The Lost Prince (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #1)

5 stars
Julie Kagawa 

ARC from Netgalley 

Don't look at Them. Never let Them know you can see Them.That is Ethan Chase's unbreakable rule. Until the fey he avoids at all costs—including his reputation—begin to disappear, and Ethan is attacked. Now he must change the rules to protect his family. To save a girl he never thought he'd dare to fall for. Ethan thought he had protected himself from his older sister's world—the land of Faery. His previous time in the Iron Realm left him with nothing but fear and disgust for the world Meghan Chase has made her home, a land of myth and talking cats, of magic and seductive enemies. But when destiny comes for Ethan, there is no escape from a danger long, long forgotten

I LOVED this book, I was so excited when I found out that Julie was writing another book pertaining to faery and to top that a book about lovable little Ethan (who isn't the same little boy we meet in the first Iron Fey series). He's all grown up and wanted nothing to do with the world that took his sister Meghan from him. He does everything possible to ignore the Fae who just seem to torment his life. When he starts a new school in hopes of laying low the exact opposite happens. He has a girl take an interest in his bad boy persona and he has trouble on the faery front as well. He doesn't want to get involved, but he finds himself sucked into someone elses problems. He unwilling has to accept the help of a Fae as he is chased from our world to the realm of faery dragging poor Kenzie with him. I can't even go on because it would spoil the book for you (and it is an amazing book), but I'll mention just a few more tidbits. He finds help in faery from a surprise family member, angers more than one faery Queen, helps to right what is going wrong in faery along the way, and meets many the familiar faces on his journey(swooning just thinking about the meetings). He also seems to find love with a girl he wanted to nothing to with. And just when I thought everything would be resolved Julie drops a whopper on poor Ethan (not to mention his sidekick who is very swoon worthy). I do have to say that I was lost prior to reading Iron's Prophecy and afterwards I could see why such great measures were taken to keep a certain two characters (which didn't work anyways) apart. I can not wait for the next book in the series  to come out but considering I just finished read the ARC for The Lost Prince I think it may be awhile, but I know it will be so worth the wait. Keep up the good work Julie you are super-mega-awesome!

Iron's Prophecy (The Iron Fey #4.5)

5 stars
Julie Kagawa

Meghan Chase is finally getting used to being the Iron Queen, ruler of the Iron Fey. Her life may be strange, but with former Winter prince Ash by her side at last, she wouldn’t have it any other way. But when they travel to the Summer and Winter courts’ gathering for Elysium, the oracle from Meghan’s past returns with a dire prophecy: “What you carry will either unite the courts, or it will destroy them.” Now Meghan faces a devastating choice that may determine the future of all fey—and her and Ash’s unborn child… 
A novella from the bestselling Iron Fey series

Let me start off by saying that The Iron Fey Series is one of my favorite series of all times I have all four books in print as well as kindle editions (which rarely every happens, I usually just borrow from the library). I was ecstatic with the outcome for Meghan and Ash in The Iron Knight, so I wasn't expecting anything else from the series so when Julie said she was writing this novella I nearly died of happiness. I finally got to see what life was like for Meghan and Ash in the Iron Realm. It was AMAZING! Julie has done it again I couldn't put it down. It was released at midnight and I simply sat there at my kindle reading until 3 in the morning, I just had to know what was going to happen to their son. I was afraid at first because when authors keep writing stories about some character the characters get boring and all used up, but not Ash, Meghan, Puck, or Grim. (yes Puck and Grim are in here too). It started off with a mysterious dream which just led to more intrigue. Then a hunky scene with Ash and then to a other piece in the plot. The gathering at Elysium of course had a surprise guest, which set the whole book rest of the book into motion. We are then joined by old friends and led on a journey through the wyldwood. Meghan kidnapped by an old acquaintance and forced to fight for her life, when just in time her faery protectors help save her. And just at the last minute when I thought everything was going to workout the key information they needed was snapped from their grasp. I couldn't believe it I was left speechless staring at the book my heart racing and I was crying for them It wasn't fair!! Their unborn son set to destroy the world they had worked so hard to save No this can't be!! Keirran please be good!! Don't destroy anything. You're just too hot like your daddy!(fangirl swooning here) They are left to make their own future and keep the terrible stuff they were shown from happening. Thank You so much Julie for taking the time to write this novella and allowing us another look into faery. I missed this characters and I am glad they came back even if just for a short visit.

My entry for Julie Kagawa Iron Fey boxed set

Here is my entry for the contest  Julie Kagawa is holding on her blog. She is giving away a signed boxed set of The Iron Fey if you take a picture reading the newest release The Iron Legends. I love the series so I couldn't resist entering a contest to get a signed anything from my favorite author.

On the Island

 4 Stars
Tracey Garvis-Graves

When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a job tutoring T.J. Callahan at his family's summer rental in the Maldives, she accepts without hesitation; a working vacation on a tropical island trumps the library any day. T.J. Callahan has no desire to leave town, not that anyone asked him. He's almost seventeen and if having cancer wasn't bad enough, now he has to spend his first summer in remission with his family - and a stack of overdue assignments - instead of his friends. Anna and T.J. are en route to join T.J.'s family in the Maldives when the pilot of their seaplane suffers a fatal heart attack and crash-lands in the Indian Ocean. Adrift in shark-infested waters, their life jackets keep them afloat until they make it to the shore of an uninhabited island. Now Anna and T.J. just want to survive and they must work together to obtain water, food, fire, and shelter. Their basic needs might be met but as the days turn to weeks, and then months, the castaways encounter plenty of other obstacles, including violent tropical storms, the many dangers lurking in the sea, and the possibility that T.J.'s cancer could return. As T.J. celebrates yet another birthday on the island, Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man.

  I didn't think I was going to like the book, but once I started reading I couldn't stop. I picked it up in the morning and finished around 2 in the morning. I was thinking that his was going to be just another romance novel were the heroine falls in love with some hunky guy, but Tracey did a fantastic job in building the story. After the plane crash I thought things were going to be all hot, but Anna was a wonderful character that had morals and wanted to do nothing wrong. T.J. was also very mature being a teenager I thought he would have jumped Anna after they crashed her being beautiful, but he built a relationship and I loved that about them. I was cheering for them not to have to deal with so much hardship it truly broke my heart every time something happened to one of them I was so scared they weren't gonna make it out a live. I was yelling at the book at one point because I couldn't believe the last twist Tracey threw in the story (though I guess I should have seen it coming if I had thought about the dates). I loved the how it ended and to know that their love slowly grew and they over came everything that was thrown their way and able to have a happy ending.