The Iron Daughter: The Iron Fey, Book 2

I loved The Iron King so when I got my hands on the sequel I was so excited!! It is actually going to be a trilogy so this book is part two of Meghan's journey. It took me no time fall right back into the world of Meghan Chase. The only thing that took some remembering was how cruel fae can really be. If you have not read any stories about faeries lately, stop thinking Tinkerbell! Faeries are complex beings and not all of them have your best interest at heart, so beware. One of the unique aspects of this series are the characters that are already familiar to you as a reader before your even begin. Many of the fae are intertwined in multiple legends, such as Queen Mab, Oberon, Titania and Puck. I love how characters from other worlds have entered this one and you get to see their story expand.In this novel Meghan is once again thrown into a mission very quickly. This time she searching for The Scepter of the Seasons, which has been stolen by the Iron Fae. Just like the first book there are many action sequences and enough suspense to keep you reading, because you just have to find out what is going to happen. I know I did, because it only took me two days to finish the book. I would have been done faster, but that pesky job thing got in the ways of precious reading. Along with the action, the romantic tension between our three main characters has returned. In the first book we lost Puck for a while and Meghan and Ash became close through their journeys through the Iron Realm. In this book Ash and Meghan are separated and Puck gets a chance to spend some quality time with her, which he definitely takes advantage of. I personally love Ash, even though some of the things he says to Meghan sometimes make me wince. After reading this book though, I think I have a better understanding of why he is saying those things. You get some of the back story on him and it paints his life in a different light for me. He has such tough choices to make in his life and whatever he decides people will get hurt.I cannot talk about this book without putting in a quick word about Grimalkin, because that cat is awesome! Plus, I am nervous that he might secretly come and haunt me if I don't talk about him a little. He just cracks me up every time he shows up. He always knows what to say to piss someone off or just be really, really, cryptic! He pops up at the most random moments and although he would never admit it, I think he is trying to help Meghan out. I would love to spend a couple minutes in his brain just to see what he is thinking, which of course he would never allow.Without spoiling anything, let me just say when I got towards the end of the book there were a couple of things said and done that just made my mouth drop open in surprise. I am not going to say whether they were good or bad, but I know I did not see them coming. There is also someone in this story who used to be an enemy and becomes a surprising alley. I think the title of the book has some hidden meaning that is not fully explained in this book but it is hinting at something, I am just not 100% sure on what it is right now. So I will look forward to seeing that and other mysteries explored more in the final book.Overall, the book was great! I think Julie has done an awesome job of weaving a magical tale full of adventure and angst that will keep you on the edge of your seat and craving more . If you have not read The Iron King start there, then read Winters Passage, which is a short novella in between book one and two, then jump right into The Iron Daughter, you will be happy you did!

So as my ARC, TBR, and required summer reading book pile continue to manifest itself into a size that I can no longer tame, I am here literally re-reading the first book of series and giving books second chances.Recently, I have Leigh Bardugo a second chance with her Grishaverse, and that ended with me devouring her works. Now I'm doing the same with Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey series.The Iron Fey books reminded me a lot of the Obsidian books by Jennifer L. Armentrout. These books are definitely very indie like, but there is an undeniable reason why they're still so popular, because of how addicting they are.Books like Iron Daughter doesn't really live up with the Sarah J. Maas books, or other books that feel "less indie". But these books are still able to capture the reader's attention in a very different way. These books are able to temporarily put down our "critical reading side", and just allow our reader side to enjoy books like this as guilty readings. It's books like this that although it's definitely far from perfect, I am still giving it a really good score just how enjoyable they are.I dig everything in this book. The romance, plot, and even the fantasy world-building. I really, really appreciate Meghan's growth from book one to book two. I originally quit the series simply because I cannot handle Meghan anymore. Her stupidity makes me cringe at my core. Although there are a few moments at the beginning where you just want to what the book over her head, I am so relieved to see scenes like this diminishing as the book progressed.I don't know why, but the idea of "forbidden love" always fills me with cringe and reminds me of cheesiness. I don't know why. If you're afraid of this trope and don't want to read this book/series because you feel like it's going to be cheesy, don't worry too much. It actually wasn't that bad. This book definitely didn't have instant -love, and the brief hate-love relationship at the beginning of the first book (and this book) dilutes any real cringeyness this trope can bring.I know there are people out there that absolutely despises this trope, so I'm going to kind of give out a little statement for people who hate-triangle love: bear through it. I feel like there is not going to be any real triangle-relationship, looking at the way the story is going. Meghan already picked Ash. So yeah, I highly doubt Puck and Meghan would truly go anywhere.If you're looking for a fun read an is not particularly keen, against, or craving specific genres, this book and this series is for you. Also, if you enjoy a hate-love relationship that doesn't last too long (the ship become canon very quickly), you'll enjoy this book and series too.This book definitely did exactly what the second book was supposed to do: make me want to continue the series.

Very okay

Bel continuo della saga della fata Meghan Chase.Cosa succede al "e vissero felici e contenti" quando le fiabe diventano reali? La Winter Court non sarà certo un luogo di villeggiatura per Meghan... né sarà l'unico suo problema.Consigliatissimo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ich habe das Buch in einer Nacht durchlesen müssen, weil ich es nicht mehr aus der Hand legen konnte. Dabei hatte ich mich mehr als einmal gefragt, wie konnte er nur... aber es war super schön :)... ich fand es noch besser als das erste und ich bin wirklich heil froh, dass mir meine kleine Schwester, die Reihe empfohlen hat.

Iron Daughter is the second (full) book in the Iron Fey series. At the end of Iron King, Meghan keeps her promise to Prince Ash by going back with him to the Winter Court. There she is handed over to Queen Mab and kept as a guest/prisoner. While she’s being held the Sceptre is handed over by the Summer Court as a sign of the changing seasons. Meghan is let out of her room to enjoy the party that ensues and during the celebration of the start of winter the sceptre is stolen by Tertius, who is now working for the False King in the Iron Kingdom. During the theft Prince Sage is killed and before waiting for an explanation from Meghan, Queen Mab concludes that the Summer Court stole back the sceptre and readies her subjects for war against Summer.Believing that Megahn was somehow involved, Queen Mab freezes her leaving her alive yet unable to breath. She’s freed by Prince Ash and then the pair of them are caught by Prince Rowan. In order to protect Meghan, Ash wounds Rowan and believing he’s killed him they flee from the Winter court and try to escape into the Summer realm. Now on a mission to find the sceptre and steal it back from the Iron Fey and hand it back to Winter to prevent a war between them they run into Puck. Lastly they meet up with Grimalkin and Ironhorse who, has no loyalty to the new False Iron King and swears his allegiance to Meghan to help her find the sceptre.This was a great continuation of the Iron Fey story. In this book we get to see Meghan get some ideas of the kind of power that she possesses. She has power over Iron glamour which gives some indication as to where this story is heading in the next two books. She also realises the depth of her feelings for Ash – relationships between Winter and Summer are forbidden and anyone who does enter into something like this is exiled. We see Ash struggle with his feelings for Meghan too. They both admit that they love each other but can never be together. Ash’s struggle was well written and really tugged at the heartstrings – he fought against everything he knew and held dear but Meghan represented something that he never thought he would find again.The other character that I absolutely loved in this book was Ironhorse. He was loyal to a fault. Once the Iron King, Machina, was defeated he had no loyalty to the kingdom. He would only be loyal to the new Iron King – the identity of which is hinted at this book. Ironhorse was a great ally for Meghan and their friendship was really nice and I loved watching it develop during this story.I am really looking forward to finding out what happens in the next book following the events that happened at the end of this one.

This is the second of three published books (fourth is yet to be released) and is a continuation from where The Iron King left off. This part of the story has Meghan starting to come into her own a bit more with the budding romance continuing through its trials and tribulations. Another exceptionally entertaining read that I thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish. While I believe this book is aimed at the Y.A. crowd, adults will enjoy the story as well. It's a beautiful tale and is time well spent!