I am in my early 30's, married, kid, a big mortgage...you get the idea. I NEVER read YA books. The last one I skimmed through was Twilight because I had bought it as a gift for my niece and wanted to make sure it was appropriate. Well, it was NOT appropriate - not because of the themes, but because the writing was so bad it actually offended me on a fundamental level. THIS book, on the other hand, was really riveting. I can't remember why I downloaded it to my Kindle in the first place...maybe it was recommended to me by Amazon - I do know I read the sample chapter and was intrigued so that (plus a glass of red wine) was probably enough to get me to press the "one-click buy" button.
The Iron King deals with a girl, Meghan, who takes off to rescue a loved one from Faery Land - or Nevernever. Of course, along the way, she spars with her best friend Robbie, gets a mad crush on a prickly (and exceptionally gorgeous) fey prince, and adopts an abandoned kitty - who saves her skin more than once. At no point did I feel bored; in fact, I kept turning pages to see what would happen next.
Of course, the author uses pretty standard archetypes; the goofy and adoring best friend, the gorgeous way-out-of-her-league prince - so that part doesn't leave too much tension since you know where this is going before it ever GETS going. I will say that both guys treat her with respect and aren't scary and stalkerish like that Edward Cullen character. Not that I'm trying to compare the books in any way - it's just the only other YA book I am vaguely familiar with. Well, I still have all my old Christopher Pike books from the late 80's, but I'm sure kids aren't reading those anymore (are they?)
Meghan also make a few eye-rolling decisions where you just want to shake her - but hey, she's 16. I'm pretty sure that's her prerogative.
All in all, a GREAT book that was very pleasantly surprising. Not to sound like too much of a fangirl, but I can't wait for the next one :)
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