Review: A Crown of Iron & Silver by Hailey Turner
SYNOPSIS:
Never promise a life that isn’t yours to give.
New York City is decked out for the holidays, and Special Agent Patrick Collins is looking forward to a reunion with his old team when he gets assigned a new case. A human child is missing, and the changeling left in her place causes a prominent witch family to demand justice from the fae.
Meanwhile, continued harassment from the New York City god pack forces Jonothon de Vere to formally establish his own with Patrick. Doing so will mean a civil war within the werecreature community—a war they risk losing from the start without alliances. Making bargains with the fae is never wise, but Patrick and Jono have nothing to lose when a fae lord comes asking for their help.
The Summer Lady has been kidnapped from the Seelie Court, and if they can find her, Patrick and Jono will cement an alliance with the fae. But the clues to her disappearance are found in Tír na nÓg, and the Otherworld has never been kind to mortals.
Venturing past the veil, Patrick and Jono risk losing territory, time, and their very lives while searching for answers. Because the Queen of Air and Darkness knows they are coming—and the ruler of the Unseelie Court has an offer for them they can’t possibly refuse.
REVIEW:
Talk about another action packed read. This book was filled with so much tension, plot twists, and surprises that I was constantly on the edge of my seat. But it doesn’t give the closure I want; while it ends with a HFN, there are a lot of loose ends and questions lingering. (Hence why I didn’t finish the series until it was finished.)
So what I liked, the plot line. I like how unpredictable things are. The secondary characters, both new and old, add so much depth and richness to the story. I positively adore how I better understand Patrick and Jono through them. The romance, while taking a little bit of a back seat this book, the moments we do have shared between Patrick and Jono are tender, sweet, and leave you with a fuzzy feel in your heart. I like Wade, his true form is a unique plot twist that makes each fight scene unpredictable, but the snack agenda is getting old real fast. We get it, Wade is hangry all the time.
I wasn’t expecting such a heavy fae presence this book. We have stepped back from the endless Dominion Sect danger and now the danger seems to be coming from other sources. I can’t wait to see how it all plays out.
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