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The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagawa

Tobe Buffenbarger

Title: The Iron Traitor (The Iron Fey: Call of the Forgotten #2)

Author: Julie Kagawa

Publisher: Harlequin Teen 2013

Genre: YA Paranormal (Fey)

Pages: 342

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Library; Seriously Series; 52 Books -- W10; Well-Rounded Reader -- YA/NA

In the real world, when you vanish into thin air for a week, people tend to notice.

After his unexpected journey into the lands of the fey, Ethan Chase just wants to get back to normal. Well, as "normal" as you can be when you see faeries every day of your life. Suddenly the former loner with the bad reputation has someone to try for—his girlfriend, Kenzie. Never mind that he's forbidden to see her again.

But when your name is Ethan Chase and your sister is one of the most powerful faeries in the Nevernever, "normal" simply isn't to be. For Ethan's nephew, Keirran, is missing, and may be on the verge of doing something unthinkable in the name of saving his own love. Something that will fracture the human and faery worlds forever, and give rise to the dangerous fey known as the Forgotten. As Ethan's and Keirran's fates entwine and Keirran slips further into darkness, Ethan's next choice may decide the fate of them all.

Much better than the first one in this series.  We actually get more of the underlying storyline and more characterization.  I loved seeing how Ethan and Keirran evolved throughout the novel.  I loved the appearances by Puck and Ash.  I loved the concept of the almost final action sequence.  I loved the set-up for the third books.  I loved the journey Kagawa takes the reader on.  The only thing I'm not crazy about: the cliffhanger ending.  I figured that was how it was going to end, but reading the actual last page just threw me.  I want more!  I want to read how this all ends.  I want to see where the characters go and how they resolve many of the conflicts.  I want to see more of Keirran and Ethan and Kenzie and the Lady and Puck and Ash and even Razor (he really grew on me!).

The Iron Fey