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A review by jenbsbooks
The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
4.0
The Iron Fey series grew on me. I didn't LOVE the first book, and was disappointed in the first novella. I didn't feel it added anything (and I had put my reading of book 2 on hold until I could get to it). Reading THIS, I was glad to have read Winter's Passage, as the Wolf is a central character in both.
I liked the next two books, and really enjoyed the novella "Summer's Crossing" ... the shift to Puck's perspective was really fun. HERE, the switch to Ash's point of view was a little difficult for me to adapt to.
As readers, we've known Meghan, but here, we get to know Ariella. Some of the descriptions of her touched me ... "empty, so quiet, drawn into herself, brooding over a future ... her smiles seemed rigid and forced, her laughter tinged with melancholy. A ghost, and echo of a person I once knew."
... and during Ash's test "There is no pass or fail. There is only endure. Survive." Sometimes I feel that is life ... and me.
So with that, and with the love triangle (square) ... they get to me, especially when they are like this ... at times I felt like I wanted Ash and Ariella together... it was a bit of a melancholy read, even with all the action. Ash's trials were trials indeed.
I think by the end, I needed the happy ending.
I liked the next two books, and really enjoyed the novella "Summer's Crossing" ... the shift to Puck's perspective was really fun. HERE, the switch to Ash's point of view was a little difficult for me to adapt to.
As readers, we've known Meghan, but here, we get to know Ariella. Some of the descriptions of her touched me ... "empty, so quiet, drawn into herself, brooding over a future ... her smiles seemed rigid and forced, her laughter tinged with melancholy. A ghost, and echo of a person I once knew."
... and during Ash's test "There is no pass or fail. There is only endure. Survive." Sometimes I feel that is life ... and me.
So with that, and with the love triangle (square) ... they get to me, especially when they are like this ... at times I felt like I wanted Ash and Ariella together... it was a bit of a melancholy read, even with all the action. Ash's trials were trials indeed.
I think by the end, I needed the happy ending.