Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icicles Like Kindling | 2014 | Sara Raasch | N/A |
| 2 | Hó mint hamu | 2014 | Sara Raasch | N/A |
| 3 | Snow Like Ashes | 2014 | Sara Raasch | Buy |
| 4 | Flames Like Vines | 2015 | Sara Raasch | N/A |
| 5 | Ice Like Fire | 2015 | Sara Raasch | Buy |
| 6 | Frost Like Night | 2016 | Sara Raasch | Buy |
| 7 | Decay Like Gold | - | Sara Raasch | N/A |
The Snow Like Ashes trilogy opens in a world divided into kingdoms whose identities are tied to elemental seasons and conditions: Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and eight Rhythms beyond. The Winter kingdom was conquered decades ago, its magic conduit stolen and its people enslaved, and Meira has grown up as one of only eight Winter survivors — a refugee soldier whose entire sense of purpose is tied to restoring what was taken. Snow Like Ashes (2014) builds this world with careful attention to the rules of conduit magic and the political map before pushing Meira into the centre of a conflict far more complicated than the one she was trained to fight.
Ice Like Fire (2015) debuted at #3 on the New York Times list and expanded the trilogy’s scope significantly, moving the action into new kingdoms and revealing layers of the magic system and history that Snow Like Ashes had only suggested. Frost Like Night (2016) concluded the trilogy, giving Meira a resolution that addressed the political and personal threads Raasch had been running across three books.
The trilogy has companion pieces — the prequel novella Icicles Like Kindling and the short story Flames Like Vines — that expand the world for readers who want more after the main trilogy is complete.