The Lost Prince (Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten, #1) (Iron Fey, #5)

by Julie Kagawa

[Silvara]

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If you haven't read the Iron Fey series, you will end up being very curious and should go read that series. However, this book does it's best to sketch in enough details that you won't be lost if you haven't read that series yet. For the fellow Puck lovers, he DOES appear in this book! But sadly not until towards the end and his part isn't long. Perhaps we'll get more next book?

I ended up liking Kenzie more after Grimalkin appeared. She was the epitome of the tenacious, nosy reporter girl. And while that isn't a bad thing necessarily, that's mostly all you saw of her at first. I also guessed her secret before the reveal, but that didn't diminish it when it did come out.

I loved Razor! He was such a fun and mischievous character. I loved all his rants about the "bad kitty!". And I really liked Keirran. As Puck says, Keirran and Ethan remind him of Ash and himself. Keirran is charming and noble, but also genuinely nice and wanted to get to know Ethan.

Ethan on the other hand is broody and angsty. He doesn't want anyone to get hurt by the fey because of being his friend. So he snarls and acts like a jerk, trying to push everyone away. This works with everyone normally, but fails spectacularly with Kenzie.

As the book goes on, you learn not only a lot of fey lore and how to keep them away from you. But also you start to see inside the characters. What they show on the surface is only the shallowest glimpse of what you learn later. I love how this world is filled with characters who show real depth. And the world is also very real feeling.

I do like how the fey are not all sweetness and light in these books. They are written as they should be, tricksy and sometimes dark. Not something you should bargain with or make promises to without considering your words carefully and knowing exactly what you will be in for.

If you have read the other series, you should read this one as well. If you haven't read either one, but like books about the fey, you should read this.

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