Iron Witch (The Iron Witch Trilogy, #1)

by Karen Mahoney

The child of alchemists, Donna Underwood feels cursed by her magical heritage. When she was seven, a horrific fey attack killed her father and drove her mother mad. But when the darkest outcasts of Faerie-the vicious wood elves-abduct her best friend, Donna must accept her role in the centuries old war between the humans and the fey. When she was seven, a horrific fey attack killed Donna Underwood's father and drove her mother mad. Her own nearly fatal injuries were fixed by alchemy-the iron tattoos branding her hands and arms. Now seventeen, Donna feels like a freak, doomed by the magical heritage that destroyed her parents and any chance she had for a normal life. Only her relationship with her best friend, Navin, is keeping her sane. But when vicious wood elves abduct Navin, Donna is forced to accept her role in the centuries-old war between human alchemists and these darkest outcasts of Faerie. Assisted by Xan, a gorgeous guy with faery blood running through his veins and secrets of his own, Donna races to save Navin-even if it means betraying everything her parents fought to the death to protect. AGES: 12 to 18 AUTHOR: Karen Mahoney has been published in the anthologies The Eternal Kiss and Kiss Me Deadly (both by Running Press). She has a highly trafficked blog and is also part of a group blog that includes New York Timesbestselling authors.

• ISBN13: 9780738725826
• Publish Date: 8 February 2011 (first published 20 January 2011)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 15 December 2022
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Flux
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 312
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sarah Says]

While the Iron Witch wasn’t outstanding or even a completely new concept, I found it to be a quick and enjoyable read. It was just what I needed on a day when I was stuck in the house rugged up under a blanket with a cup of tea feeling under the weather. I’m not sure yet if I’ll go onto read the second book, but this one swept me off into a world with handsome half-fays and magical Alchemy. I gave it FOUR “I really liked it” STARS.

[wyvernfriend]

Donna hides her arms under gloves to hide the iron and silver tattoos that gave her back the use of those arms after a faerie creature damaged them when she was young. The same incident where her father died. Her mother is suffering from a mysterious ailment that resembles a mental illness and she lives with her aunt.

Her best friend is Navin who brings her to a party which leads to her meeting with Xan, who it turns out is part-fey.

When faerie kidnap Navin, it's up to her to save him. What she does will have large implications in her life.

[lizarodz]

I really liked this one. I read it in my Kindle, but the cover is wonderful. It was a very quick read and the plot was nice. I would have liked more meaningful interaction between Xan and Donna, but I understand that the story was fast paced and this is book one in a series. Besides the three main characters, the secondary ones didn't have a lot of spotlight here. Now we will have to wait a year for book two, and the end was a subtle cliffhanger!