A Touch of Frost (Veil, #1)

by Terry Maggert

[Terri M. LeBlanc]

I enjoyed the overall atmosphere of A Touch of Frost -- it was creepy, but not too creepy. The two storylines -- Gideon and the Society and Marina and the Witches caught my attention, but fell a bit short for me. Marina's coven and their evilness felt fleshed out. They were the type of villains you love to hate. Their bad morals and greasiness oozed off the page.

By comparison, Gideon and the Society sits nearly silent in the background. I struggled to understand Gideon's and the Society's purpose to the plot as a whole. Gideon's storyline, on its own, is pleasant and heartwarming -- taken as a short story or novella, it is passable. But when Gideon's story is taken as part of the novel as a whole it is confusing because so little about what Gideon is, how is powers work and why he's this important cog in...well not the story because he never encounters Marina and her band...something. The novel, in my opinion, stands alone without Gideon and if he is mean to play a role, more time should have been spend developing his connection to the story as a whole.

A Touch of Frost is an enjoyable quick read. I would give book two in the series a shot because I found the atmosphere and the villains so intriguing and I'm curious to know how Gideon fits into the puzzle.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.