The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

Received for review

Paperback: 368 pages

• Publisher: Mira Ink (6 Jan 2012)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 1848450605
• ISBN-13: 978-1848450608He gave up everything. All for a girl... and all for nothing. To emotionless faery prince Ash, love was a weakness for mortals and fools. His own love had died a horrible death, killing any gentler feelings the Winter prince might have had. Or so he thought. Then Meghan Chase a half human, half fey smashed through his barricades, binding him to her irrevocably with his oath to be her knight. And when all of Faery nearly fell to the Iron fey, she severed their bond to save his life. Meghan is now the Iron Queen, ruler of a realm where no Winter or Summer fey can survive. With the company of his archrival, Summer Court prankster Puck, and infuriating talking cat Grimalkin, Ash begins a journey he is bound to see through to its end a quest to find a way to honour his solemn vow to stand by Meghan's side.
• Thanks to MiraInk for sending this to me for review.

Cover:  Another beautiful cover to end this series. I love that it has both Ash and Puck on it. 


4.5/5 stars.  For me this is without the best in the series.  I wasn't overly keen on the first three books but I know this is becasue I didn't care for the heroine Meghan at all and the books are in her perspective, but the highlight for me in the first three was Ash and so with The Iron Knight being in his perspective I loved it. 
Ash is such a secretive, closed off character in the other books so it's great to be given this insight into his thoughts and feelings that he rarely ever lets himself show due to his Unseelie Court upbringing. 
I'm way to biased for this review because of how much I love Ash so I was going to love this book no matter what but I have to say that it wasn't perfect.  It was a little slow in places and I wish the reunion had been a little longer- after the long quest I felt I wanted a sweeter reunion but it was still good.
Originally the series was going to end on The Iron Queen and I can definitely say that if it had done so I would have been seriously disappointed.  This book was needed to round off the series, and it does it so well.
I'd absolutely say pick this up if you've picked up the other three and stick with them until you get to this one because it's worth it!

Booking Through Thursday

Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Booking Through Thursday and a different question is posted every week.

What’s more important: Good writing? Or a good story?

(Of course, a book should have BOTH, but…)

Of course both play a crucial part in the book but I would say good writing is pivotal.  If the writing is bad it then distracts me from the story because all I am thinking is "Oh no the writing is so bad...OMG no, nooooo" and not "What a wonderfully original plot".  For example Wake Unto Me by Lisa Cach, the plot should have been everything I love in a book, romance, history, paranormal...but it was so slow that I couldn't get into the story at all.

I Have a New Additction!

Ok so as many of you will probably know if you watch any of my YouTube Videos, I got a Kindle for Christmas from my lovely Mother, and to get used to reading on it I downloaded a load of the freebies.  I read a few short romances on there and have now become addicted to downloading the free ebooks.  A lot of the classics are free too, and I finally got some of them that I have been dying to read for a really long time.  So all in all EPICNESS!!!!  Only now I'm worried my review schedule is going down the tubes because I'm reading this freebies (that I won't be reviewing) so...yeah.

Have any of you guys got this obsession?  I'd love to know, so please comment below!

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is all about sharing the books that I'm eagerly waiting to be released.

This week the book I am waiting on is Under The Never Sky, released here in the UK on the 7th February.

I've heard GREAT things about this dystopian novel so can't wait to check it out for myself.

Booking Through Thursday

Booking Through Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Booking Through Thursday and a different question is posted every week.

Do you skip ahead in a book? Do you feel badly about it when you do?

I don't skim or skip ahead in books.  I don't know I don't but I just don't lol. 

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is all about sharing the books that I'm eagerly waiting to be released.


This week the book that I'm waiting on is Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne released on 2nd February.

Cover love for me with this book I'm afraid.  It's just gorgeous! It sounds amazing too so I can't wait for this one.



Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

• Received for review
• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Quirk Books (7 Jun 2011)
• Language English
• ISBN-10: 1594744769
• ISBN-13: 978-1594744761

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children", an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children who once lived here - one of whom was his own grandfather - were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate island for good reason. And somehow - impossible though it seems - they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.


Thanks so much to Quirk for sending me this for review.


Cover: A perfect cover for this book.  The eeriness of the photo sums up what this book is about, as well as the photos throughout the book.


Plot:  When Jacob was younger he believed in his grandfather's unbelievable stories.  But soon grew out of them.  But his grandfather's cryptic last words at his brutal death throw Jacob into a tailspin and starts him searching for something that will show his grandfather's fantastic stories were anything but fiction.  But danger lurks around the corner.


I saw this book everywhere in the blogsphere a few months ago for its release in the US so when I was given the chance to receive it for review I jumped at the chance.
I found it took a while to get into a dragged for the first 100 pages or so.  For those pages I wasn't gripped or very interested in the story.  But then gradually the pace picked up and I was a lot more invested in the story.  The photographs were interwoven expertly well and added a whole new level to the story.
I really enjoyed that the book was from Jacob's perspective.  Most fiction that I read is in a female's point of view so it's always refreshing to come across one from a guy's perspective, and Jacob's character and his dilemmas are really interesting- was his grandfather telling the truth or is Jacob loosing her mind?
The peculiar children were a really great concept.  I don't want to spoil anything for anyone but it was really different.  I was reading something completely new and I loved it for that.
A lot was left open for book 2.  When I finished I was not satisfied at all but I understand that these questions will be covered in book 2 but I felt that it took so long for it get going and then it suddenly ends with all these unanswered questions that it left me a little frustrated and unsatisfied but of course I hope to read book 2 because I definitely NEED to know what happens.
Overall I would give this book 3.5/5 stars.  Just because of the slow start and how I felt when I finished it.  I would say to give this book a try sometime.  It's definitely different and I am excited for book2 because I was left with this need to have my questions answered but I loved the whole concept of the peculiar children and really enjoyed that part of the plot.  Ransom Riggs has done something extraordinary in that he has written this book that will appeal to both YA and adult readers.