Review: The Lost Prince

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 to protect his family. To save a girl he never thought he’d dare to 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.

Title: The Lost Prince (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten ~ Book 1)
Author: Julie Kagawa
Publication Date: October 23 2012
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
ISBN: 0373210574
Length: 400 Pages
Add it to your TBR Pile: Goodreads
Buy It: Amazon US / Amazon UK

Source: Direct from Publisher via NetGalley
Cover Love: Love it! But it does have some competition with the UK Cover.
Point of View: 1st person, following Ethan

My Rating: 5 Stars

We have all been here.  There is a series of books that you just fall in love with, they ended so perfectly that you would never imagine the author going back into that world and disrupting what has already been a wonderful ride.  Then one day out of the blue you see it, the confirmation that the author is doing just that.  They are messing with your series!  How can this be?  What will happen now?  NoooOOOooo I forbid it to happen!

Then you actually stop and think about it... The original series was so awesome how can the author mess it up that badly?  And at the very least we may get to see some of our favorite characters again.  hhhmmm... maybe this isn't such a bad idea after all.

Well those of you who have read and loved The Iron Fey series, you can rest assured. Kagawa has done an immaculate job with The Lost Price.  It has everything that a good spin-off book needs in order for it to be remarkable and worthy of the love you have for the original series.  There are great new characters and just enough 'page time' with the old ones to satisfy that craving.

The Lost Prince follows Ethan, Meghan's half brother.  To be honest it is only fitting that everything should be ending with Ethan seeing how it was him being kidnapped in The Iron King that started Meghan off on her original journey.  Ethan is human and at first you think, what could be so interesting about him to deserve an entire spin-off?  Well Ethan has always had the Sight.  He can see the fey around him and they have never left him alone his entire life.  So although he is no part fey he is still very much tied to their world.  I really felt for Ethan and the understandable torment that he has gone through over the years.  His thoughts and actions are exactly how I would think a teen would react in certain situations and it was refreshing to read something that seemed so authentic in such a magical and unauthentic setting as the Nevernever.  In other words I believed what I was reading.  He is harsh, angry and sick and tired of everything fey and to be honest I would be also if I were him!

I have to say that for a moment I was in fear that there was going to be a love triangle but thankfully that did not happen.  It is not that I hate the love triangle but it was such a large part of the original series and I just did not want to see that storyline again.  But as I said it doesn't appear that will be happening so that made me very happy.

Because I felt the characters were so real and believable it made me instantly fall in love with them.  I understood the decisions that they made and never really had the 'book thrown at the wall' kinda feeling that I sometimes get when silly decisions are made that I can not comprehend.  We also get to see our fair share of old characters and all I can say is that I am so glad that I was alone at one point.  When Puck showed up I honestly did a 'whoop' and fist pumped the air a few times, I was that excited.  What can I say; I absolutely love everything about Puck!

So as you can tell I really enjoyed The Lost Prince and I am so excited to have another book in this series to look forward to.  Kagawa has already titled the next book, The Traitor Son and as of right now it is listed as being published in September 2013.  I know that is a long time to wait but I promise you it should be worth the wait.  Do not hesitate at all to pick up this book because I really do think you will enjoy it if you liked The Iron Fey at all.  There was so much action and it was lovely to have the story continued...  I sound like such a fan girl but it is hard not to gush when you just liked something so much.

“I can’t stop it.  I can’t stop Them from following me.  If it was just me that the fey picked on, I’d be okay with that.  But someone else always pays for my Sight.  Someone else always gets hurt instead of me.” Tearing my gaze from hers, I looked out over the fields.  “I’d rather be alone,” I muttered, “then to have to watch that again.”