Author: Julie Kagawa
ISBN-13: 9780373210084
Paperback: 363 pages
Publisher: Harlequin, 2010
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drey's thoughts:
I picked up Julie Kagawa's The Iron King because I really liked the cover. And what I found was an amazing story about a sixteen-year-old girl whose life changes drastically when she finds her brother stolen by faeries and replaced by a changeling.
Meghan Chase is having the worst birthday ever. She is completely embarrassed at school, and comes home to find her mother injured, her brother missing, her best friend isn't human, and faeries exist. When she goes looking for him, she gets entangled in the world of the fae, where everything can be bargained for, and nothing is what it seems.
The Iron King spins a magical tale that conjures the fantastical along with a quest. I had visions à la Alice in Wonderland, Labyrinth, and The Chronicles of Narnia floating through my head while reading this one, and loved how today's modernity is represented in the Iron fey. I cannot wait for more.
drey's rating: 4/5 Excellent
Challenges: 100+, Pub, Support Your Local Library
5 comments:
This book is out of my comfort range, but so many people have loved it, I feel like I need to give it a try.
sometimes that's the fun of blogging, though, isn't it--finding things that are out of your comfort range and giving it a try? :)
I have yet to read this one, but it's at the top of my Wish List right now...
I have generally heard good things about this one, I'll have to give it a try.
This has been on my to-buy, tbr list for a long time. I think I'll buy the series for my daughter for Christmas just so I can read her leftovers! LOL!
Julie @ Knitting and Sundries
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