The Iron King written by Julie Kagawa Series are annoying. I have read many different books and the ones I hate to love are the books that have sequels. Series are books that go on and on without a proper conclusion. It can be aggravating to readers like me who just "have to know how it ends". Therefore, the better the series, the more anxious I am to see how it all ends. Hopefully with no loose ends or worse, a cliffhanger to taunt me. Yet, sometimes a series can be very well done and make me want the series to go on forever because the characters and writing are that good. For example I just started the Iron Feyseries, and it hooked me. It is always important for an author to hook in their reader to keep them interested. I have seen some tactful hooks, overdone hooks, and polished hooks. This author hooked me without me knowing. I started The Iron King and read for a good thirty minutes. Then when I went to set the book down I realized I wasn't just hooked; I was harpooned. The reason I was harpooned is due to many different factors. Firstly, I noticed that the writing style is simplistic with an graceful flow to it. Never once did I have to go back and read a paragraph because I was lost or confused. Secondly, this book is exciting! I am sorry I cannot find a better word than "exciting". I could also use the words "thrilling", "fun", "imaginative", or "spontaneous" to describe this whirlwind of adventure. I realize I have hyped up on how much I enjoyed the book without actually telling what it was about. The Iron King is a book about faeries. In my review on Wings I criticized the fact that while the subject was supposed to be a fantasy about creatures called faeries the book starved the reader of that expectation by focusing on trivial teenage drama. If you are looking for a good book about faeries encased in adventure and true fantasy, you have finally found it. This fantasy starts off like many others, a girl in high school. Except Meaghan has an adventure that completely leaves normality behind. With a unique twist, Meaghan is introduce to the faery world by none other than Robbin Goodfellow, or Puck from Shakespeare's, A Midsummer's Night Dream. Robbie has been her best friend for years and chooses this moment to reveal his identity as the one and only Puck because Meaghan's four year old brother has been kidnapped by someone in the faery world and replaced by a vicious changeling. This sets off a mission to retrieve her half-brother from the faery world. A seemingly strait forward task quickly turns into a dangerous journey to find her brother and later the iron king who threatens to destroy all of Faery. To ensure a maximum faery experience the reader will find that Meghan is more closely tied to the faery world than any one else in the story. Especially after meeting Seelie King, Oberon and Unseelie prince, Ash. I would love to give away more details on this fast paced book, but I'd hate to deprive you of the pleasure if experiencing it first hand. Continuing on the reason I hate to love books in a series is because this book is the first of the Iron Fey series and I can't find a bookstore to buy the sequel at the moment. Now I must wait in agony until I can continue this fun and fresh story that moves so fast that you might need to stop to catch your breath while reading it. Here's the books in the series in order(not counting the extra spin offs);
