not in the way you would think.
There were some moments where I was just left with shock. I had moments of “this can’t be happening” and “I have never seen this before.” There were surprises there that I have never seen in other books. I thought there was going to be some sort of mystical brainwashing in this book; I was very wrong. The only thing Tama really had to fight was the hatred of the human heart.
After having read the book, I think this book would fall under the “coming of age” category. The story literally starts off with Tama about to graduate. She has been training for something her entire life, what would happen next? It’s like any student that goes to university. You go to uni, you graduate, what do you do next? The best part is that if you take out all the action moments and the magic, the story would still be fun to read. It’s still relatable and the reader can empathize with the characters. We might not have gotten training to be a winter mage like Tama but we all have gone to school and perhaps not always have enjoyed it or try living up to the expectations of those older than us.
I think that this story is about finding yourself and not letting the desires of others influence you to do what they want. The moral of the story I think is to live how you want; love who you want and don’t let others tell you otherwise. Sometimes to really find yourself, you have to lose something you originally held dear or to reexamine what you actually care about. The world is always changing and sometimes we have to change with it. Even winter changes. The cold can preserve some things but it can also spark change in order to survive.
This book was so much fun to read and after giving it more thought, I think it has a very nice, deep meaning (or I just might be trying to find something that isn’t there.) Leave a comment on what you think of my thoughts. Also, please buy the book. I would love to have someone else to talk to about this book. Any winter lover will enjoy this book.
Until the next book, Mysty!~
Mysty's Corner 