From Mountains of Ice, by Lorina Stephens has received another glowing review, this time from the Little Red Reviewer. An excerpt from that review is reposted here.

Along with natural sounding and witty dialogue, Stephens presents a renaissance Italianesque world populated by a unique ancestor worshipping population. You can’t help but love Sylvio and Aletta, this is a mature and intelligent couple who has been together for decades. They trust each other implicity, and know when they can be selfish and when they can’t. These are the people I want to grow up to be, and other than Prince Carmelo, this is a world I want to live in.

I have a few words of advice regarding the reading of From Mountains of Ice – pay attention to everything, and read slowly. Once the action gets going, and it gets going pretty quickly, this is a nonstop ride filled with surprises at every turn. At times I complain that books are too long, that the author took too many pages to get the plot going, From Mountains of Ice was the opposite. Not a slow moment, not a wasted scene, I didn’t want it to end.

If you are a fan of historical fiction or historical fantasy, From Mountains of Ice is an enjoyable and satisfying read, filled with political intrigue, passionate characters living in a beautiful and alluring world.
My first review of 2011 is from 5Rivers, an indie publisher in Canada. These are some cool folks: operating out of a historical home, they embrace traditional handcrafts and high tech publishing options. Check our their website, and their blog, which has among other things some great articles on the new universe of publishing and e-books, from the publishers point of view.