Julie Kagawa
4 Stars
Ash, former prince of the Winter Court, gave up everything. His title, his home, even his vow of loyalty. All for a girl… and all for nothing.
Unless he can earn a soul.
To cold, 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 slip of a girl— 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 (unwelcome) company of his arch rival, Summer Court prankster Puck, and the infuriating cait sith Grimalkin, Ash begins a journey he is bound to see through to its end— a quest to find a way to honor his solemn vow to stand by Meghan’s side. To survive in the Iron realm, Ash must have a soul and a mortal body. But the tests he must face to earn these things are impossible. At least, no one has ever passed to tell the tale.And then Ash learns something that changes everything. A truth that turns reality upside down, challenges his darkest beliefs and shows him that, sometimes, it takes more than courage to make the ultimate sacrifice.
I have been waiting for this book since April and perhaps I was expecting too much from the characters it was kinda a let down, but I am very glad that Julie gave us a book to end the series on a happy note. I did take my time reading this one (well longer then a couple of hours) I delayed reading this book because I was afraid of the way it might end I wanted Ash and Meghan to have their happy ending. The way the Iron Queen ended was devastating I was crying the whole time. So The Iron Knight gave us a sense of closure, it was weird to see everything from Ash's point of view knowing his fears and seeing him vulnerable. I have to say that seeing Puck from Ash's point of view was a bit weird but it gave so much more interesting twist on the emotions turning within himself and torment the promise to kill him caused him. It was a much different Winter prince then I was use to seeing, the back story and finally the explaining of so many finer details from the series was nice. I was mad at Ash for a period there his thoughts were driving me crazy and the trials he had to go through to get a soul were insane, but I was hoping that the winter prince wouldn't get mortality in its entirety. Age and death can no way affect my winter prince a world without Ash I shudder to think about it!! I am glad that he has enough magic to keep him young or slow the aging. But the ending was amazing and the surprises in the book were awesome. Thank you Julie for another amazing book and an awesome book to end the series with I am glad of the way this faery tale ended.
