I just ... can't. Perhaps it's because I'm also in the middle of reading Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson, which is much more of an epic fantasy, but I just can't get into this book. I tried, I really did! I thought this would be an easy 4 star read for me--after all, fantasy is my favorite genre! (Along with sci-fi, historical, classics, and young adult ... but that's not the point.) So, you may ask, what went wrong? 
 You probably shouldn't have asked that. 
 Meira got on my nerves. She may have thought she was being courageous and strong, but she was just being a brat who didn't see that her actions might actually endanger other people! Mather and Theron were just bland. Also, love triangle? Seriously? Why does a book with a love triangle have to have such an epic cover? Can't all books with love triangles be equipped with "WARNING: LOVE TRIANGLE. Lots of angst, but DON'T PANIC!" (Any Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fans out there? No? Well, it was worth a shot.) The world-building wasn't imaginative at all (Using the names of the seasons as the names of your kingdoms? What, did you just run out of ideas?), and the plot wasn't all that complicated. I will admit that I did not predict the plot reveal, but that's probably only because I was practically dozing off for most of the book. 
 All I felt while reading Snow Like Ashes was boredom, so it gets a 2 stars from me.