This book is going to be amazing, the spoiler was fun and everything is sucking you in to read the rest. Will need to get the book like now.

I finally got around to reading this book, as I cannot wait to read Forbidden Alchemy by the same author.

I would rate this debut novel 3.5 out of 5 stars with a 2 for spice. It has the bones for a great book and series and I'll definitely be continuing.

The world building was perfect, in that I didn't get lost. Dawsyn was a strong FMC, which I love in fantasy novels.

It just felt very formulaic but again, will be continuing.

What an amazing starting couple of chapters! I now have the audio copy of this book and will be reading the full series.

The premise of this book has me hooked already, I have so many questions and am really interested in the progression of the relationship, whether she will be taken by the Glacians, the characters are so relatable already.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an sampler of this book.
WOW, what a taste. I was intrigued all the way through, I was thoroughly attached to both Dawsyn and Hector and really felt their pain. I was on the edge of my seat trying to puzzle out what is going on throughout. I will 100% be buying a copy of this book as I just have to know what happens next.
Highly recommend

This two chapter sampler just isn't enough! Adding it to my cart so I can continue reading asap!

This story sucked me in right from the start with the mystery of the creatures keeping them trapped to the friendship with the "boy next door". I am very intrigued as to where this story will go. Both Dawsyn and Hector seem very likable, but I am curious to see if Hector sticks around in this story. The writing style and pace seem really good in the first two chapters. Overall, very excited to continue!

Thank you NetGalley for a sample of Ledge.

Eeek this has got me so excited to read this book in the future. Has gone straight on my TBR. Love the writing style and the premise.

Although this was only a sample, the first two chapters were very intriguing! I’ve heard great things about this series, so I definitely want to give it a try. The prose was lovely, yet not difficult to understand. I felt the characters we are introduced to were well fleshed out, but still left some mystery. And the world building was fantastic here - not info dumpy at all!

This sampler of Ledge is the first work of author Stacey McEwan that I've read. I've seen her newest release- Forbidden Alchemy- talked about on Bookstagram and when I see this sampler was from her, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to check out the beginning of this story and her writing style. I'm glad I did. The first two chapters of Ledge are very intriguing and made me want to know how to story evolves. I'll definitely be picking up Ledge to see how it unfolds and looking into the author's other titles.

Thanks to NetGalley I received a sneak peek of “Ledge” by Stacey McEwan and I’m definitely intrigued! The sampler sets up a chilling, icy world with just enough tension and mystery to pull me in. It gives off serious survival vibes with a side of slow-burn secrets, Now I absolutely need to know what happens next. Definitely adding this to my TBR!

Honestly I thought this was the full book and when I realised it was only 2 chapters I pushed it so far down my tbr I forgot about it.

I finally read the first 2 chapters when in a slump and I'm definitely intrigued by the rest of the story. It's not gone to the top of my tbr but it'll definitely be waiting for me when I fancy it - life of a mood reader.

The story is really unique and the beginning is really gripping. I have read this entire book and enjoyed the story and the romance. Enemies to lovers and a slow burn romance that pays off but the ending is diabolical.

This was misleading. It was as only two chapters. The chapters were good but I believed this was the book and led astray. No fault of the author.

A gripping tale for fans of the Hunger Games and similar dystopian tropes. From the first few pages, this story grips you with the strife, loss, and hunger (both physical and mental) that FMC, Dawsyn, feels. In just a few chapters, McEwan hooks her readers' in; making them want to learn of what happens to those that leave the safety net of the Ledge. This is a must read! Fantastic, refreshing take on what line we'd cross, both ethically and morally, to survive.

From only two chapters I’m hooked. Does Daywsn get chosen in Selection? What happens to her? Who are the Glacians? Where is this ledge!

Well, this was only a sample of the book, but I definitely wanted more. I want to know more about this world. The two chapters that were in this sample were a tease. I like this authors style though!

This was a fantastic preview! I can tell this will be a very interesting book and I immediately ran to the bookstore to purchase my own copy! I can't wait to finish the story because it has a very unique premise.

Note: This review is based on the sampler consisting of the first two chapters.

I picked up this sample to get a taste of Stacey's writing style for her upcoming novel A Forbidden Alchemy. I was pleasantly surprised at how much Stacey packed into the first couple of chapters that really gives me a clear sense of the dystopian world. I also like her writing style as it's fast-paced and pulls you in right from the start. I am definitely intrigued enough to read the rest of Ledge as well as check out her new novel.

Ledge throws you straight into the action and doesn’t really slow down, which I loved. The world is harsh—literally freezing—and you can really feel how brutal life on the Ledge is. It’s not just background noise; the setting actually matters and shapes the characters in a real way.

Dawsyn, the main character, is tough as nails. She’s sharp, stubborn, and not here to play nice, which makes her super easy to root for. When she gets taken by these creepy, winged creatures called Glacians, things start getting wild. She ends up teaming up with one of them, Ryon, and the enemies-to-something-more tension is definitely there, but it doesn’t feel rushed or overdone. Their banter is solid and adds a bit of fun to an otherwise intense story.

The pacing is quick and stays that way—no long boring stretches. Things keep moving, which made it really hard to put down. Even when I could guess where a few plot points were headed, I still wanted to see how it all played out. Yeah, it uses some familiar fantasy tropes, but honestly? It works.

If you’re into survival stories with a cold, dangerous setting, strong female leads, and some slow-burn tension, Ledge is definitely worth checking out. First in a series too, so there’s more to come if you’re into it.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publishers for access to this ARC sampler! 📚

It’s difficult to review a book based on only two chapters, but from the sample my initial impressions were that this story had potential for some great world building. We had mythical monsters threatening a closed community, ‘feeding’ at intervals on individuals who sacrificed themselves to spare their families. Anybody too ‘cowardly’ to come forward would be ‘hunted and killed’, too. The people of the Ledge were living in harsh and dangerous conditions with no chance for escape due to being between a chasm splitting the landscape and a mountain wall that stretched beyond where the eye could see. I would definitely be interested to find out what the monsters were, how they came to be and why they trapped the community on the Ledge. For example, were the beasts magical? Were they actually eating the citizens? Where were they taking them? Could they be overcome? What is the chasm, was that magical too? Where did the beyond lead?
The introduced characters didn’t have much chance to grab my interest in only two chapters, but the atmosphere was set well with the characters battling intense loneliness and seeking intimacy from each other in an almost symbiotic relationship. The female lead was very hardened, both physically and emotionally, from living entirely alone and having to fend for herself in ‘the frost’. The two characters showed how alliances had to be formed when facing threats from others for resources, with the trees in the forest being divided amongst different groups for ownership. We saw the tension and ruthlessness involved in families trying to take ownership of more, extorting or blackmailing the more vulnerable.
There were plenty of potential plots that came to mind such as escaping the Ledge and discovering what was beyond, falling down the chasm and seeing what lay at the bottom, trying to defeat the monsters or putting an end to the ritualistic ‘killings’, or being chosen as the sacrifice and discovering where the victims were taken and what actually happened to them. I imagine there would be storylines involving the community itself and its internal politics.
The writing sometimes leant on the flowery side, with unnecessary adjectives or similes bloating the descriptions. But there was some beauty in there too, my particular favourite being ‘she watches her stale blood swirl into cursive’. I’m not personally a fan of third person present narrative voice, as I feel it’s harder to stick to correctly and often sounds clunky. I was surprised there was a smut scene so early on, a tame one admittedly, but it was short and vague to reflect the detachment of their intimacy. The dialogue wasn’t the best, with the male character’s first lines being ‘what the fuck’ and addressing her by surname, a very modern vernacular, only to then start talking quite formally. So that made it difficult to fully envision the community’s culture.
Overall I would potentially seek this book out to read to find out more.

I found Stacey McEwan on TikTok and I have been dazzled by her writing ever since. Her FMC, Dawsyn, finds herself as the next sacrifice. I simply loved the setting because it was a cold and frozen land. I feel like that isn’t done much. Cannot wait to read the rest of Stacey’s catalog.