The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa.

Released: October 25th, 2011
Published by: Harlequin Teen
Series: The Iron Fey, Book Four
My rating: 5 stars!This is the fourth book in the Iron Fey series. Although I do not post spoilers in my reviews, please do not continue reading unless you have read the rest of the iron fey series.

Synopsis:
My name—my True Name—is Ashallayn'darkmyr Tallyn.

I am the last remaining son of Mab, Queen of the Unseelie Court. And I am dead to her.

My fall began, as many stories do, with a girl… 

My Review:

I had literally waited months and months for this book to too be released, so as expected as soon as it came through my door I ripped the packaging open and devoured it like there was no tomorrow (It’s not out in the UK yet so I had to have it shipped, took far too long!). To say my expectations were incredibly high would be the understatement of the century and fortunately it lived up to every single one AND was better than I could every have imagined. It was by far my favourite books of the series....who am I kidding I don’t have a favorite I love them all!

Words are literally failing me for this review. I can’t express how truly epic this book was and how insanely awesome the plot was, it really did blow my mind. There were parts of the book that felt like an Indian Jones movie with the whole temple part, which was fantastic and made the book all the more exciting. The shocking twists and turns left me reeling and asking myself ‘what the hell has just happened!’ But the most shocking off all was the surprise character! I never expected that craziness until about 30 pages before the characters appearance, when I just got a feeling that shit was about to go down and it most certainly did! I think I actually gasped out load and my hand flew to cover my mouth, it was that good!

The character development in this book was never ending. Every single person in this book you came to know so much better and saw a side of them that you didn’t think was there. I loved Ash and Pucks interactions, they where pure genius together. I found myself laughing out loud at the things they did or said and looked forward to every moment they had together, it’s the perfect bromance. Of course there’s a lot more of Grimalkin, which everyone was really looking forward to, that cat is seriously one of the best characters I’ve ever come across! I really did miss the presence of Meghan and I missed the story being told in her perspective, but I couldn’t get enough of Ash’s perspective it was so insightful and gave you a better understanding of him and it let you get to know him so much better, which was great! Even though Meghan wasn’t the main character of this book she still made appearances and when she was there it was fantastic and you could feel the tension between her and Ash it was wonderful.

I seriously couldn’t get enough of this book and had it read in a just over a day. I adored it; it was the perfect ending to this perfect series, it couldn’t have been any better and although I’m sad it’s ended the ending left me feeling hugely satisfied and actually sobbing knowing it was then end.

In My Mailbox

In My Mailbox was inspired by Alea at Pop Culture Junkie and created by Kristi at The Story Siren.


Since I haven't done an In My Mailbox in ages I've decided to add the last couple of weeks together and just make one big post instead. As what I like to refer to my time absent as 'real life getting in the way' I haven't been able to be as present as I would have liked, although I have always kept updated with everyone else's blogs and making sure I'm up to date. I would just like the say a huge thank you from the guys and girls at Macmillan for all the books they have sent my way even when I've not been able to blog. I have read all of them and will be knocking out the reviews one after the other! So without further ado lets get on to what I've received in the post the last few weeks.


From Macmillan for review:

1. Forbidden by Jana Oliver
2. Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
3. All these things I've done by Gabrielle Zevin
4. Tempest by Julie Cross


Books I've bought:

1. Fury by Elizabeth miles
2. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
3. Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

 4.The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (shipped from US. LOVED this book)
5. Hourglass by Myra McEntrie (shipped from US. LOVED this books also)

6.The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa. Sooo excited about this book almost finished already! (shipped for US)
7. The eternal ones by Kirsten Miller.
8. Incubus by Carol Goodman. (i'm not sure this is a YA book, I found it both in the YA section and the adult section. It also talks about erotic dreams on the back so I'm leaning towards the maybe not lol, I'll let you all know when I've read it! )


That's what i got in my mailbox this week, what did you get?


KelseyAnne xo