This short story fits into the "winter fantasy" category very well! The setting is frigid and full of secrets and I think it lives up to its title well.

My reasons for giving it 3.5 stars out of 5 is because I was pulled into the story and left wanting. A lot of readers are calling it a "cliff hanger", but this story was just left unfinished. I love a good cliff-hanger and I read a LOT of them, but this was an incomplete story with no plot resolution. It ended in the middle of scene with no actual ending. With it being a short story (89 pages), there really needed to be some kind of resolution to give the reader a sense of accomplishment... if this is meant to be a standalone short story. If it's a prequel to a novel that's already out (where the plot is resolved in the main book), I would be more accepting of this kind of freeze-ending (see what I did there?). But from my quick investigation, I can't seem to find a companion novel so there's no way to even continue the story at this time of this review, nor could I find any mention of a series coming in the future.

That being said, if the story would've lasted another couple of pages (honestly, just long enough to hear the main character's speech) and had a satisfying ending, I would've given this 5 stars. For only 89 pages, so much happened and it was paced out well. I loved the setting and suspense pulling me on. Daia is a very spunky, naïve, and brash character that makes her loveable in a unique way. 

Overall, I'm going to live with the wonder of what Daia said in her speech for possibly the rest of my life.