The Iron Traitor (Call of the Forgotten #2)
Author: Julie Kagawa
Publisher: HarlequinTEEN
Publication Date: Oct 29, 2013
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Author: Julie Kagawa
Publisher: HarlequinTEEN
Publication Date: Oct 29, 2013
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Review:
One of my biggest pet peeves is when authors spend too much
time explaining to you what happened in the last book. This bothered me when I
read The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead. It actually almost ruined the book for me. And this
re-capping bothered me again in The Iron Traitor. So much time was spent
reminding me what happened in The Lost Prince that I kept wondering when the action
was finally going to begin in The Iron Traitor. Then when things finally started to take a turn in the
right direction Kagawa leaves us on a terrible cliffhanger.
I don’t think I would have been bothered by all of the
reminders if I had better connected with the characters. The second book should
make me love the characters even more then the first book did. In the The Lost
Prince I was introduced to Ethan, Keirran, Annwyl, and Kenzie. This book should
have made me love them. Instead, I found myself getting annoyed with Kenzie
constantly butting in; Annwyl playing the fragile flower, and Keirran blindly
charging in to situations before thinking. The only person who didn’t get on my
nerves was Ethan.
One of the things I loved the most about The Lost Prince was
that some of our favorite characters played a role in the story. In this installment
Ash, Meagan, Puck, and Grimm do make brief appearances, but they are very
brief.
Honestly, in a lot of ways The Iron Traitor was just a space
filler to get us to book three. Nothing new really happened in the plot. I think
we are meant to have fallen for Annwyl and cared about the relationship between
Annwyl and Keirran. Unfortunately, I never found their romance believable. I
didn’t understand why these two characters wanted to be together so badly, or why
Keirran loved Annwyl so much. She has never really given Keirran a reason to
care. I actually wished they would have just let her fade.
Okay, okay, that came out a bit harsh. But honestly, I don’t
really care for her as a character. I do hope she grows some kind of a backbone
in book 3 though. I also hope we finally get to the mystery of the Lost Fey and
their queen.
Despite not really enjoying this installment I will probably
continue the series. I am a sucker for The Iron Fey. It was my guilty pleasure
and this spin-off series has the general iron fey structure. Although, without
the same heart and soul. Hopefully Kagawa can make me love these characters in
the next book. I know if a writer can do it, she is more then up to the
challenge.


I've lost the battle to continue on with this series after reading The Lost Prince. Don't get me wrong, I liked it enough but I think I've just about enough of this world.
ReplyDeleteSorry this book didn't turn out as good as you'd hoped. I hope the next one will make up for it, Emily. :)
I wasn't a fan of The Lost Prince but I did enjoy this one. I was really pissed off about the ending because not only was it a cliffhanger, but we KNEW it would happen.
ReplyDeleteSucks you didn't enjoy this more! Great review :)