Pages:
377
Publisher:
Harlequin Teen
Release
Date: 23rd
October 2012
Edition:
US paperback,
purchased copy
Other
Titles by this Author: The
Iron King, The
Iron Daughter, The
Iron Queen, The Iron Knight,
The
Iron Legends, The
Immortal Rules
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 protect his family. to save a girl he never thought he’d
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.
My
name is Ethan Chase.
And
I may not live to see my eighteenth birthday.
I’m a huge fan of Julie Kagawa’s
Iron Fey trilogy and I was really sad
to see it end so when The Lost Prince was
announced, I’m pretty sure I cheered.
The
Lost prince begins
twelve years after the end of The Iron
Knight and the cute, scared, curly-haired little Ethan of the original
series is an a surly, closed-off and rather angry sixteen-year-old. For the
first few chapters it was a little difficult to make to mental jump, but I soon
forgot about it and fell in love with him. I mean, he watches Firefly. I was intrigued as to all of
the dealings he had had with the fey in the interim to make him so, so angry
towards them. A few incidents were revealed, but I have a feeling that there’s
some more to come. But even more interesting was his intense resentment towards
Meghan for leaving and Ash for taking her away.
Speaking of Ash and Meghan,
there were quite a few familiar faces that I was more than pleased to see. The first
to pop up, unexpectedly, is the fabulous Grim. I do love that cat. Of course,
Meghan and Ash made an appearance, which was all too brief for my liking. I
missed them a lot. It was really interesting to see Ash through a stranger’s
eyes though. He seemed to be back to the cold Winter prince of The Iron King with only hints of the Ash
that Meghan brought out. Puck, of course, hasn’t changed a bit and he’s as
brilliant as ever.
Julie Kagawa also introduced
some major new characters, one of the biggest being the delightful Kierran.
Now, I figured out who he was immediately as I had read the final novella that
Julie Kagawa released, Iron’s Prophecy, which
was set after the end of The Iron Knight.
The hints at Kierran’s mixed heritage and the problems and appeal of it
were really subtle and clever and it made me smile every time it made an
appearance. There were also elements of his parents in some of his actions
which were a really nice touch. I also loved how a few of the older characters saw
Kierran and Ethan as rather similar to two other cheeky, former best friends.
The other big introduction in
the feisty, stubborn Kenzie who speaks to Ethan on his first day of his new
school. She’s a fantastic character that has a lot of history and her own
motivation behind her. Her reasons for getting involved with Ethan and the
dangerous world of the fey has dimensions that don't really come up too often. It
was rather fantastic.
I loved The Lost Prince. Even though it didn’t quite hit the heights of the
original series for me, I’m still eager to read The Traitor Son and get lots in the Nevernever once again.
I purchased a copy of this book
from The Book Depository.
Sophie
This sounds like an interesting new series! I've still only read The Iron King, so it will be awhile before I get to this book, but I'm glad you enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't as in love with this first book as I was for the first book in the Iron Fey series, but I still liked it and I'm intrigued by the rest of the series..
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