Kindle Catch up 3

Some old favorite authors books I've continued reading the last few years...

Deanna Raybourn
  Midsummer Night (Lady Julia Mystery - mini)
  Twelfth Night (Lady Julia Mystery- mini)

I enjoy these, a little taste of some favorite characters with some mystery.

Jayne Castle :
  Deception Cove (Rainshadow series book 2)
  The Hot Zone - book 3

JAK's futuristic series, I like to keep up with these, the characters are fun and the reading light.

Jayne Ann Krentz : River Road

I have a soft spot for JAK romance and love her style.  I always pick up new ones as they come!

Lisa Kleypas : Hathaways
  4. Married By Morning
  5. Love In the Afternoon

I don't actually remember these but I like Lisa Kleypas victorian romance and always read them when they come out, nice easy light reads.

Julie Kagawa
 The Iron Traitor (Book 6)

I love the Iron fey series and highly recommend it!

Julie Kagawa : Blood of Eden series
 1. The Immortal Rules
 2. The Eternity Cure
 3. The Forever Song
This is a very interesting vampire series, distopian young adult - loved it - Julie Kagawa's characters are tough and her stories are dark but captivating!

Julie Kagawa : Talon Saga
 1. Talon
 2. Rogue

A Dragon series!!!! Seriously they are dragons - disguised as humans.  Umm... couldn't turn that down!  Looking forward to the next book!

So many books...

It has been a long time since I posted and a lot of reading has happened so I'm going to try to summarize the books here and I'll add labels based on authors to make it easier to search later.

Iron's Prophecy by Julie Kagawa.
   This is a follow on book (novella) that gives some information following the first 4 books that is important for the new spinoff series.  It gives some insight into how things are going and some possible future outcomes... with some twists.

The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa
   This is a follow on book/spinoff of the original series.  It follows Ethan (Iron Queen's brother) and his adventure now that he's grown up.  I really enjoyed it, although it was driving me nuts that he was so angry and wouldn't just talk to his sister but it definitely has some potential as a series and I hope she continues it.

Angelfall (Penryn & the end of days) by Susan Ee.
   A new series that I really really enjoyed.  Unfortunately there is no book 2 yet.  This is after the angel apocolypse and follows Penryn as she meets up with a fallen angel as she's on route to get her sister back from the angels.  I was captivated by this story and hope the author continues the series!

The Lost Night (Rainshadow Novel ) by Jayne Castle
  I really enjoyed this book but realized I had missed a story and some introductions.  Luckily it didn't ruin the book, just got me more interested in reading her other new book I had missed.  Just another futuristic/paranormal romance, just comfort food for the brain :)

Canyons of Night (Looking Glass book 3) by Jayne Castle
  So the looking glass trilogy wasn't my favorite, i'm actually not a huge fan of JAK's trilogies where she has one book per time period but I still always enjoy reading them as individual books.  I actually missed reading this the first time around (my family) so after reading Lost Night i realized i was missing some details and this book filled those in.

Edge of Oblivion (Night Prowler book 2) by J.T. Geissinger.
   Mmmm... I love this series.  This follows book 1 immediately, new characters (but still in touch with the old) and I loved it.  I really enjoy this new series, shape shifters (panthers) living in secret among us.  Old society, old rules, with a new modern queen now.  Definitely a lot of potential for stories here.  Book 3 comes out in June 2013!

Silent Night (Lady Julia Grey) by Deanna Raybourn
  A novella/mini mystery set at xmas time for Julia and Brisbane.  Just a nice little short story to keep in touch with the characters we all love!

Compulsively Mr. Darcy by Nina Benneton
  I loved this book.  I've been following this video blog adaptation of P&P and it really got me in the mood for this other modern adaptation where Darcy is OCD and Elizabeth is a doctor.  Misunderstandings arise a lot but it's fun and interesting.  I like how the characters actually talk (usually anyway) and the adaptation was well done for sure.

Dream Eyes (Dark Legacy book 2) by Jayne Ann Krentz
  Some more paranormal romance, another Coppersmith and a lot of murder mystery.  Ties in to her other books outside of Coppersmith but only by reference which is nice.  I always enjoy these books!

These were all on kindle which is how i'm mostly getting my reading done lately.  I just finished Compulsively Mr. Darcy and next on the reading list is Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.

The Iron Knight (Iron Fae book 6 - final)

by Julie Kagawa.

The final book (well for this series anyway). Let me first say - that I did like the ending of Iron Queen, for a trilogy it had kind of an epic ending - very Fae - perfect you could say. However due to pressure from her editors because people really like Happily Ever After endings she went on to write this essentially epilogue from Ash's point of view.

This book did more than just complete the story though, it really resolved a lot between Puck and Ash and gave a lot of the history that is between them. All the characters really grew and it was a nice adventure with a good group of Fae. Parts were sad, parts were nerve wracking but because I can't handle suspense I made sure and read the spoilers so I'd know how it turned out - I HATE suspense, especially if I'm reading at night, I won't stop reading otherwise and then I'm up half the night.

So instead I got 3 good nights/mornings of reading in and finished up this wonderful series. I'm so glad I read this series, I loved the worlds and the characters and I thought the author did a wonderful job with a unique (yet not new) world of the Fae. She didn't sugar coat anything and I thought it wonderfully done. I would definitely recommend this series and hopefully I haven't given too much away about it so that it's still enjoyable.

Summer Crossing (Iron Fae book 5)

by Julie Kagawa.

This is a short one - from Puck's point of view! Puck and Ash are together again, on a short adventure into Arcadia. It was neat seeing Puck's point of view and some of just Puck and Ash together - since they have such a long history. It's a good setup for the final book from Ash's point of view too.

Iron Queen (Iron Fae book 4)

by Julie Kagawa.

The conclusion of the original trilogy. Meghan and Ash are together at last in the mortal world but it seems they can not live on contentedly and see where life takes them. The Iron Fae are still trying to take over the never never and Meghan is the only one that could 'fight' them with her peculiar Iron magic.

This one was fantastic as well. Meghan finally becomes a bit stronger, learning to fight and becoming much more decisive and confident. There were some tragic, sad parts of the book but the journey all made sense and seemed necessary. If this was really the end I'd be very very sad about that, while the ending was almost epic, it wasn't ideal and I'm hoping the last book (after the short story) makes things a bit 'happier' - we shall see - she has some options here. Either way, Meghan's story is really done now and we get to see Ash continue on with Puck so I'm looking forward to that!

Iron Daughter (Iron Fae book 3)

by Julie Kagawa.

I really loved this one in the series. Lots of questions were resolved. While the beginning was kind of slow and I didn't see where it was all going it soon picked up and adventure ensued.

It starts with Meghan at the winter court dealing with her feelings for prince Ash who won't acknowledge her (you are beating your head against the wall because he warned her that he couldn't acknowledge his feelings for her but of course she starts doubting them etc. - teenage angst).

Then an event occurs that throws the Unseelie Court against the Seelie Court (they are always looking for a reason) and Meghan must intervene with the help of her friends again to save the Fae world as they know it from the Iron Fae (again). She learns some new tricks and becomes a bit braver I thought which made this book very interesting.

We also meet a bunch of new characters (although some don't last long) including the self proclaimed queen of the mis-fits who was exhiled by Queen Titania. I personally love the historical fairy references myself :)

I really loved how this one wrapped up and was quite content but I know the story continues and the battle with the Iron Fae is not over yet.

Winter Crossing (Iron Fae book 2 - short)

by Julie Kagawa.

This book follows immediately from book 1, Meghan's adventure is over and she must keep a promise she made (a deal) from the first book. A short adventure awaits on her journey to the Unseelie Queen's court (Queen Mab) with Queen Mab's youngest son Prince Ash.

Short but satisfying, it definitely set up the 'second' book in the trilogy well.

Iron King (Iron Fae book 1)

by Julie Kagawa

Hmm... not sure how I skipped writing about this one back when I read it. This is a young adult series, mostly a trilogy but it has 2 shorts and then an epilogue/follow on from another character's point of view.

I think I may have gotten the first book free or something and really loved it right away. Meghan Chase is turning 16 and finds out that she's 1/2 faerie and that her biological father is King Oberon of the Seelie Court and her best friend Robbie is actually Robin Goodfellow or Puck from Shakespeare's Midsummer's Night's Dream. Her little brother (1/2 brother) is kidnapped by the fairies and Meghan goes in the Nevernever to get him back.

What she finds is a world we expect with a new twist. First we have the Seelie (Summer) Court and the Unseelie (Winter) Court that share power but don't really get along. However due to human's lack of belief in the 'other' these courts aren't as strong as they once were and a new Fae has cropped up called the Iron Fae, born out of progress. Since regular Fae can't be around Iron this is a neat twist. Since Meghan is a half breed she doesn't have an Iron weakness.

The book is full of adventure, a little youthful romance and some very gruesome scenes (Fae are vicious). I loved it, I loved all the characters that Meghan runs into and the world in general that the author depicts. Very well done, it really captured my attention!