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The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
4.5
I had been looking forward to starting 'The Iron Fey' for a while, and this was a perfectly good introduction to the series.
The beginning was a little slow at times, and it wasn't until Meghan was in the Nevernever that I became invested in the story, however once I had reached that point, I finished the book in one sitting, so it was worth sticking with it.
I actually liked Meghan as a heroine. She may have been a tad pathetic at the beginning, but when she needed to be strong and carry on with no-one to help her, she took on the task well and with little whining, which is rare of female protagonists (think of the unbearable Katniss Everdeen or Bella Swan).
I was dreading having a tug-of-war love story, which was enhanced by the 'The Next Twilight' sticker on the front of my copy. However, I found no similarities. Meghan never once questions which guy she loves, and never gives any insinuation otherwise. I anticipated that I would adore Puck, so hate Ash by default. I did absolutely adore Puck, but in fact quite liked Ash. He is a well-written and mysterious character, and my love for Puck in no way diminished my like for Ash, like I had suspected it would early on. I will say that the grudge Ash holds against Puck did annoy me a lot, but I get the feeling that this will be touched on more in later books, so I pushed this to the side.
My only major annoyance was that there is an overbearing amount of description in this book. I often found myself skimming paragraphs jam-packed with adjectives to describe one rather drab object. It was a little bit of unnecessary overload with the descriptions. This may just be a personal preference, as I have had this issues with other books which I ended up liking immensely in the past.
Overall, I am very excited to get my hands on the rest of the series, with the expectation that it will be even better.
The beginning was a little slow at times, and it wasn't until Meghan was in the Nevernever that I became invested in the story, however once I had reached that point, I finished the book in one sitting, so it was worth sticking with it.
I actually liked Meghan as a heroine. She may have been a tad pathetic at the beginning, but when she needed to be strong and carry on with no-one to help her, she took on the task well and with little whining, which is rare of female protagonists (think of the unbearable Katniss Everdeen or Bella Swan).
I was dreading having a tug-of-war love story, which was enhanced by the 'The Next Twilight' sticker on the front of my copy. However, I found no similarities. Meghan never once questions which guy she loves, and never gives any insinuation otherwise. I anticipated that I would adore Puck, so hate Ash by default. I did absolutely adore Puck, but in fact quite liked Ash. He is a well-written and mysterious character, and my love for Puck in no way diminished my like for Ash, like I had suspected it would early on. I will say that the grudge Ash holds against Puck did annoy me a lot, but I get the feeling that this will be touched on more in later books, so I pushed this to the side.
My only major annoyance was that there is an overbearing amount of description in this book. I often found myself skimming paragraphs jam-packed with adjectives to describe one rather drab object. It was a little bit of unnecessary overload with the descriptions. This may just be a personal preference, as I have had this issues with other books which I ended up liking immensely in the past.
Overall, I am very excited to get my hands on the rest of the series, with the expectation that it will be even better.