The Iron Fey Series
The Iron King The Iron Daughter The Iron Queen The Iron Knight | |
Author | Julie Kagawa |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Harlequin Teen |
Published | 1 February 2010 – 25 October 2011 |
'The Iron Fey' is a book series written by Julie Kagawa,[1] a New York Times[2] and International Bestselling Author.[3] This series follows Meghan Chase, a girl who finds herself drawn into the world of the Fey, including characters from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream. The books series was published by Harlequin Teen 2010-2012, including several short stories tying into the main four books in the series. There is a spin-off series, The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten Trilogy
The Iron Fey
- The Iron King[4][5] (2010)
- The Iron Daughter (2010)
- The Iron Queen (2011)
- The Iron Knight (2011)
- The Lost Prince (2012)
- The Iron Traitor (2013)
- The Iron Warrior (2015)
Plot Summaries
The Iron King
Meghan Chase becomes ensnared within the world of the fey, when her younger brother is taken and replaced with a changeling. Once there, she discovers that her father is in fact the Fey King of Summer Oberon. She is detained in his court for some time, along with her friend Robbie who turns out to be Robin Goodfellow (aka Puck). It is there, during a festival in which the Summer and Winter courts come together that she meets Ash, the son of Mab. A Chimera attacks the festival and the Winter court blames the Summer Court and leaves. Meghan decides to follow them because she believes that Mab has her little brother. She is caught by Ash, who is sent to bring her to the Winter Court so that they will have some leverage over Oberon. However, she is soon taken by the great Iron Horse and is told by him that the Iron King has her little brother. Later, she is rescued by Ash who agrees to help her through the Iron realm if she will come peacefully with him to the Winter Court. She agrees, and Robin Goodfellow joins them but is injured and left behind to heal along the way. Ash and Meghan soon develop an attraction to one another. When confronting the Iron King Meghan kills him and inherits powers of the Iron realm. She recovers her brother and brings him home. The book ends with Ash appearing to take her to the Winter Court.
The Iron Daughter
Meghan's adventures continue with the second installment of the series. She starts out in the Winter Court where Ash pretends to have no relationship with her. She attempts to convince Queen Mab about the existence of the Iron Court but Mab does not believe her. When the Summer and Winter courts next meet to exchange a scepter that controls the seasons, one of Mab's sons is murdered by an Iron Fey and the scepter is stolen, but Mab blames the Summer Court. Meghan must go retrieve the scepter and prevent a war between the Summer and Winter courts. Ash and Meghan are then banished because they disobeyed the orders of the Courts by going off on their own to get the scepter, and because of their relationship.
The Iron Queen
Meghan and Ash have been living in exile when they are given the opportunity to have their banishment lifted. All Meghan has to do is kill the new Iron King. She succeeds but ends up getting stabbed in the process. She then finds a way to heal herself by combining her Summer and Iron magic together and she declares herself the Iron Queen.
The Iron Knight
Ash, unable to live in a world of iron, embarks on a quest to become human so that he can stay with Meghan. He must gain a soul to do this an must face several challenges to find what it really means to be human. He succeeds through these tasks and gains a soul. But he is not completely human, nor completely Winter Fey, so he will live forever like Meghan, but remain unharmed by the Iron.
References
- ↑ "Homepage". The Official Julie Kagawa Site. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ↑ "New York Times Bestselling Childrens". The New York Times site. The New York Times. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Homepage". The Official Julie Kagawa Site. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ↑ "The Iron Fey Homepage". The Iron Fey website. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
- ↑ "The Iron Fey". Goodreads. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
External links
- https://www.goodreads.com/series/47329-the-iron-fey
- http://www.theironfey.com/index.html
- http://juliekagawa.com/iron-fey
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