Book Log 7/2016 - Julie Kagawa: The Iron King - The Iron Fey #1

[jacey]

Meghan Chase is at that awkward age - just about to turn 16. Something doesn't feel quite right with her world, and to be honest it hasn't done since her father disappeared, even though her mum has settled with a new chap and Maghan has a young half brother. There's a dark young man watching her, and her school friend Robbie is acting weird.

It all kicks off because Meghan's little bro is whisked off to fairyland and an antisocial changeling left in his place. To cap it all Robbie turns out to be Robin Goodfellow - yes, Puck himself, and Meg's dad, it appears, was not her dad at all, because she's actually the daughter of Oberon.

Of course, she has to try and rescue her brother despite Puck's warnings, so off she goes to fairyland where it seems that everything/everyone she meets wants to eat her. There's a fair amount of travelogue-through-fairyland before Meg reaches her father's court and discovers that the dark stranger is actually the son of Queen Mab, Oberon's opposition, but that doesn't stop her sixteen year old hormones from kicking in.

There are few surprises here. A talking cat guide, rivalry between Puck and the Unseelie prince, some native nasties, another journey--then we get to the meat of the tale. There's a third court, an Iron Court and that's where her brother is.

Number one in the Iron Fey series, and the author left a nice loose thread hanging for the next book, but it might be a while before I get round to reading it.