Review: The Iron King

• Reading level: Young Adult
• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Harlequin; Original edition (February 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9780373210084

Summary:Meghan Chase has never fit in at her small-town high school, and now, on the eve of her 16th birthday, she finally discovers why. For when her half-brother is kidnapped, Meghan is drawn into a fantastical world she had never imagined--the world of Faery. Original.Meghan Chase has never fit in at her small-town high school, and now, on the eve of her 16th birthday, she finally discovers why. For when her half-brother is kidnapped, Meghan is drawn into a fantastical world she had never imagined--the world of Faery.  

Review: For a book that is supposed to be full of romance, there really was none. The little blurb on the cover (Iron. Ice. A Love Doomed from the start) and the info on the back you would expect a tragic love story to  be brewing throughout the whole book. There really wasn't. There were moment of attraction and a extremely short kissing scene, but that is really about it. The whole story is Meghan's adventure to find the Iron King Machina, when she finally does you only meet him for a few select pages, 10 or less. The whole book is the adventure and then he's dead and gone. I would have expected a bit more of a struggle in trying to fight him, but it was over and done with in a flash. I did however enjoy the book, I like books about faeries and other worlds, so the lack of romance didn't ruin the book too much. I would recommend the book, I believe its a trilogy, and i'll certainly read the others just to see how the characters lives end, and what happens in the love department.