Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch is a book I've had recommended to me more times than I count. I, however, had so many amazing sounding books sitting in my TBR pile, that I just hadn't gotten around to reading it. Then my husband surprised me with bringing it back with him when he'd been away on a business trip. He had told me that he wanted to surprise me with bringing back a book, and when he saw this one in chapters he remembered me telling him about it many, many times, so he grabbed it and I couldn't wait to start reading it. Here is the goodreads blurb for anyone unfamiliar with the synopsis: "Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic or a monarch. Now, the Winterians’ only hope for freedom is the eight survivors who managed to escape, and who have been waiting for the opportunity to steal back Winter’s magic and rebuild the kingdom ever since. Orphaned as an infant ...