The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

The Iron Knight (Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten) (Iron Fey, #4)

by Julie Kagawa

From the limitless imagination of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Kagawa, The Iron Fey series continues.


My name--my True Name--is Ashallayn'darkmyr Tallyn.

I am the last remaining son of Mab, Queen of the Unseelie Court.

And I am dead to her.

My fall began, as many stories do, with a girl...


To cold faery prince Ash, love was a weakness for mortals and fools. Then Meghan Chase--a half human, half fey slip of a girl--smashed through his barricades, binding him to her irrevocably with his oath to be her knight.

Meghan is now the Iron Queen, ruler of a realm where no Winter or Summer fey can survive and with the unwelcome company of his archrival, Summer Court prankster Puck, and the infuriating cait sith Grimalkin, Ash begins a quest to find a way to honor his vow to stand by Meghan's side.

To survive in the Iron Realm, Ash must have a soul and a mortal body. But the tests he must face to earn these things are impossible. And along the way Ash learns something that changes everything. A truth that challenges his darkest beliefs and shows him that sometimes it takes more than courage to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Don't miss the first book in Julie Kagawa's highly anticipated new series, SHADOW OF THE FOX, AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2, 2018

"Julie Kagawa is one killer storyteller."
--MTV's Hollywood Crush blog

"The Iron King has the...enchantment, imagination and adventure of... Alice in Wonderland, Narnia and The Lord of the Rings, but with lots more romance."
--Justine magazine

"A full five-stars to Julie Kagawa's The Iron Daughter. If you love action, romance and watching how characters mature through heart-wrenching trials, you will love this story as much as I do."
--Mundie Moms blog

Reviewed by Cocktails and Books on

4 of 5 stars

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At the end of my review for the Iron Queen, I said I thought that was the best book in the series. And while that book finished the story of the Iron Fey's attempt to take over the Nevernever and Meghan Chase's ascension to the Iron Queen, I'll have to amend my statement on which is the best book in the series. This book, is the best one.

Told from Ash's perspective, we follow him on his journey to obtain the one thing that will allow him to keep his vow to Meghan, his soul.

To obtain that, Ash and Puck touch every corner of Nevernever to find the path that will lead them to the ends of the world. Along the way, they run into some old foes as well as finding out that the one thing that tore Ash and Puck apart as best friends has actually been "alive" this entire time.

But to obtain the soul he so desperately needs, Ash must run the gauntlet to prove his worthiness and then pass a series of test to see if the humanity he seeks is actually what he wants.

If you weren't Team Ash before, I think you will be after you read this one. He is every bit the complex and emotional person I thought he could be if he let go of that icy wall around his heart. In the end, he knew that despite having back what he thought was lost after seeing what he could have with Meghan it was worth the risk.

An excellent addition to a great series. I'm sorry to see it end, but I'm hoping that maybe we can convince Julie Kagawa that Puck needs to have his own series.

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