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Ironside

Holly Black

3.85 AVERAGE


Probably my favorite of Holly Black's fairy book. I felt like this one struck the balance between contemporary world and fairy much better than the previous volumes. Really enjoyable and I read it in a day.
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Me demoré demasiado en terminar este libro bc life happens, pero la verdad es que sí le tenía expectativas muy altas y no se me cumplieron. El libro anterior fue brutal, y no sabía bien qué esperar de este, creo que me hubiera gustado ver más involucramiento de los personajes del segundo y que se amarraran mejor las historias de los dos primeros libros.
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I devoured this book.

I loved returning to Kaye as she tried to solve an impossible quest to be with the faerie she loves, whilst also trying to keep herself and Corny alive with the seelie court trying to kill them.

I feel like all the characters change and grow, we see Corny become more like himself after everything that happened to him in the first book and as he comes to terms with the fact that he is mortal.

I love the politics and the deceit that the courts do to each other.

It’s fast paced and still holds the gritty and dark vibes from the first two books. The ending was perfect it really showed Kaye and Roiben’s characters.

Although be warned that some of the terms and wordings are a bit outdated, but that’s to be expected with a book released in 2008.
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No