The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey #2)

This books takes place after Meghan is in the Unseelie Court. It does go through her mind and shows Ash taking her there and what happened when she first arrived. Her time spent in The Winter Court is awful, Ash pretending he doesn't love her and then all hell breaks loose the night the Scepter of Seasons is stolen by the Iron Fey. A Winter Prince turns traitor and Ash has to help Meghan escape. Puck comes back! I am totally team Ash but Puck is so funny and awesome all in his own right. Meghan is left to find the scepter as a war breaks out between summer and winter. As Meb thinks summer stole it. Meghan and Puck along with Ironhorse who has vowed to help her create a plan to get it back. Ash goes his own way, telling Meghan that they simply can't be together. Their courts won't allow it.

Things kept getting in the way of their plan, Ash is turned into a puppet by the false Iron King and Meghan has to save him with an iron power. Do they ever get the Scepter of Seasons back? Does Ash and Megan get to be together? Does our heroes get to stop the war? You're going to have to read this book to find out.

I love The Iron King, it was awesome, but to me, this book was so much better. More action, more romance and the steaks are higher because not just Ethan is in trouble, but all of the Nevernever. Ash is just perfectly Ash and I love him in this book. The writing is flawless as what I've come to expect from this author and it's so easy to follow.

I know a lot of people don't like reading about fey or fairies very much but this series is just too good not to read. Give it a chance and I know you'll love it... or at least love Ash or Puck, or both. Both is good.

Trapped in the winter castle full of spiteful fey, a block on her magic, Puck in a tree somewhere, Ash turning away from her, Rowan (Ash's brother) trying to toy with her, it seems that Meghan's time in the Nevernever can't really get much worse.

Julie Kagawa has really hit the nail with this one, I think. They way she portrays the fey; strange, devious, spiteful, yet quite like humans as well, is simply amazing.

At the start of the book, Meghan, our half-human, half-fey daughter of Oberon, the king of the Seelie, is imprisoned in the Unseelie court. She might be in there for life, and, whats worse, Ash (the Winter prince that she fell in love with) seems to have forgotten her. And then, when she finally sees him, seems to have rejected her.

And, as if that wasn't bad enough, soon after the Scepter of the Seasons is passed from Summer to Winter, the Scepter is stolen, the eldest prince of the Winter Court is dead, and Summer (most particularly Meghan) is blamed. She must go to find it.

But how can she do it, with the whole of Winter searching for her and Ash (who revealed that he did, in fact, still love her), the whole of Summer out looking for her, and all the Iron Fey after her as well? Oh, and to make it worse, Winter has declared war on the Summer, and once again, it goes down to Meghan to try and stop it all.

Is it too much for her to handle?

This book is simply amazing, and perfect for anyone who likes supernatural creatures, lovers who just can't sort it out and/or spiteful fey who are tearing at each other for power.

Previously published on my blog: http://fictionfervor.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/review-the-iron-daughter-by-julie-kagawa/

I actually read this book quite a while ago, but I had been contemplating publishing my review. Not because it was so bad that I would feel guilty for posting such a bad review, but because I wanted to post the review of the first book too, purely because both the first book and this were fantastic.

I tend to favor fairies over other paranormal creatures like vampires and werewolves purely because fairies are devious and cunning and very similar to humans in that aspect. They’re feral. And that’s what makes them beautiful. Add in a plot that not only is interesting but also keeps you at the edge of your seat, and this book becomes a must.

Meghan, our protagonist, is held in the icy kingdom of Queen Mab, where she must face imprisonment for possibly life and being ignored by her Winter prince, whom she thought loved her. Then when the scepter passed between the Winter and Summer fey is stolen, Meghan must retrieve it from her enemies — the Iron fey.

I’ll be the first to admit that a large part of my liking this book was because of the romance. I’m definitely on Team Ash (though I do absolutely love Puck). Ash is that Winter prince that you think will never fall in love, but — behold! — he falls in love with the most unlikely person. Meghan. And that just turns the Winter prince into someone easily breakable, someone that you love. It changes him into someone willing to do anything to keep his love safe.

And that ending. Oh, that ending. That ending broke my heart.

Kagawa’s The Iron Daughter is simply a must for any paranormal lover who just can’t resist starcrossed lovers and a plot full of devious fey waiting for their chance to achieve power.

Source: copy borrowed from library

I LOVED IT.

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Reader reviewed by Lia

Meghan Chase has returned to the Winter Court, upholding her bargain with the Winter Prince, Ash. She is once again sucked into the political intrigue of the faery courts as she witnesses an assasination and the robbery of the "Scepter" an instrument that balances the seasons. Trying to prove the Iron fey exist, and stop a war between the courts, Meghan sets out to find the Scepter along with Ash.

I loved the second book even more than I loved the first one. Once again the characters, new and old, were amazing.  I loved the lively banter between characters, and the plot was non-stop action and adventure. There was never a dull moment in this book.
I read the whole thing in one sitting. I can't wait to find out what happens next as I eagerly wait for the thrid and final book of the Iron Fey series.