Dead of Winter; Killer of all Feeling

Finished Dead of Winter by the torture expert Kresley Cole.
It was a short little book, a disappointment. But was action packed and filled with romance, history, quick wit, and once again more action.
What I Loved was that it was Kresley Cole's usual fantastic writing filled with character development, plot twists, conflicted feelings, tragedy, and comedy.
Kresley Cole tends to use character development as a plot device as much as a usual literary device. I love this practice as it truly is the development of the characters that makes the story and keeps the story going, never mind crises going on around them, it's how these characters react to stresses that truly shapes the story, and Cole gets that.
Of course, in any YA story, you need some romance. Since this is Kresley Cole we're talking about, this story is packed with romance. And with both love interests caught together with poor little Evie caught between them, you're bound to find ridiculous amounts of tension, comedy, and of course heartache. Though it is rather admittedly ridiculous to put romance so high on the priority list when in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, it still makes for an interesting story.
Also, we learn so much more about Jack and Aric both that make each so much more interesting, desirable, and infuriating. Evie's decision between the two (or neither) is a hard one.  I will interrupt myself to interject that I admire Cole for allowing Evie to recognize that she could choose eternal singledom and tell both guys to piss off. Though she clearly doesn't want that and has a true dilemma on her hands of which guy is better made for her, he guy that she has history with and will tell it to her straight, or the guy that she has more recent history with and ridiculous chemistry with, but will do anything, even lie to her, if it means keeping her safe. (I will personally always side with Jack mostly because I always ship the first guy in the love triangle (Edward Twilight, Dorian Throne of Glass, Jace Mortal Instruments, Peeta Hunger Games, and the list goes on.)
Any way, the way that their journey progresses is such emotional gold I can't even describe it!
What I Couldn't Stand would be limited to the fact that Kresley Cole ALWAYS ends with a ridiculous cliffhanger!!!

NOW I have to wait another YEAR until I find out if one of my favorite characters is even ALIVE!!! I will not spoil which one, though I bet you guys can probably guess. 

I would have to say that the fact I only had that one complaint would be pretty telling of how much I love this book and this series. For anyone reading this review, know that this is the third installment and not the last. You should definitely start off with Poison Princess and continue on with Endless Knight. Though it may be wise to wait until closer to 2016 so you do not have to suffer as I will.

Overall, I give this installment a 5/5 and rate it PG-16 for the sheer reason that I can't rate this one lower than the one previous.