I don't know if it was the writing style or the characters themselves, but I didn't connect with any character in this book. They all felt one-dimensional and had stilted conversations with each other. I didn't really feel connected with any of them. The plot, also, moved strangely. There were abrupt POV shifts and changes between past and present that made the story hard to follow. I liked the theme of snow throughout, but that's possibly the only thing I liked.