A Rare Treat, 08 Apr 2008
Ice Land is a gripping tale set in a beautifully drawn landscape of mountains, caves and volcanoes, which will be unfamiliar to many of us. I can imagine this book appealing across the age spectrum.

Escapism at its best, 13 Mar 2008
I picked up this book by chance in a small bookshop in Marlborough. The book called to me. I read the first two sentences and knew that it was everything I needed from a book right then. It has magic and transformation and feather cloaks and swan maidens, giants and dwarves and a tightness of spare writing that drives the plot. It is beautiful and magical and a masterpiece, where the landscape is as much a character in the book as any of the people. And it has love. Perfect.

A window into a wonderful world, 23 Feb 2008
Ice Land is contemporary faerie tale (without the faeries) where the landscape is as much a driving force in the novel and its community of characters. Tobin's style is tight. Her language is plain, and the narrative is driven by a certain amount of lust and longin and a deep sense of place. It was a treat to be taken by this author's safe pair of hands into this kind of Iceland.

It is a wonderful read.