Buzz about The Iron Fey novels
âA full five-stars to Julie Kagawaâs The Iron Daughter. If you love action, romance and watching how characters mature through heart-wrenching trials, you will love this story as much as I do.â
âMundie Moms blog
âFaery books are in high demand right now,
and this is one of the better ones. Expect it to be popular with teens who liked Melissa Marrâs Wicked Lovely.â
âSchool Library Journal on The Iron King
âThe Iron King has the ⦠enchantment, imagination and adventure of. Alice in Wonderland, Narnia and Lord of the Rings, but with lots more romance.â
âJustine Magazine
âThe Iron King surpasses the greater majority of dark fantasies, leaving a lot for readers to look forward to ⦠The romance is well done and adds to the mood of fantasy.â
âteenreads.com
âFan-fun-tastic! Iâm telling you guys, The Iron King is a blast⦠this book had me riveted.â
âTeens Read and Write blog
âI canât go home,â I whispered, feeling Ashâs gaze on me. âNot now. I canât bring this madness home to my family.â I stared at the house for a moment more, then shut my eyes. âThe false king wonât stop here. Heâll keep sending things after me, and my family will get caught in the middle. I canât let that happen. I ⦠I have to leave. Now.â
I opened my eyes and stared at the place where the Iron fey had fallen, at the slivers of metal glinting in the weeds. The thought of such monsters stealing into my room, turning their murderous eyes on Ethan or my mom, made me cold with rage. All right, I thought, clenching my fists in Ashâs shirt, the false king wants a war? Iâll give him one.
JULIE KAGAWA
was born in Sacramento, California. But nothing exciting really happened to her there. So, at the age of nine she and her family moved to Hawaii, which she soon discovered was inhabited by large carnivorous insects, colonies of house geckos and frequent hurricanes. She spent much of her time in the ocean, when she wasnât getting chased out of it by reef sharks, jellyfish and the odd eel.
When not swimming for her life, Julie immersed herself in books, often to the chagrin of her schoolteachers, who would find she hid novels behind her math textbooks during class. Her love of reading led her to pen some very dark and gruesome stories, complete with colored illustrations, to shock her hapless teachers. The gory tales faded with time, but the passion for writing remained, long after she graduated and was supposed to get a real job.
To pay the rent, Julie worked in different bookstores over the years, but discovered the managers frowned upon her reading the books she was supposed to be shelving. So she turned to her other passion: training animals. She worked as a professional dog trainer for several years, dodging Chihuahua bites and overly enthusiastic Labradors, until her first book sold and she stopped training to write full-time.
Julie now lives in Louisville, Kentucky, where the frequency of shark attacks are at an all-time low. She lives with her husband, two obnoxious cats, one Australian shepherd who is too smart for his own good, and the latest addition, a hyperactive Papillon.
The Iron Fey series
The Iron King The Iron Daughter The Iron Queen
Donât miss the special Iron Fey ebook
Winterâs Passage
And coming soon The Iron Knight
To Erica and Gail, Ashâs biggest fans. And to Nick, always my inspiration.
It occurred to me, as I sat down to write this page, that I have come to the end of book three. Book three, and a few years back, I didnât even know if I would publish a single novel. Of course, I couldnât get here without the help of many awesome, wonderful people. Without them, I never couldâve written The End on the final page of the final chapter. I have so many people to be grateful for.
Thanks to my parents, who put up with a daughter who daydreamed her way through school, hid novels behind her math textbooks during class, wrote stories when she was supposed to be taking notes, and generally drove her poor teachers insane. Though you lamented my complete and utter disinterest in math and social studies, you still encouraged me to dream.
Thanks to the people on the inside: my awesome agent, Laurie McLean, who knows the business far better than I, for which I am very grateful. To my wonderful editor, Natashya Wilson, who is probably the strongest and most dedicated person I know. To the entire HQ staff, for awesome support, beautiful covers, and making this whole experience completely and utterly amazing.
A huge shout-out to the awesome YA book bloggers of the blogosphere, for taking the time to read, post your thoughts online, and spread the word. You are truly a dedicated, passionate group. To the awesome Tenners, whom Iâm pleased to be a part of: thanks for being there to share triumphs and frustrations, to talk about things only other authors can sympathize with. It was nice to be able to vent without people edging away from the âcrazy writer lady.â