Alicia Rades
Author of Fire in Frost
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Works by Alicia Rades
Academy of Magical Creatures: Books 1-3 — Author — 7 copies
Associated Works
Magic is the New Black: A Limited Edition Collection of Supernatural Prison Stories (2020) — Contributor — 3 copies
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Fire in Frost (Crystal Frost Book 1) by Alicia Rades
Crystal Frost learns she has psychic abilities after seeing a ghost in school. She wants to use her gifts to help a fellow student. Crystal and her friends work together to make things right.
DNF ~ 20%
This was a free audiobook on Apple Books, and I saw the Indigenous and disability representation and figured why not. I went in with low expectations, but I still find myself unsurprisingly disappointed. Because I don’t feel like writing out an essay today, I’m just going to bullet-point through the things I liked, didn’t like, and what was in between…
The Negatives
- Sophia was a very average immature teenage girl Mary Sue Chosen One main character. She had almost no personality and I found myself wanting to skip to Liam’s point-of-view chapters at times just to not have to hear about her inner monologue.
- Liam was a very typical angsty boy love interest, but given his situation I found it a little bit excusable. He was the more enjoyable of the two main characters.
- The magic system was unoriginal. Earth, air, water, and fire is a story I’ve read too many times before.
- The writing was very immature for a book aimed at new adults, I feel like this could’ve worked better as a young adult novel.
The In-Between
- This was one of those books where you can tell the writers are 100% millennials. Take that as you will.
- While the side characters weren’t the most fleshed out, they weren’t completely forgettable either.
The Positives
- Both of the audiobook narrators did a great job. In all honesty, their reading was the only truly enjoyable thing about this.
- The Indigenous and disability representation, which had been my main reason for reading this book, was actually very heavily present in this as far as I read in the story. Almost all of the characters are Indigenous and the love interest has a chronic disability that is present and spoken about within his point-of-view chapters.
TL;DR: Not completely awful but I didn’t find any worth in continuing on with this.… (more)
This was a free audiobook on Apple Books, and I saw the Indigenous and disability representation and figured why not. I went in with low expectations, but I still find myself unsurprisingly disappointed. Because I don’t feel like writing out an essay today, I’m just going to bullet-point through the things I liked, didn’t like, and what was in between…
The Negatives
- Sophia was a very average immature teenage girl Mary Sue Chosen One main character. She had almost no personality and I found myself wanting to skip to Liam’s point-of-view chapters at times just to not have to hear about her inner monologue.
- Liam was a very typical angsty boy love interest, but given his situation I found it a little bit excusable. He was the more enjoyable of the two main characters.
- The magic system was unoriginal. Earth, air, water, and fire is a story I’ve read too many times before.
- The writing was very immature for a book aimed at new adults, I feel like this could’ve worked better as a young adult novel.
The In-Between
- This was one of those books where you can tell the writers are 100% millennials. Take that as you will.
- While the side characters weren’t the most fleshed out, they weren’t completely forgettable either.
The Positives
- Both of the audiobook narrators did a great job. In all honesty, their reading was the only truly enjoyable thing about this.
- The Indigenous and disability representation, which had been my main reason for reading this book, was actually very heavily present in this as far as I read in the story. Almost all of the characters are Indigenous and the love interest has a chronic disability that is present and spoken about within his point-of-view chapters.
TL;DR: Not completely awful but I didn’t find any worth in continuing on with this.… (more)
Awakened by Grace: Divine Fate Trilogy (Davina Universe Book 3), my third read from author Alicia Rades. The story continues seamlessly from Touched by Grace: Book 2. Coupled with a somewhat unique plot the book becomes a page turner that you can't wait to complete. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review." The gifting of this book did not affect my opinion of it. I look forward to reading more from this author. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).
Chosen by Grace: Divine Fate Trilogy (Davina Universe Book 1), my first read from author Alicia Rades and it was a page-turner. I don't do spoilers so you'll have to read blurbs for those. Rades character development is excellent. She creates first a primary character and then a supporting cast that the reader gets invested into. Coupled with a somewhat unique plot the book becomes a page turner that you can't wait to complete and then get into the next book.
Touched by Grace: Divine Fate Trilogy (Davina Universe Book 2), my second read (back to back) from author Alicia Rades. The story continues seamlessly from Chosen by Grace Book 1. Coupled with a somewhat unique plot the book becomes a page turner that you can't wait to complete and then get into the next book.
Awakened by Grace: Divine Fate Trilogy (Davina Universe Book 3), my third read from author Alicia Rades. The story continues seamlessly from Touched by Grace: Book 2. Coupled with a somewhat unique plot the book becomes a page turner that you can't wait to complete. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review." The gifting of this book did not affect my opinion of it. I look forward to reading more from this author. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).… (more)
Touched by Grace: Divine Fate Trilogy (Davina Universe Book 2), my second read (back to back) from author Alicia Rades. The story continues seamlessly from Chosen by Grace Book 1. Coupled with a somewhat unique plot the book becomes a page turner that you can't wait to complete and then get into the next book.
Awakened by Grace: Divine Fate Trilogy (Davina Universe Book 3), my third read from author Alicia Rades. The story continues seamlessly from Touched by Grace: Book 2. Coupled with a somewhat unique plot the book becomes a page turner that you can't wait to complete. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review." The gifting of this book did not affect my opinion of it. I look forward to reading more from this author. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).… (more)
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