Curse my inability to stay away from retellings. 
 Just like Dorothy Must Die, I found myself not rushing to read the first few chapters and doing exactly the opposite when I got near the end. The story and the pacing were okay, well, the story needed time (or should I say lots of pages) to build its way around your imagination and make it easy for you to imagine Algid. I didn't like how the MC kept jumping from one place to another and having each guy from that place fall for her, it just felt a little funny for me that her main motive in the story is to save the boy she claims that she truly loves but fall for each guy she meets along the way. I mean there were just two guys, but still. This is just book one. Will there be more love interests in book two???? Because I'm here to see how her powers would improve and (view spoiler)[ if what Margot said about her having more access to the elements is true. (hide spoiler)] Not as to who Snow ends up with in the end. SMH 
 I think the characters need more pages to grow on me. They just felt weak for me at the moment. Their roles, I mean. There were lots of characters which I don't mind, but there was too much drama, and maybe it's just the author trying to give the readers a taste of what's more to come, and that in the end everything will be tied up in a big ol' ribbon, but ALL the revelations felt too sudden. 
 But like I said, the story appealed to me even though the writing style felt flat...and I'm still anticipating the next installment of this series because, just like Dorothy Must Die, Stealing Snow left me hanging. But not in a good way.