I'm sorry Sara but I'm not sure what possessed you while writing Ice Like Fire. 
 Snow Like Ashes was such a fantastic book. I loved the character, the storytelling and most of all the atmosphere. It was such an interesting and exciting first book. 
 But than Ice Like Fire happened. One of the slowest book I've ever read. (view spoiler)[And can we please talk about the unrealistic fact that Meira found every key after 5 seconds? (hide spoiler)] 
 The characters all lacked in development and most of them were just plainly annoying. And who wants to read from the POV of Mather? No one. And how can she destroy Theron so much. I love Theron. 
 The ending was rushed and I feel like book 2 destroyed the series for me. Of course I'll read the last book to see how the story gets wrapped up. 
 Most disturbingly the author also admits that her second book has "second book syndrom". Why not finish this series in one book then or make a duology. I'll never understand the need for trilogys when the plot only gets dragged out. 
 Hopefully, Frost Like Night will rescue the plot from its boringness and brings back a more exciting story.