Sorry it has been so long, but I have had my exams, and I haven't had time to read much less review anything. Here is my first review. I hope you like it! Don't forget to leave your thoughts
Title: The Iron
King
Author: Julie
Kagawa
Series: The Iron
Fey #1
Pages: 363
Publisher:Harlequin Teen
Genre: YA
paranormal romance (faeries)
Other books by the
author: The Iron Daughter, The Iron Queen, The Iron Knight, The Immortal Rules.
The Blurb: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined.
Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at home.
When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.
But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face; and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.
The Iron King is
such an amazing book! I had heard a lot about it, and everything was good, but
I hadn’t read it. In the end, I couldn’t resist anymore and I bought it. The
book left me totally charmed. It lived up to all the hype, which isn’t
something that can be said very often. It was perfect in every way.
I’m starting with
the plot. It is so good! All the journeys, the people… Maybe the end was too
fast, but it was good. A great deal of imagination as put into that book, and I
admire the author for that.
Now, let me tell
you a secret. I love falling into routines. I always do it in books, and when
the setting or everyday routine is changed, I am restless. An easy example: in
Harry Potter 1-6, days were always the same. Classes, potions with Snape, the occasional
argument with Draco Malfoy, visiting Hagrid at his cottage, some trip to
Hogsmeade, the quidditch matches… Even the exams were so typical, they kind of
became my friends in the end. And then, in book 7, BAM, everything changes.
Suddenly there are no classes, no quidditch, no exams, nothing. They no longer
live in that enormous castle that I had come to know so well. That makes me
sad, and also a bit nervous inside. The Iron King got me totally out of my
comfort zone. Meghan never stays at one place for long and her companies are
constantly changing. It was like a gust of fresh air, I loved it.
Meghan is a very
strong feminine character, one of those I love. She doesn’t let anyone tell her
what to do and she knows what she wants and goes for it. At the beginning,
she’s insecure, but as the novel progresses we can see how she develops and
gains more security, becoming a real princess.
Now, Ash is my
total book-crush here. He doesn’t beat Jace from The Mortal Instruments (no one
does), but he’s fantastic enough. I love the way he is cold, in every
sense of the word, but he still falls so hard for Meghan. I expected him to be
worse, and I appreciated his goodness. I must say I’m a total team Ash, but I
don’t know Puck well enough to be definite yet.
Puck is the total
opposite of Ash. He’s hilarious, sarcastic and plays wonderful pranks. I loved
it when he calls Meghan ‘princess’, it’s sooo cute! The bad thing is that he is
missing for most of the book. I hope to read more about him in the following
ones!!
The style is
amazing; I envy Julie Kagawa with every cell in my body. I kept having to leave
the book because it upsets me so much to think that I’ll never be able to write
like that, so you get the idea. I need The Iron Daughter bad. This book
ends with a huge cliffhanger (Is Ash good?),
and I want to see how the love triangle develops!!
COVER: Pretty!
Another half face, can’t say it’s original, but the girl in the cover (Meghan,
I assume) is beautiful. I adore the cold white and blue tones, it fills it with
purity and gives me the feeling that cold air is being blown on my face (weird,
I know). The font is gorgeous, and the little sentence in the cover kills me every
time: ‘Iron. Ice. A love doomed from the start’. Now, tell me that isn’t good!
To summarize, I am
in love with it! It’s my first faery book (if we don’t take into account
Cinderella and all those), and it hasn’t let me down. I’m definitely eager for
more!
Plot: ***** (5
stars)
Writing style:
****+ (4.5 stars)
Characters: *****
(5 stars)
Cover: **** (4
stars)
TOTAL: ***** (5
stars)
BOOK CRUSH: Ash,
Ice Prince of the Winter Court.
About The Author: Julie Kagawa
When not swimming for her life, Julie immersed herself in books, often to the chagrin of her schoolteachers, who would find she hid novels behind her Math textbooks during class. Her love of reading led her to pen some very dark and gruesome stories, complete with colored illustrations, to shock her hapless teachers. The gory tales faded with time, but the passion for writing remained, long after she graduated and was supposed to get a real job.
To pay the rent, Julie worked in different bookstores over the years, but discovered the managers frowned upon her reading the books she was supposed to be shelving. So she turned to her other passion: training animals. She worked as a professional dogtrainer for several years, dodging Chihuahua bites and overly enthusiastic Labradors, until her first book sold and she stopped training to write full-time.
Julie now lives in Louisville, Kentucky, where the frequency of shark attacks are at an all time low. She lives with her husband, two obnoxious cats, one Australian Shepherd who is too smart for his own good, and the latest addition, a hyper-active Papillon puppy.
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