Iced

Let me just get my irk out of the way. The way Dani is written is highly irritating: I've had my fill of “dude,” “I seen,” “all the sudden,” and the like. As a middle-aged word nerd, I couldn't ignore it.

But my goodness is this kid lovable, equally because of her brash exterior and despite it. There's really a lot to like here and it's a great story.

The grown, immortal men taken with a 14yo are gross in their state of smit, but are otherwise really fascinating characters: Christian's slow transition to full Unseelie prince and Ryodan's semblance of humanity. On the human side, Dancer is as adorable as Dani (can be) and the two of them are adorable together. There is a grand, climactic showdown with multiple big bads at the end, and I enjoyed this one the most so far; it's action-packed, really intense, and immensely gratifying. Yes, yes, Dani and Mac's relationship doesn't really get touched this time around. This would be really problematic, were there no more books in the series. Thankfully, there are, and I'm off to read the next one right now.