Book Review: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa.

 The Iron King by Julie Kagawa.
Book Summary: Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined.
Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at home.
When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.
But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face; and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.

Liana's Summary: Meghan's world is turning upside down. She finds out her best friend and only friend turns out to be a mythical creature and that her brother has been abducted. She now knows she has go to Nevernever- the world of fey, and find her brother to bring him back safely. But with all the people after her in that world, can she be safe? And maybe even fall in forbidden love?

Rate(1-10): 10

Wow. This book was truly amazing. At first I only wanted to read it because of the fancy cover and all, and then I started to hear really good things about this story. However, I heard that the protagonist was ridiculously annoying, which sort of discouraged me a bit about reading this book because I just hate annoying protagonists so much. Once again, I mention, if I were a protagonist in a book everyone would hate me. I would make a really bad protagonist LOL. Well anyways, recently, as you all know, I got really sick of the Dystopian genre, and the last Dystopian I read recently was Prodigy by Marie Lu. I don't even care what her book's genre is-- I love her writing so boom. Even if I was so sick and tired of that genre I still read her book with such fangirly excitement. Back to the topic-- after Prodigy, I knew I had to take a break from Dystopia for a while because I was so sick of the technology-filled world and stupid government rule and a plague or something (I'll be reading Marissa Meyer's SCARLET soon but I guess I won't count that as a Dystopian). So I picked Iron King up.

Well, I have one message for this book that I would say to it if it were a person:

Bby, I'm so sorry I cheated on you for two other books. It's just that I had to finish them first. I'm sorry I made you wait, and left you, take me back? I love you.

I'm such a book cheater. Which is why I posted two other reviews up while this book was in my Currently Reading box. Wow just wow. Well, I'm glad I didn't put this book off for later because I actually enjoyed it a lot.

Character Discussions! (Main)

Meghan- Can I just express how much I hate her as a protagonist like wow I seriously don't like her all that much. On the very first page, I hated her. For a long period of time, she was so useless I was really annoyed. But in the end, she proved to me that she could save a gentleman in distress instead of being a damsel in distress and waiting for gentlemen to save her. I finally learned how to tolerate her, but that still doesn't mean I like her.

Robbie- I won't say his... ahem true name ahem.. right now because that'll be a huge spoiler for people who haven't read the book. Well I guess that mere sentence was a spoiler for everyone huh. I apologize... anyways, Robbie. He's really awesome. He's the prankster- the sarcastic guy. He seems like a great friend and a funny person. I think he was my favorite character in this whole book. (Not good to show favoritism but no one cares)

Ash- All I know is that he's a seductive evil icy prince dude and people are only on Team Ash because he's hot and he's a rapist-- fine. I'm just mad that Meghan likes him instead of Robbie okay. Team Robbie all the way! I can't deny that Ash is hot but still.. Meghan and Robbie are more of a better match.

Grim- He's a cool cat. Reminds me of the Chesire Cat. Just a bit less creepy and smiley all the time. Grim seems like the person who would say "I saved your life because it looked fun." instead of admitting that he actually cared for you. It would be really awkward if he died. He's one of those characters. But yeah, he's pretty cool.

The Iron Fey, the fey made of iron, has this whole series named after them. For about 3/4 of the book I was so annoyed and confused of what the title could mean and when they finally explained Iron Fey I was like.. oh.

I found myself exercising my foreshadowing skills a lot in this book. Yeah, I'm prescient like that.

Quotes!

"Maybe my luck was finally turning around."

Ha-ha. NO.

"Anger flared,.."

Of course. Another protagonist with anger issues?

"Robbie's hand clasped firmly around mine."

Heehehehehehehe you have no idea how much I giggled on this scene LOL.

"..is a changeling."

"Call me Puck."

"..Nevernever. That's Faeryland to you."

How..very..creative..

"...be sure to tell me so I can run away screaming."

Wow that's cute

"..a sleek gray horse.."

HE'S A HORSE. HE'S A HORSE? HE'S A HORSE. OMG.

"..but I nodded."

She has no idea what she's doing. Another reason I dislike her.

"There's a deadly poison running through my veins;.."

Ain't it a bit too late for that? 

"You are still a virgin, right?"

Oh, God.

"... I pulled out my dripping, water-logged iPod."

I knew the iPod was going  to be of use. Wow.

"..who had one arm wrapped around my waist.."

THIS ISN'T AWKWARD AT ALL

"Puck?"

"..you are my daughter."

"But that man is not your father, Meghan. I am."

This is such an 'I am your father' moment.

"..and I fell away into oblivion."

Because she saw her ears

"I dislike mortal clothes within my court,"

Clothes can be mortal and immortal omg

"..I had your mortal rags burned."

"Bastard."

You don't call your own dad a bastard.. 

"That's fine with me."

"You reek of human,.."

What do humans smell like?

"I wondered if Oberon had freed him yet."

Oh it's been a few hours I wonder if it's been a few centuries already

"..the boy from my dreams."

WE HAVE MET ONCE UPON A DREAM

"..he was even more beautiful.."

NO MEGHAN YOU CAN'T SAY THAT YOU CAN'T BETRAY ROBBIE

"A dance."

Wow

"And I promise to be a perfect gentleman until the night is done. You have my word."

Uh-huh

"..his mouth against my ear."

Please stop it Ash omg go away

"..tiny smile."

Do not smile at her Ash or else

"I'll kill you."

Das q..

"You are amusing,"

And so are you, Grim!

"..is a very old faerie."

So he's an old man..?

"Nothing."

WOW THAT'S HELPFUL

"A huge black bird flapped through the open door."

AND GUESS WHO SAVES THE DAY. WOOOOOOH!

"No!"

YES

"Kill mistress,"

YESSS

"I've been waiting for you,"

No one's been waiting for you Ash

"..he was devastatingly gorgeous,"

No Meghan you can't think that you can't love him gosh Meghan you're so impossible

"..how 'bout a kiss for luck?"

"..looked disappointed."

YEAH OF COURSE 'CAUSE HE'S BEEN DISAPPOINTED

"'cause I wrote the book."

PUCK IS AN AUTHOR WOW ;D

"..and began popping them like candy."

NOOOOOO WHY IS SHE SUCH AN IDIOT

"..staring at a frayed leaf.."

"..vastly amused by the whole display."

Is this even supposed to be amusing?

"Horrified, I watched dark blood blossom around his ribs,.."

-SCREECH- NO WTF WHY

"..is off-limits."

GOOD.

"Slowly, he leaned forward."

Nooo... please go away

"..and then he was kissing me."

"You are as beautiful as I imagined."

THIS IS SO AWKWARD

"I want you to become my queen,"

BUT HE'S OLD WTF

"I hesitated."

WHY IS SHE EVEN HESITATING EW MEGHAN YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME HATE YOU FOREVER
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And that's that! This book was truly enjoyable-- I liked it a lot! Please excuse my grammatical errors in my quote reactions. They give more of the effect I want when people read them. Exasperated.. etc, you know.

What did you think of this review? (;