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A review by christajls
Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston
4.0
Originally reviewed on Women Write About Comics
I’m a little overdue on actually writing about Heart of Iron, but I’ve been singing the praises of this book since February to anyone who will listen. Trust me when I say it’s the science fiction retelling of Anastasia you didn’t realize you’d been waiting for.
The novel takes the reader on a wild space adventure alongside 17-year-old Ana. At a young age, Ana was taken in by a space pirate and her crew, and ever since she has been kicking butt and taking names alongside her best friend, a sentient android called D09. So when D09 starts glitching their new mission is clear: find a way to save him. Along the way, their paths cross with an Ironblood, who happens to be a member of the royal family, and soon the entire kingdom is after them. If they all want to make it out alive they’ll have to find a way to put their differences aside and work together.
Now there are a number of reasons you should read this book. It has great action, it’s fast-paced, and you’ll fall in love with every one of the protagonists. There are four different POVs in this book: Ana, D09, Robb, the Ironblood, and Jax, the roguish pilot of the pirate crew. Each character has a distinct, unique voice and they are all fabulous in their own way. Ana and D09’s lives are so intertwined, but there are some difficult obstacles standing in their way (like his dwindling lifespan); yet, it was actually the relationship between Robb and Jax that I was truly obsessed with. If you ship Finn and Poe than you are going to love these two.
Six months and many, many books later, this is still one of my favourite reads of 2018, and I think any fan of the Star Wars expanded universe novel Lost Stars or the Defy the Stars series, both by Claudia Gray, will feel the same. The only downside is we have to wait until 2019 to find out what happens next.
I’m a little overdue on actually writing about Heart of Iron, but I’ve been singing the praises of this book since February to anyone who will listen. Trust me when I say it’s the science fiction retelling of Anastasia you didn’t realize you’d been waiting for.
The novel takes the reader on a wild space adventure alongside 17-year-old Ana. At a young age, Ana was taken in by a space pirate and her crew, and ever since she has been kicking butt and taking names alongside her best friend, a sentient android called D09. So when D09 starts glitching their new mission is clear: find a way to save him. Along the way, their paths cross with an Ironblood, who happens to be a member of the royal family, and soon the entire kingdom is after them. If they all want to make it out alive they’ll have to find a way to put their differences aside and work together.
Now there are a number of reasons you should read this book. It has great action, it’s fast-paced, and you’ll fall in love with every one of the protagonists. There are four different POVs in this book: Ana, D09, Robb, the Ironblood, and Jax, the roguish pilot of the pirate crew. Each character has a distinct, unique voice and they are all fabulous in their own way. Ana and D09’s lives are so intertwined, but there are some difficult obstacles standing in their way (like his dwindling lifespan); yet, it was actually the relationship between Robb and Jax that I was truly obsessed with. If you ship Finn and Poe than you are going to love these two.
Six months and many, many books later, this is still one of my favourite reads of 2018, and I think any fan of the Star Wars expanded universe novel Lost Stars or the Defy the Stars series, both by Claudia Gray, will feel the same. The only downside is we have to wait until 2019 to find out what happens next.