Review : The Iron King - Julie Kagawa

Book Review of The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
The Iron King
Series : #1 Iron Fey
Released : 1st February 2010
Publisher: Mira Ink
Format : Paperback
Source : Gift (Thanks Lindsey)
Finished : 10th June 2011
Overall rating

Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined. Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at home. When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change. But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face; and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.

The Iron King was one of those books which l picked up due to so many positive reviews. Before l got into blogging l would never have picked it up due to it having fairies, trolls and many other creatures. I am now slowly starting to enjoy these sort of books, although books which are too fairytale like are still a bit too much for me.

Iron King has a good balance between fairytale and also keeping the storyline ‘real’ with the relationships in this book as well as the main character, Meghan, who l really like. I felt for Meghan for a few reasons, including that her father had suddenly gone missing; this book shows throughout it how much this has affected Meghan. I also felt l could relate to her and her school experience, which is not a positive one.

This book is a very creative one and l felt like Julie pulled lots of ideas from young children’s minds and added them into this book. It was truly a unique, full of adventure book where you encounter both good and evil creatures with many different ‘powers’ and along this journey get to know Meghan more as well as three other characters.

I have to admit, l don’t have a very creative mind, hence why l don’t really read these sort of books. Because of this l did sometimes struggle to imagine what the creatures where looking like which l felt meant l struggled to get as into some scenes as l would like and didn’t really ‘lose myself’ in the different worlds.

Overall The Iron King is a captivating read in which you meet creatures you will have never meant before. After starting with a very quick pace l was wondering if The Iron King could keep this up throughout the book but it actually got faster paced! Meghan was constantly discovering new things meaning l, as the reader, was also discovering new things with her. 

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Ratings :

Plot : 4.5/5

Cover : 4/5

Page Turner : 4.5/5

Characters : 4.5/5

Ending : 4.5/5

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Series -

The Iron King #1

The Iron Daughter #2

The Iron Queen #3

The Iron Knight #4

They also have two short ebooks which go between 1  & 2 and 3 & 4

2011 Books Challenges -

Read 15 books with 350+ pages

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