"I'm loving it - it's like furry sexy biopunk arctic witchery. Really."
Annalee Newitz, Ed. in Chief i09.com

Active Neurons 
"Beautiful and horrible, all at the same time..."
Agony Column
"Ice Song is a gorgeously immersive novel, with lots of great details that give it a prickly, real-life feel even though the settings and critters are determinedly surreal."
Armchair Interviews 
"A stunning debut fantasy about love and the ties of blood."
Barnes & Noble 
"Those looking for a powerful and provocative female voice in their fantasy reading fare should definitely pick up this stellar debut ... addictively readable, melancholic writing style..."
Barnes & Noble Feature Pick 
"A deeply lyrical and sublimely haunting narrative powers this intriguing fusion of science fiction, fantasy and subtle social commentary."
Between Two Books 
"It’s not only the setting or the plot but Kasai’s style is beautiful, which gives this dark world its depth and its colors."
Booklist 
"A boldly adventurous tale depicting a richly detailed world."
BookReview.com 
"A fascinating well written cautionary tale."
Coffee Time Romance 
"This author has an amazing wealth of imagination, enlivening a host of beings so bizarre and yet so absolutely attuned to all human emotion."
Curled Up with a Good Book
"The world of Ice Song is as vibrant and lush as the writing that tells of it."
Expanding Horizons 
"The world created is vivid and the characters bring the book to life."
Fantasy Book Critic 
"Reading it means imagining every scene, hearing every sound, feeling every emotion, so vividly are they described for us."
Fantastic Book Review 
"Kasai’s writing is so vivid and I felt as though I was watching a movie on the big screen."
Fresh Fiction
"ICE SONG by Kirsten Imani Kasai is an adventure with fantasy elements in it. The visual details are so rich I can see every scene, every motion. I cared about the people the Collector's life had destroyed."
Hathor's Legacy
"Ice Song was fabulous ... a journey story of the sort female narrators rarely experience."
Interzone #223
"Ice Song is an accomplished debut from a promising writer...Kasai's prose is sensuous and affective."
i09 
"Packed with intriguing ideas."
Library Journal 
"Reminiscent of Ursula Le Guin's paradigm-shattering The Left Hand of Darkness, this piercingly moving story belongs in most fantasy collections."
Life After 50 
"Kasai weaves the concepts of gender identity, science and the fierce devotion of a mother who will go beyond all odds to save her children."
Locus Magazine (October 2009)
"Hard to put down...an unstoppable force [that] ends with a bang."
Love, Romances and More
"From the first to the last page, this author kept my imagination in overdrive and I was sad to see it end."
Mentajack 
"Delciously dark first novel."
Oxford Library Book Reviews
"Moody and slightly gruesome, this book is an original take on the hero's journey."
Philadelphia Gay News 
"A near-perfect combination of fantasy, great storytelling and social commentary."
Romance Junkies
"Kasai has created a stunning, hazardous and complex world with a heroine/hero who is strong and utterly believable."
School Library Journal 
"Told in a quiet, sometimes almost dreamlike style reminiscent of fairy tales (though at times disturbing ones), Ice Song will appeal to teens interested in questions of identity and difference."
Today's Adventure 
"Reading Ice Song is like dreaming."

Ice Song excerpt for RRT
The House of Pleasure

Deleted Scenes
Chapter 10: Devilment and Witchery
Sorykah meets Shanxi.

Chapter 26: The Masked Ball
Further adventures at the House of Pleasure.

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