Black Ice

The book I have read is called “Black Ice” by Becca Fitzpatrick, it is an horror, survival like themed and it's actually pretty good. It's basically about two girls, Britt and Korbie, going on a backpacking trip up in the woods with Korbie’s brother, Calvin. But as Britt and Korbie drove up to the cabin, there was a really bad snowstorm and it buried their car. With little supplies, they had to grab some of their stuff from the car and find shelter. Few hours later they found a different cabin which it was occupied by two guys, Mason and Shawn. Things seemed okay for a while, until Shawn pulls out an gun and started threatening the girls.

This whole story is basically about Britt being held hostage and leads Mason and Shawn off of the forests, but also trying to keep the trouble of slowly falling in love with Mason down and away. And trying to get Calvin out of her head, though they did broke up months ago. 

The bond slowly built up with Mason as time passed on, trying to get these men out of the forest. But she would never expect to find anything dark and gruesome out the cold woods, nor an terrifying dark secret.

I actually like the entire concept around this book, there was some characters that made me a bit annoyed (ex; Korbie to be honest.) but overall, it is a good book. Especially for people who loves horror but maybe some romantic and drama as well.

Britt may make dumb choices and things in the book, but she's correct anyway at the end. The romantic part seems a bit dumb and unneeded sometimes but, I guess it's decent. Overall the book is really well written, the characters are interesting and the whole survival theme is really nice. (Probably because I love these kinds of things, I'm a sucker for horror stuff!)

There is an epilogue at the end, and it's really short but it's also really cool to see what happened a year or two later. And honestly, it was really cute!

Book Review by Zoe L.

Black Ice

Introduction

Black Ice is written by Becca Fitzpatrick. She also wrote the Hush Hush Saga: which includes Hush Hush, Crescendo, Silence, and Finale. While those books are in a series, Black Ice is not a part of that series. On their way up to back pack the Tetons, Korbie and Britt get stuck in a blizzard. When seeking shelter, two men allow them to wait out the storm with them. The two fugitives take the girls captive, and make them lead them down the mountain. Britt decides to play the safe card, and bargains to keep Korbie at the cabin in exchange for her to lead them by herself. They stop at abandoned cabins on their way down. The only thing worse, is that she discovers these abandon cabins, were where three other girls were murdered. She needs to stall until her ex- boyfriend, Calvin, can find her.  Unfortunately, she feels attracted to one of her captors, Mason.  Is he really the bad guy? 

Summary

Spring break comes around, and Britt Pfeiffer has decided to go backpacking the Teton Range, with her friend Korbie. On their way up to the cabin, Idlewilde, a blizzard hits, and strands Britt and Korbie half way in between home and the cabin. They decide to seek shelter by using the map they took from Calvin, Britt’s ex-boyfriend, and Korbie’s older brother. When they stumbled across a cabin two men let them inside to wait out the storm together. They take the girls as hostages, and decided to force them to lead them down the mountains. Britt knows that Korbie would be safer if she didn’t come at all, so she lies when she says Korbie has diabetes. The men take Britt, and leave Korbie behind. Britt has to fight the freezing weather, lead her captors down the mountain, and stay alive until Calvin can find her. Britt leads by using the map, and stumble upon two abandoned cabins where two girls have already been murdered. All she has to do is survive until Calvin comes, and rescues her, right? She catches herself being attracted to Mason one of her captors. How can one of her captors be so nice to her? The theme is that no one is who you make them out to be.

Analysis/Review

I would recommend Black Ice if you love to read about adventures and romances. If you love those, then you will like this book because of the dangerous adventure that leads to love. I would recommend it because I found myself not being able to put the book down, and it keeps you on your toes the entire story. I would encourage you to read this book even if it is not for another week or two because once you start reading it you won’t be able to stop.

Book Review by Marie G.