White Heat is beautifully written. The author did a wonderful job of describing the area in which the story took place. As I was reading, I really felt like I had been dropped in the Arctic region. Her descriptions of the landscape make me want to visit there myself someday. I also really liked her characters. Edie was so believable and not without fault. I want to know more about her and I hope that the author visits her again. I also enjoyed the friendship that develops between Edie and Derek. It was appropriately not romantic and therefore more believable. 
 While I enjoyed this one, I thought it was a bit long. There was definitely some content that could have been cut out as I felt it was not necessary to the advancement of the story. I listened to the audio version and I enjoyed the Kate Reading's (the narrator) voice. Her accent in pronouncing the Inuit names and dialect gave the story a genuine feel.