#iron fey evenfall

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Puck is annoying in this book. What happend to him?

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REVIEW

THE IRON VOW (The Iron Fey: Evenfall 3) by Julie Kagawa at The Reading Cafe:

‘ wonderful characters, fun humor, and a wild exciting, tense, action filled story‘

http://www.thereadingcafe.com/the-iron-vow-by-julie-kagawa-a-review/

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Read in June 2023

even though I still didn’t read much this month, I’m feeling better about how my reading’s going. I’m getting better at saying “this isn’t for me, let’s try something else” so hopefully I can keep whittling down my TBR

I am thinking I’m gonna reassess my challenges for the year though because I’m really struggling to meet all my little goals and I think the stress of the goals is part of what’s making it hard to read more. so hopefully July will be a little better ^.^

Series reads: 1. The Iron Fey: Evenfall by Julie Kagawa        1. The Iron Vow - DNF 2. None Shall Sleep series by Ellie Marney        1. None Shall Sleep - 5/5 (reread)        2. Some Shall Break - 5/5

Familiar authors: 1. Then Everything Happens at Once by ME Girard - 3/5 2. A House With Good Bones by T Kingfisher - DNF

Backlog books: 1. Witches of Ash and Ruin by E Latimer - DNF 2. Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon - 3/5

Other reads: - Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest - 4/5

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New Young Adult Releases! (May 9th, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

They Hate Each Other by Amanda Woody

You Don’t Have A Shot by Racquel Marie

I’m Not Supposed to Be in the Dark by Riss M. Neilson

This is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde

The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown

If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude

Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi

Only this Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

Breakup, Makeup by Stacey Anthony

The Last One to Fall by Gabriella Lepore

Beauty Reborn by Elizabeth Lowham

The Rules of Us by Jennifer Nissley

New Sequels: 

Revelations (Belle Morte #2) by Bella Higgin

The Iron Vow (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #3) by Julie Kagawa

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Happy reading!

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New Releases

Five new books coming out this week to add to your growing list. I'm reading Nigeria Jones for this month's review and I'm excited to get started. Keep an eye out for that upcoming review. What books look interesting to you?

Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian Balzer & Bray

2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father, Saeed. When Moud gets the news that his grandfather in Iran is dying, he accompanies his dad to Tehran, where the revelation of family secrets will force Moud into a new understanding of his history, his culture, and himself.

1978. Saeed is an engineering student with a promising future ahead of him in Tehran. But when his parents discover his involvement in the country’s burgeoning revolution, they send him to safety in America, a country Saeed despises. And even worse—he’s forced to live with the American grandmother he never knew existed.

1939. Bobby, the son of a calculating Hollywood stage mother, lands a coveted MGM studio contract. But the fairy-tale world of glamour he’s thrust into has a dark side. Bobby is forced to hide his sexuality for fear of losing everything.

Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this tale of intergenerational trauma and love is an ode to the fragile bonds of family, the hidden secrets of history, and all the beautiful moments that make us who we are today. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi HarperCollins US

Warrior Princess.

That’s what Nigeria’s father calls her. He’s raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals that connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother—the perfect matriarch to their Movement—disappears, Nigeria’s world is upended. She finds herself taking care of her baby brother and stepping into a role she doesn’t want.

Nigeria’s mother had secrets. She wished for a different life for her children, which includes sending her daughter to a private Quaker school outside of their strict group. Despite her father’s disapproval, Nigeria attends the school with her cousin, Kamau, and Sage, who used to be a friend. There, she slowly begins to blossom and expand her universe.

As Nigeria searches for her mother, she starts to uncover a shocking truth. One that will lead her to question everything she thought she knew about her life and her family.

You Don’t Have a Shot by Racquel Marie Feiwel & Friends

Valentina “Vale” Castillo-Green’s life revolves around soccer. Her friends, her future, and her father’s intense expectations are all wrapped up in the beautiful game. But after she incites a fight during playoffs with her long-time rival, Leticia Ortiz, everything she’s been working toward seems to disappear.

Embarrassed and desperate to be anywhere but home, Vale escapes to her beloved childhood soccer camp for a summer of relaxation and redemption…only to find out that she and the endlessly aggravating Leticia will be co-captaining a team that could play in front of college scouts. But the competition might be stiffer than expected, so unless they can get their rookie team’s act together, this second chance—and any hope of playing college soccer—will slip through Vale’s fingers. When the growing pressure, friendship friction, and her overbearing father push Vale to turn to Leticia for help, what starts off as a shaky alliance of necessity begins to blossom into something more through a shared love of soccer…and maybe each other. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

The Iron Vow: The Iron Fey: Evenfall #3 by Julie Kagawa Inkyard Press

After leaping through the portal to Evenfall, Meghan and her companions find themselves in a terrifying new world where Nightmares roam and glamour is nearly nonexistent. As their magic wanes and the creatures of Evenfall rise against them, the race to find the Nightmare King grows ever more desperate. But what they discover–about Evenfall, about the Nightmare King, about themselves–will shake everything they thought they knew to the core.

The Nightmare King stirs. A world hangs in the balance. And as twilight descends upon all the realms of Faery, Meghan and her allies must make one more impossible choice. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

I’m Not Supposed to Be in the Dark by Riss M. Neilson Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Seventeen-year-old Aria Cayetano dreams of ghosts. She used to see them too, but thanks to a special tea brewed by her grandfather, Aria’s connection to the spirit world has been severed. Until a decades old rosebush suddenly dies across the street, convincing Aria that something supernatural is happening in her neighborhood.

She aches to investigate it, but the rosebush sits on her ex best friend Derek Johnson’s front lawn, and she can’t question him because he hates her now. Aria doesn’t know what drove them apart years ago, but she does know Derek’s been acting strange for weeks, sneaking out in the dead of night to who knows where.

Then, days after the rosebush dies, Derek begins speaking to her again. At least Aria thinks it’s him. Until she discovers there’s a ghost inside of Derek that will take his life if it doesn’t find what it’s searching for. As Aria and Derek race to uncover the mystery, another kind of magic takes them by surprise: love. But Aria has to decide how far she’s willing to go to save Derek, especially when helping the ghost means tapping into whatever the tea has buried inside of her.

Bone-chilling and spellbinding, I’m Not Supposed to Be in the Dark is an alluring ghost story that’s about exorcising the past to find a future to believe in. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

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Book Review: The Iron Raven (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #1) by Julie Kagawa

Genre: YA Fantasy

Rating: 4/5

Book Review:

I actually liked this book way more than I thought!

When I first started it, I didn’t like it as much. But the more I got into it, the more I liked so much more of it.

I did like Puck as a main character, as he is such a fun person to read about. Though I didn’t love him as much as Meghan, it was fun to feel someone so different and to get into their head. I think the part I liked the most about this book (besides the magic and Faerie stuff), was the struggle with Puck, deep inside of him. And I liked how that came out and made him kind of scary (I won’t exactly spoil how or why, so, hopefully this is vague enough to not ruin anything, and you’ll get what I mean once you read it). It made his character dynamic even more interesting.

The story itself was fun, though a little boring at times—I personally felt like so much of it was repeated, and no offense, but how many times does Puck have to say “ice-boy?”—and I like the new twist on this world and the problems they are facing. Julie keeps coming up with more and more fun ideas, and I’m loving it!

I’ll definitely be reading the next one once it comes out!

If you haven’t check out any of these books yet, please check them out (starting with the Iron Fey series)—they are so much fun!

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“before anyone could do anything, a massive jolt of power went through the air. A streak of lightning descended from the sky, striking the upraised hand of the Iron Queen with a dazzling flash and a boom that rocked the planks and sent waves through the surface of the swamp. Meghan stood there a moment, strands of blue-white energy flickering around her, making the air crackle with power…

Lowering her arm, the Iron Queen gazed calmly at the mob of luminescent fishfolk surrounding us. "You know who lam."

she said, and though her voice wasn't loud, the planks trembled under our feet, and ripples spread through the water.”

The Iron Raven- Julie Kagawa

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A Photo For Every Book I Read This Year:

The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa

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Book Review: The Iron Raven (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #1)

Book Review: The Iron Raven (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #1)

The Iron Raven (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #1) by Julie Kagawa | View on Amazon | View on Book Depository It’s about time I finally got round to writing this review as I’m now halfway through the second book of the Evenfall series. I read this first one back in June 2021! Before reading this, I had not read any of Kagawa’s works. I did not read any of the other Iron Fey series and so I was not…

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THE IRON SWORD by Julie Kagawa (Evenfall #2)

My Review (5*) Evenfall is becoming one of my favorite fantasy series as the mix of dark fantasy, paranormal romance, horror is working well and the story are both riveting and gripping. I had a lot of fun in reading The Iron Sword, I read it in one setting and found Ash, the main POV, a fascinating character. The plot is fast paces and there's a lot of twists and actions. The monsters are becoming more horrifying and I appreciated how the author was able to deal with the online hatred and incorporate it into the plot. Julie Kagawa is an excellent storyteller and develops a fascinating world building and great characters. I can't wait to read the next story. Highly recommended. Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Synopsis: As Evenfall nears, the stakes grow ever higher for those in Faery…

Banished from the Winter Court for daring to fall in love, Prince Ash achieved the impossible and journeyed to the End of the World to earn a soul and keep his vow to always stand beside Queen Meghan of the Iron Fey. Now he faces even more incomprehensible odds. Their son, King Keirran of the Forgotten, is missing. Something more ancient than the courts of Faery and more evil than anything Ash has faced in a millennium is rising as Evenfall approaches. And if Ash and his allies cannot stop it, the chaos that has begun to divide the world will shatter it for eternity.

The Author: Born in Sacramento, CA, Julie Kagawa moved to Hawaii at the age of nine. There she learned many things; how to bodyboard, that teachers scream when you put centipedes in their desks, and that writing stories in math class is a great way to kill time. Her teachers were glad to see her graduate Julie now lives is Louisville, KY with her husband and furkids. She is the international and NYT bestselling author of The Iron Fey series. Visit her at juliekagawa.com.

Social Links: Author website: http://juliekagawa.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jkagawa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliekagawaauthor/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100045094913658 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52735443-the-iron-raven https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2995873.Julie_Kagawa

Buy Links: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Sword-Fey-Evenfall/dp/1335418644/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ODO771R8MYH6&keywords=the+iron+sword+julie+kagawa&qid=1639522042&sprefix=the+iron+sword+%2Caps%2C159&sr=8-1 Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-iron-sword-julie-kagawa/1139262916 Books a Million: https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Iron-Sword/Julie-Kagawa/9781335418647?id=8395218972605 IndieBound:  https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781335418647 BookShop.org: https://bookshop.org/books/the-iron-sword/9781335418647?aid=21512&listref=the-iron-fey-evenfall-julie-kagawa AppleBooks: https://books.apple.com/nz/audiobook/the-iron-sword/id1590601934 Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Julie_Kagawa_The_Iron_Sword?id=FZIpEAAAQBAJ&hl=en_IN&gl=US

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I hope this will be the end. If not so I will see you in the next book and I will hate it

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The Iron Raven prediction:

Puck gets a badly written straight love interest™ instead of the therapy he clearly needs and obviously have needed for a extremely long time.

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2023 reading ask game: 1, 2, 4, 5, & 8, please!

1.What are 2-5 already published fiction books you think you want to read in 2023? hehehe everybody wants to know this one. I've given a couple answers already but my TBR is as long as the Nile sooooo - oh! let's list some series!

The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

The Scholomance trilogy by Naomi Novik

The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner

the Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas

Hell's Library series by AJ Hackwith

2. What are 2-5 already published nonfiction books you think you want to read in 2023? I don't think there are any 🤔 oh, actually, Alison Bechdel and Tillie Walden's graphic novel memoirs!

4. Do you plan to read any genres you haven't read much before? I do have a lot of adult contemporary romance on my TBR now 👀 and there's a lot of those on my 2023 wishlist

5. What 2023 new releases are you most looking forward to? Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney (I said that one already but I am just so excited for it). the last Iron Fey: Evenfall book by Julie Kagawa. the next Veronica Speedwell mystery by Deanna Raybourn :)

8. Are there any reading challenges you want to try? I haven't actually seen any yet. I'll make up my own like I always do but it might be nice to try a new one that has a bit more community around it (if anyone has recommendations drop them in comments plz)

thank you!

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THE IRON RAVEN

The Iron Fey: Evenfall #1

by Julie Kagawa

(Inkyard Press, 2/9/21)

9781335091765

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This is a spinoff series of The Iron Fey

1. The Iron King

2. The Iron Daughter

3. The Iron Queen

4. The Iron Knight

Wicked faeries and fantastic danger… Welcome to book one of the new trilogy in New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa’s Iron Fey fantasy series, as infamous prankster Puck finally has a chance to tell his story and stand with allies new and old to save Faery and the world. For fans of Holly Black and Cassandra Clare! “YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF ME…” Robin Goodfellow. Puck. Prankster, joker, raven, fool… King Oberon’s right-hand jester from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The legends are many, but the truth will now be known as never before, as Puck finally tells his own story and faces a threat to the lands of Faery and the human world unlike any before. With the Iron Queen Meghan Chase and her prince consort, Puck’s longtime rival Ash, and allies old and new by his side, Puck begins a fantastical and dangerous adventure not to be missed or forgotten. Filled with myths and faery lore, romance and unfathomable dangers, The Iron Raven is book one of a new epic fantasy trilogy set in the world of The Iron Fey.