My journey into Nalini Singh's world started with this book. 
 I was searching for a really good book to read when this book popped up on Amazon and I thought Sounds interesting. Let's give it a shot 
 I am SO glad I did. I would have missed out on a world of awesomeness otherwise. I keep telling about Nalini to all my friends (and even strangers), who are looking for some brilliant work of literature. 
 Kiss of Snow has remained my all time favourite, even now. I had gone back and read all the books prior to this one and even the ones that have come after, but I honestly feel it'll take something special to knock this off Number 1. 
 I can't exactly pinpoint what about this book is so brilliant. I loved everything about it, from the characters, the dialogue, the interaction between the everyone in the book, the romance, the emotions... I can go on and on. 
 I love how Nalini brings the world to life. She draws out the emotions and interactions so beautifully that you just get lost in that character's story, and that goes across every book she's written. You get involved in that particular character's life, which is brilliant even as she introduces and teases about the stories of others. 
 For Kiss of Snow I simply LOVE how 
 ALPHA 
 Hawke is. Also, may I just say that I've fallen in love with the name itself? 
 The SnowDancers camaraderie together and with their alpha is so perfect. Hawke is the definition of Alpha male, and I'm sorry but even Kaleb in Heart of Obsidian can't take that from him. 
 With that; I feel that Sienna is a perfect soulmate for Hawke. She is so young but her maturity is definitely seen through Nalini's portrayal of her throughout the book. At the same time she doesn't lose that sense of 'innocence' in regards to her age. 
 I love, love, love their banter, their playfulness... (view spoiler)[the games they play... that chase scene with Sienna's intelligence being brought to the fore was incredible (I was giddy with joy whilst rooting for Sienna) (hide spoiler)], their romance. Nalini brings out the child in the 2 characters who perhaps needed it a lot more than others. 
 It was great to see how Sienna (view spoiler)[got Hawke to see her as a mature adult, rather than another young teenager of the pack. For me it is so important that female leads who are quite young appear grounded, otherwise the story falls apart. (hide spoiler)] 
 It was great seeing 2 characters come together as if they truly were soulmates. Made me wish I had a guy like Hawke (even if I wanted to hit him over the head at times - seriously, how long does someone have to wait for the person you love to wake up and smell the coffee? 
 Having said that, I'm still hoping and praying for someone like Hawke to appear in my life. 
 Anyway... gone way off topic. To put it succinctly - love the book, love the characters (always will), love the relationships, love the world Nalini's created, and love Nalini, for giving us this wonderful pieces of literature. 
 Please continue to write more, even when we say we hate you as soon as a story ends and you tease us with the upcoming story and then leave it at cliffhangers, and... *ahem* nevermind. Please just continue writing (and releasing much, much sooner). You are a literary mastermind. Love your work.