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I was given this as a ebook in a read along to review it.
Personally it is not a book for me. I actually didn't even finish it. I found it was a lot of information over load, to a point that it took you away from the story a lot.
I did not click with any of the Characters. So much so I couldn't even tel you there names.
That's being said if you are really into science and can read your way through all of it, it may be a book for you.
Personally it is not a book for me. I actually didn't even finish it. I found it was a lot of information over load, to a point that it took you away from the story a lot.
I did not click with any of the Characters. So much so I couldn't even tel you there names.
That's being said if you are really into science and can read your way through all of it, it may be a book for you.
"Oh, we’re playing nice now? Shall we have tea first? Brew up a pot of kiss-my-ass?"
The Iron King was a nice fluffy quick read. Although juvinile in how it’s written, I found myself loving returning to the old faery world. Or, Faeryland, if you will.
Jam packed with smart-ass remarks and goofy characters, I feel in love once again with the Seelie and Unseelie courts and their rivalry. Meghan Chase, a seemingly normal girl, finds her self in the presence of a changeling. Vowing to save her brother from the faery lands she teams up with her best friend Robbie, who is actually Puck!
You immediately fall in love with Puck/Robbie/Robin. His aloof and goofy personality coupled with the perfect amount of confidence in his abilities reels you in, in a very short period of time. I found my self rooting for him, just a little bit.
Once in the Faeryland, NeverNever, everything becomes chaotic and it seems everything and everyone wants to kill Maghan. She finds a small sense of safety in the Summer court in the Seelie Territory, under her Fathers (King of the summer court)protection. Surprise she is a Fae princess!… not really. It was obvious from the beginning. She isn’t protected for long, as during a party where both the Seelie and Unseelie court have to attend, all bel breaks loose and she has to sneak off to the Unseelie court to find her brother.
"Touch her, and I’ll freeze your testicles off and put them in a jar. Understand?"
Ah, the love interest. You know…. the guy who she shouldn’t fall in love with? Or at least isn’t supposed to. The one That acts like a dick and has BAD written all over him? The one that’s cold hearted (pun intended)? Well, that is Ash to a T.
Ash is Prince of the Winter Court and enemy to Meghan’s Father. Ash is everything she should stay away from, and essentially everything she wants. He is gorgeous and moody and dangerous, but let’s be real. We will love him anyway.
Overall, The Iron King was a quick easy read and despite how juvenile is could be I found myself stupid smiling most of the time reading it.
I would give this novel a 3/5 star rating, and I look forward to seeing what happens to Meghan next.
The Iron King was a nice fluffy quick read. Although juvinile in how it’s written, I found myself loving returning to the old faery world. Or, Faeryland, if you will.
Jam packed with smart-ass remarks and goofy characters, I feel in love once again with the Seelie and Unseelie courts and their rivalry. Meghan Chase, a seemingly normal girl, finds her self in the presence of a changeling. Vowing to save her brother from the faery lands she teams up with her best friend Robbie, who is actually Puck!
You immediately fall in love with Puck/Robbie/Robin. His aloof and goofy personality coupled with the perfect amount of confidence in his abilities reels you in, in a very short period of time. I found my self rooting for him, just a little bit.
Once in the Faeryland, NeverNever, everything becomes chaotic and it seems everything and everyone wants to kill Maghan. She finds a small sense of safety in the Summer court in the Seelie Territory, under her Fathers (King of the summer court)protection. Surprise she is a Fae princess!… not really. It was obvious from the beginning. She isn’t protected for long, as during a party where both the Seelie and Unseelie court have to attend, all bel breaks loose and she has to sneak off to the Unseelie court to find her brother.
"Touch her, and I’ll freeze your testicles off and put them in a jar. Understand?"
Ah, the love interest. You know…. the guy who she shouldn’t fall in love with? Or at least isn’t supposed to. The one That acts like a dick and has BAD written all over him? The one that’s cold hearted (pun intended)? Well, that is Ash to a T.
Ash is Prince of the Winter Court and enemy to Meghan’s Father. Ash is everything she should stay away from, and essentially everything she wants. He is gorgeous and moody and dangerous, but let’s be real. We will love him anyway.
Overall, The Iron King was a quick easy read and despite how juvenile is could be I found myself stupid smiling most of the time reading it.
I would give this novel a 3/5 star rating, and I look forward to seeing what happens to Meghan next.
I was given a copy of Mask of Shadows by Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.
Mask of Shadows is one of those books that has a great idea and just botches it.
Let's start with the "gender fluid" main character Sal. This is a great idea and a unique one, if done properly. In this case, it was not. The gender fluidity is not even mentioned enough for you to remember it's there. And the times it is mentioned just brings on all sorts of confusion. The other characters don't question it in any sort, making you believe that it is widely accepted with in their society. But the way the main character gets all teary eyed when someone refers to he/she/they in the proper context suggests otherwise. In my opinion it's an unneeded character attribute. It doesn't aid in the story or character at all and the book would be the exact same without it.
Moving on to the characters themselves.... well this is a tough one as none of them have names and they hardly get descriptions. Making it extremely hard to connect with any of the characters at all. And the fact that you call them by numbers? *insert eye roll here* the whole time I just kept thinking of that really bad number joke... "why was 6 afraid of 7?" Having them being called their audition numbers, never getting names or back stories, and not having descriptions to rely on make it impossible to say you like or know any of the characters.
And the ONE character you get a lite insight too? The ONE character you might start feeling something for? Yeah.... dead. *sigh*
I gave this book a 2/5.... and that's reaching. Really it should be a 1 star, but it kept my interest enough that I finished it in about 5 hours. So that's got to count for something right?
Mask of Shadows is one of those books that has a great idea and just botches it.
Let's start with the "gender fluid" main character Sal. This is a great idea and a unique one, if done properly. In this case, it was not. The gender fluidity is not even mentioned enough for you to remember it's there. And the times it is mentioned just brings on all sorts of confusion. The other characters don't question it in any sort, making you believe that it is widely accepted with in their society. But the way the main character gets all teary eyed when someone refers to he/she/they in the proper context suggests otherwise. In my opinion it's an unneeded character attribute. It doesn't aid in the story or character at all and the book would be the exact same without it.
Moving on to the characters themselves.... well this is a tough one as none of them have names and they hardly get descriptions. Making it extremely hard to connect with any of the characters at all. And the fact that you call them by numbers? *insert eye roll here* the whole time I just kept thinking of that really bad number joke... "why was 6 afraid of 7?" Having them being called their audition numbers, never getting names or back stories, and not having descriptions to rely on make it impossible to say you like or know any of the characters.
And the ONE character you get a lite insight too? The ONE character you might start feeling something for? Yeah.... dead. *sigh*
I gave this book a 2/5.... and that's reaching. Really it should be a 1 star, but it kept my interest enough that I finished it in about 5 hours. So that's got to count for something right?
