From Goodreads: "When you fall for the devil, you're bound to get burned.
Pandora Scott's world has blown up once again, but this time she's learned her lesson--saving the world isn't a job she can do solo. She needs friends. But when her strongest ally also happens to be the boy who shattered her heart, it's not as easy as it sounds. Especially since the person she has to destroy might just be the love of her life. With her fate hanging in the balance, Pandora's got to make a choice. Forgive? Forget? Fight? Or falter? But everything changes when she realizes that the people she thought were heroes might be villains, and the good guys aren't always as trustworthy as they seem."

Thank you to Kaitlyn Davis for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for review! All opinions are my own.

Are we really here at the third book already?! I could have sworn I was just finishing up Frost recently and falling totally in love with Pandora and her world. But here we are at Fracture, and boy did things take off in the best way with this installment! If you're interested, you can check out my reviews of Frost and Freeze before diving into this review just in case of spoilers. Better yet, check out the links after my review to pick up Frost for only $0.99!

Plot:
Fracture is the third book in the Midnight Ice series so I don't want to give away too much about the story for those that haven't yet read Frost or Freeze. But this book picks up relatively close to where the previous one left off with Pandora and Jax hiding out in the conduit town of Sonnyville. They're trying to figure out their next step now that Pandora has found out some hard truths about both herself and her life. Now, she has to figure out how to stay alive and solve the puzzle that surrounds the not-so-mysterious-anymore Sam. Will she be able to end it all and save the world?

This was probably my favorite installment in the series so far because there was so much happening and we're able to dive even deeper into Pandora's world and even her past. One of the things that I was really excited to learn more about was the Titans and their history and Kaitlyn Davis certainly delivered all of that and more. I loved learning their origin story and was definitely caught off guard when I finally got to read about it! Another thing I was eager to read about was more of Sam and Pandora's past and, once again, I got just that. It wasn't what I was expecting and it definitely broke my heart for the two of them, but I liked learning more about both Sam and Pandora's motivations for doing what they did. There was just so much backstory that was brought to light in this book and I couldn't help but absorb every bit of information that I could.

Once again, I read through this in almost no time at all. The plot was fast paced and action packed and you really can just get lost in this world without even realizing it. It's so well-written and enjoyable to read with everything unfolding at a pace that makes it a quick and fun read. Important plot details are delivered in a way that makes you want to continue reading more to find out what happens next and before you know it, you're at the end and are dying for the next book! Fracture really takes things up a notch and has so much packed into its 201 pages that fans of the previous two books will be incredibly satisfied with the story delivered in this third installment.

Characters:
I still absolutely love Pandora and think that she continues to get better as the series goes on. She's still sassy and the same Pandora that readers will have fallen in love with in book one, but she just keeps growing and evolving into an even more fantastic character. There's so much of her backstory that's explained in Fracture and it definitely contributed to how I felt about her. She's strong and smart and yes, sassy, and probably one of my favorite characters to read about. I love that she just refuses to accept what she's been told and is instead taking charge of her own life and her destiny and basically rewriting things to how she wants them to be. She doesn't take crap from anyone and will definitely call people out when she needs to and I just love that about her. I can't imagine how she could possibly get even better, but I'm so excited to see where she goes in the final book, Shatter!

I also really enjoyed reading more about Sam as well as Jax. Again, there's more backstory introduced that involves Sam and it was great that readers were given more information about him and basically what led him to become the way he is. He's not a prominent character in this book, but he still shows up throughout bringing all of the smoke and mirrors that he's been known for. Jax was a bigger part in this one than he has been in the other books, I feel, and I really loved his character development in Fracture. There was a lot of tension between Pandora and Jax and I was really hoping that things would work themselves out by the end of this book. As much as I liked the idea of Sam and Pandora together (and honestly struggled with liking and not liking Sam throughout this entire book) I think that her and Jax are just so great together. They have such a tumultuous history together, but I absolutely love the way that their characters interact with each other! Their relationship has some pretty serious development in Fracture and after that cliffhanger ending, I'm interested to see how things go for the two of them!

Writing:
There's just something about the writing in a Kaitlyn Davis book that draws you in and makes you not want to stop. Her writing is just so easy to read and I've found this to be true about every book that I've read by her. It's so descriptive and magical and makes you feel like you're right there with Pandora experiencing everything she's doing. The setting of Sonnyville is a newer one but you really get a great sense of its environment because of how clear the writing is. Everything comes to life from the different locations that Pandora visits to the characters that she interacts with and it's always a treat to get to experience this world through the words of the author. Kaitlyn Davis truly delivers a fantastic follow up that will leave you begging for the fourth and final installment in the series!

Fracture is definitely my favorite installment in the Midnight Ice series so far. With its exhilarating plot, wonderful character development, and magical writing, this series is one you definitely don't want to miss. Be sure to pick up the first book in the series, Frost, and keep going with the sequel, Freeze, then make your way to the most intense book in the Midnight Ice series, Fracture. Trust me, this is one series you want to binge read.

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About the Author

Life's tough for a vampire thief on the run—just ask Pandora Scott, she knows. Four years ago she ran away from home after everyone she loved betrayed her. But now her annoyingly grown up (and handsome) ex boyfriend is stalking her, begging her to return. A mysterious vamp with a particularly dangerous (and sexy) stare keeps popping unexpectedly into her life. The extremely powerful head vampire of New York is hunting her down because she may or may not have broken into his highly-secure, highly-secretive personal vault. And the fate she's been trying to outrun? Well, it's about to catch up. Because even a super-speedy vamp with the ability to disappear can't escape her own destiny."

Thank you to NetGalley and Kaitlyn Davis for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for review! All opinions are my own.

I read Withering Rose by Kaitlyn Davis (also have Gathering Frost to read so keep an eye out for my review on that!) and absolutely loved her writing style and knew that anything else she released, I wanted to read. So when I saw Frost, I jumped at the opportunity to read it! I just love the way that she creates and expands upon her worlds and her characters are so easy to read about and fall in love with. Frost is no exception and I am so incredibly eager for the sequel!

Plot:
Pandora is a vampire thief on the run. Four years ago, she ran away from her Titan life after being betrayed. She's stolen from some pretty powerful vampires and is constantly running from them. And now? Her annoying ex-boyfriend is chasing her, trying to get her to come home, so she's running from him, too. She spends a large majority of this book trying to outrun her past, basically, but it was quite an adventure! When she's not stealing from other vamps, she's sneaking in and saving people that said vamps are keeping in their dungeons. Pandora felt like such a rebel and I loved how different she was from my original assumption. The titan aspect was interesting and I definitely want to learn more about them in the next book as I didn't feel like we got enough of them in Frost. We did get a bit of backstory on why Pandora ran away and became a vampire, but there was a big piece of information introduced right at the end that left me with a ton of questions! There was a lot going on throughout the book and with the exception of the portion of the book where Pandora was with Jax, it moved fairly quickly. I really enjoyed the parts where Pandora was doing her invisible thief thing because she just seemed so comfortable doing it, even when encountering things she wasn't expecting, such as conduits and a head vamp from her past. There were characters from another series that showed up at a few points which, while you don't exactly have to have read the other series to read Frost, there is a small spoiler regarding the other characters and their story and I was kind of bummed to have that series slightly spoiled for me. But don't let that deter you from reading this book because it's definitely worth a read! It's very entertaining and gives you time to really build up a sort of relationship with Pandora so you can connect with her and understand what she's going through, which is something I really enjoyed. You get to see Pandora in action, get some backstory on her past with Jax and the Titans, and get a cliffhanger ending that will definitely leave you wanting more!

Characters:
Pandora was a fantastic main character! She was strong, independent, level-headed, and so incredibly sassy. She was also unlike other vampires she encounters over the course of the book and I liked that she stood out so much. There was an element of sadness with her character, likely from her past with the Titan compound, her father, and Jax, but there was also a large element of strength that she constantly exuded. Not necessarily physical strength, but more so emotional and mental strength. Pandora struggled with her past, but she never let herself fall because of it, even when she found out the truth about why she left. It was just refreshing to read about a strong female character that rose above her struggles and made herself a better person. I loved that she used her invisibility to help those that were being held in dungeons by the higher-up vampires. I felt like it added a level of emotion and feeling that none of the other vampires in this book showed and it really made her stand out, as I mentioned above. Pandora was just wonderful, and I really can't wait to read more about her in the sequel! As for Jax, he was definitely my least favorite. I understood his motivation behind wanting to get Pandora back, but I never really found myself liking him. He would show up at the worst times and get Pandora into more trouble, he constantly brought up going back with him when he knew that she had zero interest in going home, and he even tried to force her to get the cure for vampirism which is another thing she didn't want to do. He tried to be charming, but I saw through all of his crap like he was transparent. Also, he betrays her again at the end of the book, so Jax is pretty much a no-go for me. Sam was a character that I really wanted more of, because there wasn't enough of him for me to properly form an opinion on him. I liked the short parts where he was in the book, and his story about how he knows Pandora and his involvement with "that night" definitely had me curious about him, so I really hope he shows up in the next book.

Writing:
As I stated above, the book does slow down a bit once Jax and Pandora are together, but other than that it flows pretty well. I loved the way Pandora was written, obviously, and the overall feeling that I got from this book was dark and mysterious. The way that you're slowly given bits of information about Pandora's past and how her invisibility was so unique among the Titans was really enjoyable. I appreciated the slow-ish build up and that it wasn't all thrown at the reader all at once. You really are given an opportunity to connect with Pandora on a much deeper level and I appreciated that the author took the time to allow the reader to connect with her on more than just the surface. The slow delivery of Pandora's history allows you to understand why she left, why she does the things she does, and I just found myself loving her more and more as I continued to read. The writing itself was very well-done! I loved the action scenes and the parts where Pandora was describing going invisible were really beautiful and creepy, but in a good way. Frost was very easy to read and by the time I was finished I was already looking up information on the sequel!

Once again, Kaitlyn Davis has written a book that I've absolutely devoured. She's a fantastic writer and I really enjoy everything I read by her! Frost is a great beginning to a new paranormal series that has vampires, a group of people with unique powers (Titans), mystery, betrayal, and an ending that left me dancing. If you're looking for an enjoyable, easy to read, new paranormal series, then Frost is definitely for you!