****SPOILERS FOR SNOW LIKE ASHES**** 
 Meira, everyone. The Winter Queen. The Queen of Winter. The Savior of Winter. The Winter Throne-Queen. The - 
 Yeah, you get it. She's the new Conduit, the actual human form of a Conduit, for her Kingdom and - guess what - she's with Theron, Theron her friend and *questioning gasp* helper, who might be able to support her with his Cordellan people. Of course, there's magic in this book - the magic chasm - which means mystery and thrills and suspense and stuff, yeah, but let's zoom in on the first thing that pops into my head when I think of Ice Like Fire: 
 The Order of the Lustrate; it's introduced early on in the book and is a mysterious term, but come on we need some mystery in this book! Most of it is just being shown in open hands. Anyway, at the end of the book, it's revealed what the Order of the Lustrate is. That was mostly the thing that I was enjoying and also: the plot. 
 Meira's the new Conduit of Winter, finding out that it kinda-sorta passes through generations (the use of magic and the Conduits of Season and Rhythm Kingdoms). Her mother, Hannah (the voice that was inside her head and the person she was seeing in the first installment of the series) had originally felt the booming of the magic chasm enter through her, but for Meira? Yeah, she's into it. She feels the wrath of ice, the sprinkling of white snow; magic is available and being used by her. 
 Now, this book is mainly about the Order of the Lustrate seal. Meira, a few of her people, Theron and such are travelling to different kingdoms to visit them, as their symbols were on the whole of the Order of the Lustrate. Meira's immediate thoughts, obviously, were that they could mean she could finally, finally, get the real control of her magic and support her kingdom. 
 Oh this book was fun. Yes, some parts are slow-paced, but not ALL books are Matthew-Reilly-paced like Flash the Sloth. Seriously, this book was pretty damn good. I mean, not 5-star worthy, but it was fun! Raasch's writing gets you intrigued and pulled into the story, as well as the dialogue of the characters and how much they care about each other before being betrayed by their loved ones and oh oh oh how much it breaks me to think of the ruining of hearts. 
 Which folds into the next part of my positive ranting: The. Freaking. Beginning. Already ALL OF THE FEELS just came rushing into me like the waves of the ocean. It brought me back to memories of the first book, which immediately made me think of Mather and Sir and Theron and Meira and Nessa. 
 This book is a whirlwind of epic action, political intrigue, alliances and betrayals and the magic chasm. Winter is coming. 
 And we don't know what will come with it in Frost Like Night.