The Iron Raven by Julie KagawaMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
To think it's easily been over five years since the last time Julie Kagawa's career was built so immediately on the strength of her uniquely scientifically fantastic Iron Fey series. But now, she's back to that world with the start of the new Evenfall series, now centering on a wonderfully engaging - and interestingly conflicted - protagonist in Puck. I admit, I still look back at Puck as another example of me shipping super duper wrong, but it's nice to see his POV as an exploration of how difficult it must be to live knowing you're the losing arm of the love triangle. And as a bi dude, because God knows there are still so few of us as protagonists at any age level, in any genre. And the latter, especially, informs Puck's trouble facing the most existential threat yet to the Fae kingdoms - a threat which he'll need to draw on help from Meghan, Ash, Nyx of the Forgotten, and even the much-beleagued Keirran. Summer, Winter, Iron, and Forgotten vs. the truest darkness yet? As always, I'm very glad that Kagawa ends this one in her typical style: revealing the sequel's title immediately to take the edge off another weapons-grade cliffhanger. The true reasons why she's still got it as one of the best in the biz.
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