Cavern Of Black Ice
J.V Jones
9/10
This is an awesome book. Its heavy fantasy, which i don't normally like but i have to say, this was impressive. it has two main characters and it follows each of their stories until they meet up and travel together. One of them is the adopted daughter of the leader of a large city, another is a young man who is a nobody in his clan. The man, Raif, encounters numerous adversaries as his clan is taken over my a malevolent tyrant who has tricked the clan into thinking he is really a great leader. This forces him to leave his home as he will not obey many new rules that are imposed upon the clan. The woman, Ash, has been having numerous dreams of evil beings (think small, Gollum-like shadow creatures) who plead for her to set them free. She does not understand what is happening to her and though her adoptive father does, he refuses to tell her. When she learns of a plan to have her imprisoned she runs from her home and ends up meeting Raif, who has traveled to the city after leaving.
The two of them travel to an old scholar who tells Ash what she is, a being created to bring upon the worlds destruction by summoning demons. She wishes to avert this and to do so must travel to a cavern of black ice and use her powers of destruction on the cavern so she essentially empties herself of power. What entails is a fantastic story of adventure as Raif and Ash travel to prevent this catastrophe. As Ash loses control of her powers she realises that she will summon the demons whether she wants to or not, so it becomes a race against time to get to the cavern.
Overall the book has everything you could need in a great story; suspense, trills, plot twists, a well written love story and loveable characters. Really its a cracking good read and, in my opinion, well worth reading on an 8 hour drive to Adelaide so u don't have to listen to anything your parents think is good music.
