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Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Nearly a century ago the Ice fell upon the Earth.
And nothing has been the same ever since. This is a little based on the premise from the movie The Island or, further back, the Myth of the Cave by Plato.
Good rulers who turn out to be not-so-good. Obsolete laws became valid again. Piety revives in times of chaos and desperation. Life is not a searching of happiness anymore, but of mere subsistence. Not a revival of the Stone Age, but a big step back nonetheless. Furthermore, there is a hint of I Nearly a century ago the Ice fell upon the Earth.
Furthermore, there is a hint of Icebreaker and Reign of Fire in this book. Humanity survives through a perpetual winter, and dragons are stealing the farmers' livestock.
There is a government that takes care of things but you there is always the constant suspicion that they do not make too much of an effort to improve people's lives. I liked the slow-pacing flame. So quiet and desperate to bloom, but no allowed to do so.
They are both loyal to each other even though the silence and separation is the rule and not the exception. Sometimes the tension is so strong you just want them gone from the town, together. But it's not easy to survive out there on your own, and it's even more difficult to leave everything you have known behind. Will they be able to find a balance between what they want and what the village demands from them? Beginning with David's family, of course. It's an "angsty" story but not as extreme as I expected.
If you are looking for lust and desire in every page, you won't find it here. This story is drenched with a young-adult and come-to-age feeling. David is 16 years old at the beginning of the book and but he already knows hard work and maturity comes fast when a series of events the arrival of Callan and its consequences makes him grow up fast. The laws are harsh. The society does not welcome his needs.
He has never felt said needs until the day Callan comes into town and suddenly, he has desires we can't acknowledge publicly. When the dragons are added to the mix, things go out of hand. I'm a little disappointed, though, because there is no real explanation about the Ice. How did that happen?
Who caused it? Natural disaster or human doing? How does the world now, the countries are the same or have the borders changed? If so, what is the situation in the other places? Is there a real isolation from the rest of the world of does the government communicate with other nations by other means?
Is the whole Earth frozen or does the Sahara became a green and fertile area? Questions, questions. To sum up, I recommend this book, but I can't say it's perfect. Shelves: glbt-gay , dragon , fantasy. No, not just sad I will not talk about the end because it didn't end I was destroyed reading all the tragedies BUT I was also loving it. In a post-apocalyptic future humankind live in a ice hell. Oh yeah Why all humans are in such horrible conditions?
What happened that cause this glacial era? And WTH? That's the World our protagonist live The main character Well I have no words to tell you how adorable and fool he is! Nothing he do goes well! I must admit if he was someone near me I would bitch slap him a lot I can't say more I wish I could but I may ruin the story He is too noble, too brave, too I have no idea what to think I loooove this book so much, and it hurt me so badly!
I don't know I know things will get ugly View all 4 comments. Mar 20, LD Durham rated it it was amazing Shelves: general-fiction , m-m-romance , gay-fiction. Incredibly powerful and moving. Part way through this book I didn't think I'd make it.
I had heard of people honoring a death by staying to see it done but never quite got it. I understand it now. Out of respect, I kept reading, not wanting to be a coward and turn away from the dark.
I'm glad I did and was rewarded handsomely. This was an amazing read. I've never read anything like it. A commentary on society, on the human heart, and a coming-of-age story. All those terms fit, but this Powerful. All those terms fit, but this book seemed more than that. Told simply but powerfully, it kept me tied to its pages for hours on end.
I know these characters will stay with me and influence me for a long time to come. View 1 comment. From All Romance eBooks. So, I was surprised to have enjoyed this as much as I did. The world building was well done and the hint of conspiracy certainly gave the story a neat twist. Some of the book leaves you guessing a little till the end and I am hoping the 2nd book comes out soon as I cannot wait to see what happens next. The romance between Callan and David was sweet, tender and passionate.
David was such a sturdy character, a likeable cuss and I enjoyed him immensely. The books length was also a plus and defnitely allowed the time for the development of the characters. At pages in pdf I really felt that I got bang for my buck.
I liked! Wow, what a wonderful book this was. The story is set years into the future, in a post-apocalyptic world, after an ice age. It's a beautiful romance between David, a young farmer who still lives with his family and has led a very sheltered life, and Callan, a healer who's recently arrived in the local town.
There's a good dollop of angst running throughout the book as they struggle to stay together and be accepted in the community and it's difficult to take at times but well worth the effort Wow, what a wonderful book this was.
There's a good dollop of angst running throughout the book as they struggle to stay together and be accepted in the community and it's difficult to take at times but well worth the effort. Moving straight on with Out of the Ashes View all 9 comments. Oct 15, Juxian rated it did not like it Shelves: didn-t-like , never-again.
Till then I was involved and interested; after that - I think I completely shut down on the book. It happens to me sometimes. All right, I get plenty mad when characters do something I consider wrong - but then I'm mad because I care. This is different. Sometimes a thing happens that just makes me lose any feeling for the character at all; like he stops existing for me. In this case, I'm not sure it was about characters, it was more about the author and the book.
And the choice was between the life of one person and some inconvenience for the other. David was never threatened with death, not even with physical punishment. And to make things even worse, Callan got off with a much lighter punishment himself.
It is not Callan's fault, though, he is a victim, too; and the whole thing could have become a horrible lesson of choices and consequences. What disgusts me is how the book treated what happened: dismissing Mills' death as something unimportant - well, he was "difficult" and impolite to David, and besides Callan didn't love him - and even as something convenient, because now there's no one standing between Callan and David now.
For real, after burying Mills' body Callan and David decide to spend the day playing. I couldn't get over it. I can sympathize with hatred, resentment, cruelty - depending on circumstances. But dismissing a human life as something insignificant so that the author could focus on the sweet love of the main characters I did push through the rest of the book - mostly because I didn't want to have another one in my "never-finished" folder.
But - the magic was gone. I couldn't care what happened. Well, and it didn't help that David was becoming more and more Everyone okay, "good guys" was extolling him for his many virtues, and I couldn't understand where all those virtues are. Is he stupid? Is he, like, five year old? Is he a Mary-Sue? The third variant, most likely Decent, slow-building post-ap with a plot and an angsty romance line.
View 2 comments. This was a very interesting book, but I thought I would like it more. At the beginning I was charmed by David's voice, but by the end of the book I got tired of it. It was as if the mannerisms of his speech almost hindered the evolution of his personality, or what I expected would be that evolution. David goes through a lot in this book - and Callan more so - but he keeps repeating the same mistakes, which are due partly to his naivety, partly to his rashness, that is not always boldness, someti This was a very interesting book, but I thought I would like it more.
David goes through a lot in this book - and Callan more so - but he keeps repeating the same mistakes, which are due partly to his naivety, partly to his rashness, that is not always boldness, sometimes it's sheer recklessness or even selfishness.
The problem is that he never really pays for his mistakes or deeds, it's always poor Callan who ends up in the worst place. I also had a few problems with Callan, but probably it wasn't even his fault. David made him always look childlike. It was charming at first, but then it seemed a sort of flaw in his personality. Their love story is really sweet and I was grateful for it, because their trials metaphorical and literal and tribulations make this book very angsty.
Like the dragons that hover above their community, there is always an impending menace, trouble waiting to happen. I wasn't bothered by the fact that David is under-aged 17 , while Callan is older 23 , because, as I said, David seems much more in control than his older friend. I liked that their friendship begins with the sharing of books, it was very poetic. The world building was interesting. The story is set in a future after an Ice age. Stories and manufacts of the 21st century linger in a society that for its laws and beliefs is back to It's not that religion is central - only for some people - but there is a morality that surely predates the more liberal thoughts of the 21st century.
The climate is cold, the land is difficult to cultivate, and people in general survive. The department of Reintroduction and Agriculture determines the life of the community and it's the biggest threat of all, together with his emissaries. The town of Moline with its main characters the Sheriff, the healer, the mayor, the town councilmen, the school master is portrayed with detail. By the end of the book it was as if I knew all the places and landmarks.
The imagery this cold nature evokes is very powerful, probably the best feature of the book. I also found so fascinating reading about things we do and use everyday as mythical tales. I said before that I got a bit tired of David's voice, but I have to say that the author was able to give each character its own voice.
Callan is more educated than David, and he comes from a different part of the country, so it's easy to tell them apart, but for example David, his father, his brother Benny C, they do sound slightly different from each other. If I had seen David learn from his mistakes, grow up, I would have liked the book better. This is something that I think is missing. Apart from that, it's a very good book that I'd recommend for its originality.
Jun 18, Heidi Cullinan rated it really liked it Shelves: pick-it-for-me-challenge. I went into this book pretty much cold, and I have to say, overall it was an incredibly pleasant surprise. I know it's post-apocalyptic, but it felt like Little House on the Prairie to me, which I absolutely adored. I got completely distracted by the setting, by the tone—everything was just right. When I realized we were going to go from budding romance to persecution, I was a little bummed, but it worked out okay, which is a I went into this book pretty much cold, and I have to say, overall it was an incredibly pleasant surprise.
When I realized we were going to go from budding romance to persecution, I was a little bummed, but it worked out okay, which is a statement because I'd had my heart set on a sweet romance. I still got it to a degree, but yes, there was decidedly trouble in River City. In the end I enjoyed the way this trouble resolved.
It was realistic and satisfying. One would like to think that this is a social justice which can't be rolled back, but I understand entirely how the throwback came about. My only complaint with the book is that I feel like there is a slight disconnect between the story that is started to be told and the story that ends the book, and I think this is the consequence of the impending sequel. The central question is a little shaky. I did not take it that the romance was the main arc of the book, that it was more the struggle over the dragons ID'd in chapter one.
And yet this issue is only sort of resolved; it's the story of the two main characters' romance which puts an end cap on the novel. It makes me feel a bit like one of those Escher paintings where there are three prongs on one end and yet they end up in just two somehow.
I would have been fine with the romance being secondary or in front, but to switch around like that mid-stream stepped on the story a bit for me. Even so. This is a fantastic story, so much fun, and such a ride.
I will be looking forward to the sequel when it's released. Shelves: m-m , reviewed , own-kindle-copy , m-m-paranormal , not-lendable-or-already-lent. I'm feeling a little bit meh about this book. I never really got on board with David's narration or David as a character. He's only 16 for the majority of the book, which was a bit too young for me to feel comfortable reading sex scenes, and his voice is very simplistic and purposefully uneducated.
It just never pulled me in. I liked Callan quite a bit - he was funny at times and smart, but he has some of the worst luck I've encountered in a book recently and it was just no fun to read about at I'm feeling a little bit meh about this book. I liked Callan quite a bit - he was funny at times and smart, but he has some of the worst luck I've encountered in a book recently and it was just no fun to read about at all.
Some of his problems were definitely results of mistakes on his part, but so many of them were just stupid bad luck that I just felt bad for him. A lot of the things that happened to Callan made me very angry while reading as well. I don't enjoy reading about people being destroyed because of ignorant prejudices. I empathize too much, even with the bad characters.
He dies in a horrible way, but it's sort of excused in the book because he and Callan were just sex and not true love, and Taylor was "difficult. Yes, he was responsible for a lot of death in the town, but I didn't feel like he was really evil - just a government employee trying to do his job and that just happened to involve doing bad things. As far as the world building, it worked for me, but not all of the plot elements worked in the world.
Maybe some of the government's reasons will be explained in the next book, but I don't think I'll be reading it. I fought my way through this overly long and drawn out story. Angst is not my thing and this story was jam packed full of it. The first and last 25 pages were good.
I believe that this would have made a much more palatable short story. I have has quite enough of this series and this particular author. View all 8 comments. Feb 28, Elisa Rolle rated it it was amazing. Apr 24, Paul Jr. It is clear from reading this book that author R. Day can write. Her prose is neat and concise and, despite the pace dragging a bit in the first 75 pages, the characters she creates are well rounded and full and the setting is well told.
The story is told from the first person perspective of David, one of our heroes, and David is a likeable fellow who, at the age of 16 albeit, he tends for me to read more 13 or 14 , is beginning to realize that he is a bit different from other men, that a lif It is clear from reading this book that author R.
The story is told from the first person perspective of David, one of our heroes, and David is a likeable fellow who, at the age of 16 albeit, he tends for me to read more 13 or 14 , is beginning to realize that he is a bit different from other men, that a life with a woman is somehow not in the cards.
When he meet the immensely appealing Healer Landers, things become a little clearer for David, and through a series of events, the two become entangled, both emotionally and romantically. Day captures these two men well and as the novel progresses, we see a nice, clear character arc for each of them, both having changed and grown by the time the reach the end of the novel. But there's something about this novel that did not sit right with me from about the halfway point. You know how when you see a preview for a movie and you're excited because it seems to be one thing, but when you actually get into the movie theatre, it is another thing entirely and you're disappointed verging on angry That is exactly how I feel with this novel and in that respect, I think it deserves two reviews: one for the novel it is and one for the novel it is masquerading as.
So let's tackle first, the novel that it isn't. A Strong and Sudden Thaw is billed as a speculative fiction work and as such, for me, it fails completely on just about every level.
There is a great trend in spec fiction these days to regress. That is, the world is post-apocalyptic, but is post-apocalyptic to the point that the setting has reverted to, essentially, a period setting. Many talented authors have gone this route and produced amazing pieces of speculative fiction. However, with this novel, it doesn't work.
It is very clearly a period piece, despite the New Ice Age element. While this speculative Ice Age does allow the author to wax nostalgic about things from The Before like Disneyland and Almond Joy candy bars, hot cocoa , that hardly makes it speculative.
You also get a few author-peeking-behind-the curtain moments--such as with the reference to Bennett Cerf--that are meant to place us very far into the future, but instead play out as a clever writer showing herself instead of the world. Throw in some dragons and some government conspiracy neither of which are fully explored or committed to , and you get a hint of spec fiction without the intense world building spec fic requires.
Don't get me wrong…there is good world building here. But the word being built is late s North America through and through, not post-apocalyptic America. Likewise, all good spec fiction has an element of subtle social commentary woven into it and A Strong and Sudden Thaw certainly has social commentary. However, it is delivered with a sledgehammer and not a velvet glove. Allegory and metaphor are thrown away here.
We really, really get that homophobia and discrimination are bad, bad, bad, because Day hammers us over the head with it. Weave in elements such as Healer Landers gifting an old copy of "Crime and Punishment" to David, and any chance of subtlety is gone.
Instead of a clever, infiltrating commentary that is one of the hallmarks of excellent spec fic, we get a civics lesson, sans the blackboard and required reading. Now let's look at the novel as it really is. And it is this perspective from which one must really approach the novel in order to appreciate its nuances.
As an historical gay romance, the preachiness the author practices fits. It becomes less the author's personal point of view and more the central core of the story, the primary antagonist, if you will, that stands between these two men and their developing relationship.
From this perspective, the burgeoning relationship between David and Healer Landers becomes more effective emotionally, and the story plays out exceptionally well. The characters are given distinctive and appealing personalities, right down to the "bit players. Curiosity and intelligence go hand in hand with David and it makes him a dynamic hero. Healer Landers is likewise a well-crafted character, his personality distinctly different than David's and multi-dimensional.
In a genre where often the two male protagonists tend to sound nearly identical in character voice, it is refreshing to read two characters who may have things in common, but who have their own unique personalities. As a reader, I felt a bit cheated by this novel because of the mask it was wearing.
If you sell something to me as a speculative fiction, I expect the speculative elements to take center stage in some way and to be well developed and intriguing. And, in speculative works, I expect social commentary to be a subtle bonus, something almost unnoticed. And without a doubt, as I read this, expecting a speculative fantasy, I found myself becoming less interested and more angry at the wool trying to be pulled over my eyes.
But once I stopped and realized what this actually was, I began enjoying the novel and seeing it for what it is: a very, very good example of gay romance. So, if you are looking for a great gay speculative piece of fiction, I think A Strong and Sudden Thaw is more than likely to disappoint.
If you are looking for a well-written and engaging piece of gay romance with an historical bent, I think you will hit the mark with this one because that is the book that shines. So well written! Not a story for the faint of heart, this is both beautiful and devastating. Thank you, Tracy -- you were right, and I loved it! Jan 05, Bill rated it really liked it Shelves: gay-fiction. Caveat: This novel will piss you off! It's a gay SciFi occurring near the end of the 22nd century when the global warming of the 21st century has been replaced by an ice age in the northern hemisphere.
Don't be fooled by the mention of dragons on the book cover. This is not a Fantasy. It is Caveat: This novel will piss you off! It is similar to the Pern novels in this sense. The characters are strongly drawn.
I quite related to the protagonists, especially the older one. Still it will piss you off. Jan 25, Celine rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy-scifi , e-book. I was torn between 4 or 5 stars but i decided 4 just wasn't enough!
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