Iron King (Iron Fey, #1)

by Julie Kagawa

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ALSO POSTED ON MY BLOG:Afterwords

Well. You can just look on my (many) GR status updates about The Iron King to see it definitely had an effect on me - I kept having things to say about it.

In all honesty, I wonder if this wasn't because the Iron King was my first buddy-read more than anything else. Because The Iron King was a good book, but it didn't blow my mind... And I desperately tried to hide that.

When I started this book, I pretty much knew nothing about it. The last time I read the synopsis was eons before and I was just a little too lazy to read it again or something. So I didn't know what to expect, yet I was surprised by what I got. Does that make sense?

The world of The Iron King strongly resembles that of Wicked Lovely, with its faeries, courts and michief. In my original review, I stated that I would pick this one over Wicked Lovely. That was a lie. What I actually meant was that this book would appeal more to young adults and ya lovers because of it's adventures and quirky characters. It's the book I would give my bookworm niece to read.

But on a personal level, I probably love Wicked Lovely a lot more.

Our main character is Meghan Chase, and can I just say I was very impressed by her? She shows remarkable cleverness despite the unknown world and rules she falls into, she is brave and loyal and she is such a caretaker. I just wish she'd stop promising deals without a second thought to what it may cause.

Puck/Robin is Meghan's bff. I had really mixed feelings towards him. At first glance, I loved him. But after he showed his true form and started being so harsh and mocking toward Meghan who literally knows nothing of his world instead of explaining things to her, I wanted to slap his face off.

Then there is Ash, a handsome Winter Prince. And... that's it, really. I know everyone is like *fangirl screaming voice* Aaaaaaaaaaaaashhhhhhhhhhhh *normal voice* but I don't see the appeal. He was too all over the place - one minute cold, then sweet, then bored, then caring, with barely a warning in between. Decide who you are, then come back to talk to me, mm'kay?

And because I wasn't really feeling it with Ash, I wasn't the biggest fan of the romance. Mostly because it appeared really abruptly. Where is the falling-in-love sense? Where are all the little sweet moment that make up that process? I didn't see them.

I will admit to liking the two of them together after, though. Their first kiss had me tingly all over, so I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt and hope they will swipe me off the feet in the next book. Oh, and here's to hoping that foreboding sense of a love-triangle will not come to fruition, or at the very least not be heavy on it.

My favorite character is not a human or a fairy though. No, my favorite character is a cat. A wickedly cool one at that. Grimalkin is the Cheshire cat of this universe and I dig it.

And finally.. Ethan. God, the adorableness! I love children in books, and Ethan is just such a cute one. Fingers crossed he is a part of the next book!

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Old Version
You can Find My Review in My Blog, Drugs Called Books

The Iron King has been on my To-Read list probably for as long as the book existed. I read the summary years ago, thought it was interesting and marked it as To Read (this is when I still didn't know of Goodreads and relied on the Amazon buying lists to remember what I wanted to buy).
I never actually got around to reading it, for a reason I can't explain. Possibly, it's because it talks about Faeries, and those have always been one of the least attracting super natural being to me. I don't even know why, I guess probably because of Tinker Bell and the normal portrayal of Faeries in my childhood stories ~shrug~
Anyway, a friend suggest we read a book together, and we both thought it was high time we read this book.
I guess we're both very happy about that suggestion.

The Plot
I haven't actually read the summary before marching into this read, not in the last few years anyway, so I came into the reading completely blank. I didn't know what the expect, and I was surprised by what I got.

The world of this book reminded me a lot of Wicked Lovely, with the faeries, courts, and the ending. However...

To read the rest of this review, go here!

Note to self:when the oracle said that Meghan's first child would give her a lot of grief, I wondered to myself if it'll have something to do with the second series. And I read the summary of The Iron Prophecy accidently, and it seems like I might be right! Hooray me!