The Ice Maiden

1842. Karina is stranded on Deception Island in the South Atlantic after her husband, who is a whaling captain, is lost at sea. Her hope is that her sister in Amsterdam will respond to her letter and send money for her to travel to Amsterdam. But, as the days go by and no letter arrives, Karina gets......more

I'm a sucker for the poles. I just am. There's no getting over it. I'd sell a kidney to go. Maybe....Anyway, I loved this story. I wasn't so enamoured with the love story portion, because ugh! But on the whole the rest was great. I think I liked the second half best. Seeing all the interactions with......more

It's the 19th century and widow Karina stows away on a ship disguised as a boy trying to get back to Europe. She is found work in the galley where her amazing cooking wins over the officers and she becomes closer to the ship's doctor. The ship is heading to the Antarctic though and not Europe and th......more

!!! Spoiler Review !!! It's very hard to write anything about this book without spoilers, because of the huge shift in the story partway through. The Ice Maiden is a complicated book. In trying to write a female perspective on early Antarctic exploration, it's trying to do something incredible and ad......more

Thank you NetGalley and Severn House Publishers for the eARC. Karina, a young widow, is leading a desperate life of near starvation since her husband, a captain, disappeared off his ship, missing presumed dead. She has no money, owes many people who won't give her anymore credit and her only option i......more