The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa

The Iron Traitor (Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten, #2) (Iron Fey, #6)

by Julie Kagawa

Journeying in the lands of the fey, Ethan Chase discovers that his nephew, Keirran, is missing, and may be on the verge of doing something unthinkable in the name of saving his own love. Something that will fracture the human and faery worlds forever, and give rise to the dangerous fey known as the Forgotten. As Ethan's and Keirran's fates entwine and Keirran slips further into darkness, Ethan's next choice may decide the fate of them all.

Ethan's nephew, Keirran, is missing and may be on the verge of doing something unthinkable that will fracture the human and faery worlds forever and give rise to a dangerous fey known as the Forgotten. The plot contains profanity and violence. Book #2

Reviewed by ladygrey on

2 of 5 stars

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I wavered between two and three stars because this wasn't a bad book but I also was not impressed in any way.

Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it. Or maybe because Ethan Chase is not that interesting of a main character. Which could be because the book is written like an instruction manual it's so simple and straightforward. Maybe because I knew exactly where the story was headed the whole time so there was no tension. Whatever the reason I wasn't really engaged in this story at all.

I think the characters probably are interesting if the writing didn't bother me so much. The dialog parts were all decent. And I think it didn't help that there was a lot of development for Ethan in the last book but none for any of the characters really in this one. I do like how Ash manages to come across as a serious adult in Ethan's eyes. I liked the new perspective on him. But I didn't like Kierran at all in this book. I don't care if there were reasons for what he did - he became unlikable and he was the saving grace of the last book.

But everything else was just such a dole drum. Maybe it would have been better if I hadn't read [b:Iron Prophecy|15724014|Iron's Prophecy (The Iron Fey, #4.5)|Julie Kagawa|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1340766383l/15724014._SX50_.jpg|21399217]. At first I liked the insight that short story provided until it became apparent this entire novel was just leading to what we already knew happened. But you know I'm sure I'll end up reading the next one to see how [a:Julie Kagawa|2995873|Julie Kagawa|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1257816454p2/2995873.jpg] does what I already know she's going to do.

(I forgot to write down any of the good Ash quotes. Give me a break, this is still the first month of this quote from each book thing. Here's a Puck quote to make up for it.)

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