Kagawa, Julie. The Iron King. Ontario: Harlequin Teen, 2010. 363 pages. (Fantasy)Meghan Chase is your average outsider. Living in the middle of the wilderness and showing up to school with overalls every day, she doesn’t have many friends. She has one, to be precise. Robbie Goodfell has been her best friend ever since she and her family moved to that area. When things start getting strange, Meghan realizes how little she knows about him, her best friend. She’s never been to his house, she’s never met his family, and when her brother turns wild and the most popular girl in school starts oinking, Meghan turns to Robbie for answers. The truth she’s about to find out is out of this world- literally. She’s is forced to leave behind all she’s ever known to join a world of fairies, glamour, binding oaths, and wicked rulers. The task starts out as finding her brother and ends up as killing a ruler before they kill her. Will she succeed?
Whoa! I don’t know what to say! I really enjoyed this book, it’s characters where very realistic and the plot was great! I liked how there where many different conflicts in this book, and many things happening behind the scenes that you don’t find out about until later. The two supporting characters where each so different and intriguing that they pulled me deeper and deeper into the plot, ever more so than the main character herself. This is an extraordinary book and I highly recommend it to fantasy lovers. And if you love this book and are aching for more, read the next book The Iron Daughter.
Reviewed By: DancingPenguin96
