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Black Ice Paperback – 1 September 2015

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Britt Pfeiffer has never been that adventurous, but that's about to change. Wanting to impress her ex-boyfriend, Britt convinces best friend, Korbie, to take a trekking trip with her. But when a freak storm leaves the girls stranded they seek shelter in a cabin, where they find two knights in shining armour. Or so they think.
Britt quickly realises that the girls need to get off the mountain, fast. In exchange for her life, she is forced to guide the boys down, and as they set out on a harrowing journey through the cold and snow, Britt realises the only way to escape with her life is to pretend she is on their side. But is gorgeous, sexy Mason an enemy or an ally? Tension mounts, and it's only a matter of time before things turn deadly . . .
Dark and adrenaline-filled, Black Ice will have you on the edge of your seat right until the final twist.

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Publisher : Simon & Schuster Children's UK; UK ed. edition (1 September 2015)
Language : English
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 1471118169
ISBN-13 : 978-1471118166
Reading age : 12 years and up
Dimensions : 19.89 x 2.79 x 13.21 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 151,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- 11,427 in Literature & Fiction for Children (Books)

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5* - Black ice is filled with twists and turns that will surprise you and keep you guessing and flying through the pages until you find out exactly what the hell is going on... I hope Becca writes more books like it as I will be first in the queue for my copy when that happens.

― Bookaholics

This book is amazing. Absolutely amazing. I loved Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush series and this is so different but still brilliant….It was pulse-pounding and pretty agonising to read as I chewed on my fingernails.

― Bookbabblers

Fitzpatrick has written a novel that will easily stimulate debate and this is definitely going to be one of the most talked-about novels of 2014…readers will savour each word of this captivating, sexy thriller.

― Scott Reads It

An edge of your seat style thriller packed with action and bad boys.

― Sugarscape

A heart-wrenching, climatic book with huge plot twists and lots of drama with a hint of sweet romance. An excellent book by the extremely gifted author.

― Kynthia Ravikumar, age 14, for lovereading4kids.co.uk

About the Author

Becca Fitzpatrick is the author of Black Ice, Dangerous Lies, and the Hush, Hush saga, including Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence; and Finale—all four of which debuted as New York Times bestsellers. She graduated college with a degree in health, which she promptly abandoned for storytelling. When not writing, she’s most likely running, prowling sales racks for shoes, or watching crime dramas on TV. She lives in Colorado with her family. Find out more at BeccaFitzpatrick.com.

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kellie clarke

Fantastic read full of suspense and twists

Reviewed in Australia on 17 January 2020

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This book really had me guessing. The suspense was throughout the book was full on in the best way possible. I absolutely loved it with all the epic twists and turns throughout it.

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Amazing, well written an easy read and a great story.

Reviewed in Australia on 6 February 2020

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Great! We read this for book club, so hard to put down! I kept reading past my designated chapters ... I had to know what happened!

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Olivia (Bookcomet)

Gave me the chills

Reviewed in Australia on 20 January 2015

Black Ice just gave me the chills.

I haven't read many suspense/thriller books before. I just haven't really come across one or gone out of my way to read one. I know of quite a few YA suspense books but I just haven't really been motivated enough to pick one up.

Really though, I read this in less than a day. An afternoon even. I wasn't rushing through it or anything, it's just one of those books where you can sit yourself down and watch the story unfurl in front of your eyes.

I genuinely had no idea which of the three guys did it. I suspected each them at one point. Just when I was like 'Aha! I knew it was you!' one of the other two guys would do something suspicious or something guilty about their past would be revealed. Although, I did have more trust in Mason more than the other two.

The main thing that attracted me to Black Ice would have been the author. Unlike a few other book bloggers I know, I am a fan of Becca Fitzpatrick's 'Hush, Hush' series and I was pretty sure I would like this one. My expectations weren't huge, but they were at around a four star review. I think this is actually a little better than I expected, even if this is actually a four star review. So I'd say it surpassed my expectations.

I'm just going to say that I wasn't a huge fan of the relationship between the main character and any of the guys. Whether it was the one between her and her ex-boyfriend or the one between her and Mason. I just wasn't sold.

Another problem I had was that I struggled with the idea that the main character and her best friend just went into a house with two strange older boys that hadn't (really) previously met. I mean, haven't you heard of 'stranger danger' and all that? I understand their options were limited, but not completely to the choice they made.

Another thing I did like, however it's a little strange, was the constant feeling that something was wrong. I thought it really built to the atmosphere of the book.

And that ending! Perfetto.

I would definitely recommend Black Ice to fans and non-fans of Hush, Hush. It's very different and in that sense incomparable. The story is good and wouldn't even make a bad read on Halloween.

4/5 comets
Meteor shower. A great show.

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Karen

A good young adult read, concerns me though when authors write about toxic relationships that are then idolised.

Reviewed in Australia on 27 February 2015

This is the first I have read of Becca Fitzpatrick even though I have her Hush Hush series sitting in my TBR pile. I can go either way on this book.
Let me write my review in tandem of good and not so good – that’s not to say it was bad – these are just things I made note of as I was reading as they irked me slightly.
Good: The suspense is good. The characters kept me guessing. As much as they were a predictable, the story line kept coming from left field and that made it really interesting.
Not So Good: Guessed how it was going to pan out but kept reading to confirm if my thoughts were correct.
Good: Scene setting. I was able to visualise all the locations which really helped with the suspense building.
Not So Good: The frenemy relationship between Britt and Korbie. Why they are friends is beyond me.
Not So Good: The pining for her ex- Calvin. It started to get annoying and made me start to think of Britt in an unfriendly light of ‘honey – do you need a vowel? He doesn’t want you! Solve the puzzle!’
Overall: if you put the relationships in a place of ‘they are young – that’s what frenemy and broken relationships are like and how they cause people to react. The suspense was great. In between dealing with real life things, I was keen to get back to the book to see what would transpire.
A good young adult read, concerns me though when authors write about toxic relationships that are then idolised. This book tends to lean towards that trap.

I was kindly provided with a free copy of this book from Net Galley to provide an honest review. Receiving this book for free did not influence my opinion nor review.

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Lisa

This book was really intense and I loved it! Brit and her best friend decides to ...

Reviewed in Australia on 12 June 2015

This book was really intense and I loved it! Brit and her best friend decides to go to the mountains for their spring break but gets stuck in the snowstorm. When they decided to seek out a cabin to wait for the storm to blow over, they come upon a cabin occupied with two young men. This is where the real story begins.

It was dark and very realistic in her writing. There were unexpected twists throughout the book that kept you on the edge of the seat. The heroine was brave and was fast at adapting to different situations. This is one my first books by Becca Fitzpatrick and I must say I really enjoyed her writing. At first I felt that the beginning was going a little slow but then as the pace picks up and the actions just keeps coming right till This book was really intense and I loved it! Brit and her best friend decides to go to the mountains for their spring break but gets stuck in the snowstorm. When they decided to seek out a cabin to wait for the storm to blow over, they come upon a cabin occupied with two young men. This is where the real story begins.

It was dark and very realistic in her writing. There were unexpected twists throughout the book that kept you on the edge of the seat. The heroine was brave and was fast at adapting to different situations.

Lisa from www.mademoisellesnow.com

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A real page-turner!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 July 2019

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The story for this book was so unique and fresh. I’ve not read anything like it, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There were so many twists and turns and uncoverings. I didn’t know whether I was coming or going; it was fantastic.
Britt and Korbie are going on a Spring Break adventure in the mountains but when they get caught in a snowstorm that wasn’t predicted they are forced to take refuge in a cabin with two strange men, Shaun and Mason. Their carefree break is about to become dire, and their lives are threatened, they will have to find it within themselves to stay strong, alive and get out of what seems like a desperate situation.
I could actually see it playing out as a teen-thriller movie. The girls start off all fluffy and giggly at the beginning without a care in the world but then danger befalls them, and everything becomes more sinister.
Britt was a really likeable character, but Korbie was very annoying. I know it was written this way, but I just wanted to give Britt a slap for even being friends with this complete and utter self-involved airhead! I have nothing against being a bit ditsy don’t get me wrong (my site is called Pink and Dizzy after all, as dizzy used to mean ditsy and that describes me!), but airheads can be likeable, Korbie was not. I didn’t like the change of names for one of the men, that was quite confusing, again I understood the reasons, but it was hard to get my head around.
The only niggly thing about the book was there were some hard to slot together storylines and plots; there were a few times I had to think, just go with it as something wasn’t adding up. It didn’t ruin the story, but it could have flowed just that little bit better.
The ending took me by surprise I just didn’t see any of it coming, I hadn’t guessed anything other than who Lauren was. The ending, again, had the perfect movie ending. I really could see this as a movie and would love to watch it!
I have definitely found myself a new author, who is the same age as me (that was why this book was chosen for my reading challenge: A book written by someone the same age as you). A pleasantly refreshing read.

Kami

Gritty and full of suspense

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 2018

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This book took me a while to finish in view of the busy life I had led over the past couple of years but I finally have time to read the endless number of books in my library. I really got drawn into the book after 2/3 of the way through and I could not put this down as I wanted to know what happened to the main character as the story went on and was shocked at the twist during this story too. I cannot wait to read more by Becca Fitzpatrick as her story here is amazing!

Bex

"Fall Headlong Into Disaster".

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 January 2016

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I hated this book initially, and after months of waiting for it's release, you can't imagine the disappointment. But then, something happened, it just hooked me, dragged me into this crazy albeit predictable world and didn't let me go. I'm going to have to tell you the good stuff first otherwise you'll probably run away from this book - I almost lobbed it out the window!

The premise for this book is interesting. Two best friends, and a brotherly chaperone, decide to spend their spring break in the mountains hiking through the snow. For fun. I know, I'd have picked Hawaii too, but let's not judge. The two girls travel up the mountain alone to meet their chaperone who is also Britt's (Our main character) ex boyfriend. Along the way they run into a massive problem. The weather turns nasty, they seek shelter and stumble right into the paths of two criminals. Held as hostage, they must negotiate their way up the mountain and onto the highway to help the criminals escape or risk their lives fighting back.

I really enjoyed the storyline. It had me hooked when it probably shouldn't have because I found Britt so irritating, which I'll explain soon, but the fast-paced plot kept me hooked without me realising. I thought I knew what was going on, and basically figured out the plot twist really quickly, but Fitzpatrick laced the story with enough doubt for me to question if it was really that obvious and if maybe I'd been duped by her! This kept me reading long into the night and I really loved the tension she built with short, sharp chapters and teasers along the way.

I also thought the world-building was nice. Not fantastic and original, but interesting to be set in the winter wilderness. Fitzpatrick did a brilliant job of conveying the bleak, hostile nature of hiking in such adverse conditions - I really believed some of the turmoil the characters were experiencing.

Sadly, there were so many things wrong with this book and I think many of you will avoid this book. Some I think were actually deliberate by the author but fell apart instead of having the intended effect. A perfect example is Britt. I didn't like Britt at all and I think the author intended for that to happen so that I'd see her grow and change over the course of the unravelling of the plot for maximum effect. Unfortunately, it was just too transparent and Britt's multiple irritating character flaws were just too much for me to forgive her when she inevitably becomes a grown up.

The main problem is that Britt still loves her ex boyfriend Calvin, the chaperone, and pines after him even though he was an awful boyfriend who cheated and basically jilted her at the prom. Britt effectively plans this whole trip just so she can spend time with her rubbish ex boyfriend instead of with her best friend. I especially didn't like this childish behaviour; and I also didn't like the disloyalty she repeatedly showed to her friend with catty remarks.

A later problem with the main character is that she has absolutely no common sense - I mean planning a holiday into a mountainous area where she already knows three girls have been previously murdered is insane anyway. Admittedly the author addresses that Britt has relied on people her entire life, but this does not make for a likeable character. Again, I think this was deliberate to show her character development over time but I think most readers will agree that we want feisty characters with wit not silly characters who make stupid decisions on a whim to try and make her ex-boyfriend, who clearly isn't interested, "grovel with a cherry on top".

It's important to address the issue of Stockholm Syndrome here. Fitzpatrick showed that Britt recognised what this was, essentially falling for your captors, which was admirable for the main character and made me question if she actually had some grit about her. But she swiftly trusts everything these two strange men in the woods tell her and thinks they're her friends almost immediately. She also changes, throughout the plot, from being trusting to lashing out irrationally. It's not sending a great message and was confusing. Sadly, rather than tackling this, Fitzpatrick just portrays Britt "losing herself in another memory of Calvin" any time things get hairy rather than actually being an interesting character and putting up a fight.

This obviously isn't a five star read. It's predictable, the characters are two-dimensional, the insta-love isn't adorable enough to be overlooked and the main character is a raging idiot. Those facts don't get any better. This should be enough to make you stop reading this review and delete this book from your To-Be-Read List. However, despite my ranting, I still kept reading and I didn't dislike the book at all, I loved the way it was told, I just didn't like Britt.

It's such a shame because it's clear that Becca Fitzpatrick can write well, but I think she missed an opportunity here to tackle some really interesting issues, and instead made a bit of a pathetic main character. When the author did actually take a deeper look into some of the more internal struggles of people and the workings of a murderers mind I found her writing so impressive. Her portrayal of loss was beautiful and I think will really hit home with anyone who has ever lost someone:

"They say that when you're about to die, your life flashes before your eyes. They never tell you that when you watch someone you once loved dying, hovering between this life and the next, it's twice as painful, because you're reliving two lives that travelled one road together".

I do recommend this book although it is for a more forgiving reader; it's a frustrating read because of it's flaws but it has a lot of potential with some beautiful writing and a genuinely fast-paced, gripping plot. I hope that some of the issues from this book will be ironed out in "Dangerous Lies", the next in this series. Thankfully it doesn't appear to feature Britt so I'll be giving it a read.

Katie Hart

Expected nothing less!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 July 2015

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As a massive fan of the hush hush series, I had to try this novel and was delighted to see that it was refreshingly different, while still captivating Fitzpatrick's unique writing style. She has a knack for creating incredible characters and for me, Britt was one of those. Her character changed with her experience and Jude was a character I wouldn't mind having my own of! For someone who isn't usually into a darker thriller novel, this has changed me and I can't wait for her next release. This is definitely a book that you will not only regret buying, but one that you can devour in one sitting.

Sarah loves books tea and rainy days

enjoyable YA contemporary thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2015

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Black ice is a YA thriller from the author of the hush hush series and for the most part it is an enjoyable read. The heroine is a little annoying at first but she redeemed herself as the book went on. There were lots of twists and turns though I guessed the biggest twist very early on and there were some holes in the plot. The novel however was an easy read and enjoyable enough though I prefer the hush hush series by this author and I am glad I didn't buy the book at full price.

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