Her parents are outcasts from the royal court, her sister is banished for theft of a national treasure, and now Valor has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Demidova, a prison built from stone and ice.īut that’s exactly where she wants to be. Valor is under arrest for the attempted murder of the crown prince. Source: The publisher kindly sent me a copy of this book to review.

I didn't get a great sense of what most of the men in the kingdom do, but Valor's father was the current Queen's Advisor before their family was disgraced by the theft, so men do not seem to be treated as second-class citizens in Demidova, which was nice to see (I remember men being second-class citizens in Melanie Rawn's Exile's series, which I read long before starting this blog).Īll in all, this was a fun, super fast read that i quite enjoyed.Find it on: Goodreads. Valor was supposed to be following in her mother's footsteps as Queen's Huntress, and Sasha was training to be the future Queen's Advisor before she was sent to jail. There's also some really great worldbuilding - the Kingdom of Demidova is ruled by the Queen and passes through the female line. Seeing how Valor needs to outsmart the warden (and the prince, who has taken an interest in her), all while trying to figure out who among the prisoners she can trust (and while dealing with unexpected setbacks) was great.

Prisoner of Ice and Snow is a lot of fun. But that doesn't stop Valor! She has a plan to get them both out! Unfortunately they are in Tyur'ma, the prison for young offenders no one has ever successfully escaped from Tyur'ma. So now she just needs to find her sister and get the two of them out.

So Valor decides to spring her sister from the inside! She gets herself thrown into the same jail by shooting an arrow at the prince. Valor's twin sister Sasha was given a life sentence in jail after stealing from the royal family.

And you know what was way more fun than jumping into and out of trains? A prison break by thirteen year olds in fantasy Russia! After finishing Divergent, I saw Prisoner of Ice and Snow sitting on my shelf and decided to give it a read too. Back when I bought Ship Breaker, I also bought Prisoner of Ice and Snow by Ruth Lauren.

The prisoner of ice and snow