The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa
(Book #2 of The Iron Fey)
Source: Purchased
Format: Kindle, 361 pages
Publisher: HarlequinTeen
Publication Date: 07/27/2010
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Adventure
Goodreads Summary: Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron fey—ironbound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. But no one believes her. Worse, Meghan's own fey powers have been cut off. She's stuck in Faery with only her wits for help. Trusting anyone would be foolish. Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly. But even as she grows a backbone of iron, Meghan can't help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart.
Let me start off by saying, what an emotional rollercoaster! I loved and hated the sequel at the same time. The Iron Daughter kicks off after Meghan and Ash traveled back to Tir Na Nog after rescuing Ethan from Machina. It goes through what happened in Winter's Passage (a novella) and moves on to where Meghan is being held at the Unseelie Court for the Queen Mab.
I wasn't already a big fan of Meghan and Ash's almost insta-love but I really do want them together, so I cut the couple some slack. We all know that Winter and Summer we're never supposed to fall in love and the prince knows that very well so Ash distanced himself from her for both of their sakes. What pissed me off was when Meghan was acting like such a love-sick puppy! When she was going through the "I can't believe Ash said this or did that" phase, my eyes we're about to fall off from all the eye-rolling I did. I really wanted her to toughen up but.. first heartbreak does hurt like crap so I softened my judgement on her which led me to being pissed at Ash. The Winter prince is colder than ever. The way he treated Meghan when they we're at the Winter Court was definitely cruel (even for her own good) but you can tell it was killing him inside. I almost cried at this:
"Meghan,” whispered a voice, heart wrenchingly familiar, drawing me out of the void. I recognized it immediately, just as I realized it was a figment of my desperate imagination, because the real owner of that voice would never be here, talking to me. Ash?
“Wake up,” he murmured, his deep voice cutting through the layers of the darkness. “Don’t do this. If you don’t come out of this soon, you’ll fade away and drift forever. Fight it. Come back to us."
I didn’t want to wake up. There was nothing but pain waiting for me in the real world. If I was asleep, I couldn’t feel anything. If I was asleep, I didn’t have to face Ash and the cold contempt on his face when he looked at me. Darkness was my retreat, my sanctuary. I drew back from Ash’s voice, deeper into the comforting blackness. And, through the layer of dreams and delirium, I heard a quiet sob.
“Please.” A hand gripped mine, real and solid, anchoring me to the present. “I know what you must think of me, but…” The voice broke off, took a ragged breath. “Don’t leave,” it whispered. “Meghan, don’t go. Come back to me.”
Their relationship was really put into the test in this book. It was painful, it was infuriating and it was beautiful to me. I do believe our Summer princess made some character improvements in this book. I have to admit, I was tad bit put off by her whole Ariella thing. Even though, Ash seemed to have said she wasn't with Meghan because of her but it still sucked because Meghan was hurt when he was hurting... for her.
As if Meghan didn't already have enough problems, she finds herself caught in a whirlwind of another boy drama! She envelops in another journey without Ash, she's aided by none other than our very own, Robin Goodfellow. The joker is back with a vengeance! I just wished it could have been more epic but oh well! Meghan and Puck's relationship blooms despite her heartbreak and the lines of friendship are suddenly blurred.
We are also introduced to new and also, a familiar set of allies plus enemies in this book. I really did love most of them but Ms. Kagawa just had to go all Mockingjay on me. There we're some revelations in this book but nothing too major. I still didn't quite get the implication of the titles though? Why is Meghan oblivious to the effects of Iron? Is it only because she is human.. or is there something more? There's so many more questions left unanswered.
This one was nearly painful for me to go through. The first half of the book, that is. The plot, once again, really didn't surprise me nor disappointed me. It's still rather cheesy but I can tell it's maturing. It was more of, "Okay, I know where this is going but I'm up for the ride". Apparently, this book did have the ability to have me blindsided at least ONCE. For the last 30% of the book, I found myself again head over heels with the world, the characters and the ominous future looming ahead for our beloved fairies (and other creatures whom I don't know the name of). The ending was jam-packed with emotions and I couldn't have thought of any other brilliant ending that Ms. Kagawa could have came up with. I was most happy with that! It opened such a broad spectrum of possibilites for the next book. I'm really curious to see how it all turns out in The Iron Queen.
I wasn't already a big fan of Meghan and Ash's almost insta-love but I really do want them together, so I cut the couple some slack. We all know that Winter and Summer we're never supposed to fall in love and the prince knows that very well so Ash distanced himself from her for both of their sakes. What pissed me off was when Meghan was acting like such a love-sick puppy! When she was going through the "I can't believe Ash said this or did that" phase, my eyes we're about to fall off from all the eye-rolling I did. I really wanted her to toughen up but.. first heartbreak does hurt like crap so I softened my judgement on her which led me to being pissed at Ash. The Winter prince is colder than ever. The way he treated Meghan when they we're at the Winter Court was definitely cruel (even for her own good) but you can tell it was killing him inside. I almost cried at this:
“Wake up,” he murmured, his deep voice cutting through the layers of the darkness. “Don’t do this. If you don’t come out of this soon, you’ll fade away and drift forever. Fight it. Come back to us."
I didn’t want to wake up. There was nothing but pain waiting for me in the real world. If I was asleep, I couldn’t feel anything. If I was asleep, I didn’t have to face Ash and the cold contempt on his face when he looked at me. Darkness was my retreat, my sanctuary. I drew back from Ash’s voice, deeper into the comforting blackness. And, through the layer of dreams and delirium, I heard a quiet sob.
“Please.” A hand gripped mine, real and solid, anchoring me to the present. “I know what you must think of me, but…” The voice broke off, took a ragged breath. “Don’t leave,” it whispered. “Meghan, don’t go. Come back to me.”
Their relationship was really put into the test in this book. It was painful, it was infuriating and it was beautiful to me. I do believe our Summer princess made some character improvements in this book. I have to admit, I was tad bit put off by her whole Ariella thing. Even though, Ash seemed to have said she wasn't with Meghan because of her but it still sucked because Meghan was hurt when he was hurting... for her.
As if Meghan didn't already have enough problems, she finds herself caught in a whirlwind of another boy drama! She envelops in another journey without Ash, she's aided by none other than our very own, Robin Goodfellow. The joker is back with a vengeance! I just wished it could have been more epic but oh well! Meghan and Puck's relationship blooms despite her heartbreak and the lines of friendship are suddenly blurred.
We are also introduced to new and also, a familiar set of allies plus enemies in this book. I really did love most of them but Ms. Kagawa just had to go all Mockingjay on me. There we're some revelations in this book but nothing too major. I still didn't quite get the implication of the titles though? Why is Meghan oblivious to the effects of Iron? Is it only because she is human.. or is there something more? There's so many more questions left unanswered.
This one was nearly painful for me to go through. The first half of the book, that is. The plot, once again, really didn't surprise me nor disappointed me. It's still rather cheesy but I can tell it's maturing. It was more of, "Okay, I know where this is going but I'm up for the ride". Apparently, this book did have the ability to have me blindsided at least ONCE. For the last 30% of the book, I found myself again head over heels with the world, the characters and the ominous future looming ahead for our beloved fairies (and other creatures whom I don't know the name of). The ending was jam-packed with emotions and I couldn't have thought of any other brilliant ending that Ms. Kagawa could have came up with. I was most happy with that! It opened such a broad spectrum of possibilites for the next book. I'm really curious to see how it all turns out in The Iron Queen.
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