"Meghan Chase has a secret destiny-one she could never have imagined...
Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school...or at home.
When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change.
But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face...and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart."
What I have to say about it:
Love it! I like Meghan, she's loyal and determined, but realistically terrified by the fact that she's now in what they call the Nevernever (Faeryworld). It's actually kind of refreshing. She does dissolve into hysterical tears and talks about how she just wants to save her half-brother and go home. But I love her best friend Puck (yes, the one from A Midsummer Night's Dream), and the cait sith (aka cat) who accompanies them, Grimalkin. I also have a bit of a literary crush on Ash, the Winter Prince. They just don't make them like that in the real world! But aside from having a great cast of characters, the story is fascinating. You have the traditional faeries (don't think Disneyworld), and Kagawa has introduced a new kind of faery - the Iron Fey. For those not up to par on faery-lore, iron is the bane of a faery's existence. So now we have a whole race of fey who are literally toxic to the traditional faeries (called the oldbloods), and they're on a mission to take over the Nevernever. So Meghan, who is derogatively called a half-breed (she's half fey, half human), is on a mission to save her half brother. Along the way, she learns that to save her brother, she pretty much has to kill the iron king and theoretically save the Nevernever. Not that this makes this a straightforward book. There are twists, back stories, promises made and memories given up. The book ends in a perfect lead in to the next book, called The Iron Daughter, which is up next.
Final thoughts, this is a fantastic book. For fans of the Wicked Lovely books, I think you'd enjoy this one. To anyone on the fence, you should head to your library and check it out.
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