Beautifully and richly written, artfully avoiding the purple, and wholly, shockingly original, The Iron Thorn gained a place on my favorites shelf within the first fifty pages, and staunchly stayed there through the end. My pet peeve is first-person narration--it's been grievously overused and it's ...
We first meet Aoife in a madhouse, where she's trying to comfort her mother. Her mother, who has been insane for most (all?) of Aoife's life, refuses to be comforted, and Aoife leaves the institution in despair, not only for her mother but for herself. Her mother was driven mad by the necrovirus, ...
3.5 stars The Iron Thorn begins with 15 (almost 16) year old Aoife (I have no idea how to say this name…don’t judge me) visiting her mother. Nerissa (mom) happens to live in a madhouse because as Aoife has repeatedly been told, she carries a necrovirus that will make her crazy when she turns 16. I...
Despite being an odd mash of steampunk and Lovecraft homage, this is a solid YA fantasy set in an alternate Boston with all kinds of creepy weird creatures and settings. It's a little formulaic with the magic powers and the competing boys, but I enjoyed the adventure and will go on to the next one.
The world of the Iron Thorn is so cool. Just when I think I have a handle on it something opens up and I'm looking at another facet I haven't ever thought of. If you'd asked me if steampunk fairy tales were workable I would have said no and I would have been wrong. My only complaint is that the hero...
Madhouses and engineering - I should have loved this. And I was really enjoying it at the start. But then the story went more magic/fantasy, and I lost interest. I still plan to check out the next book, but I want science, damn it!
I made it 20% into the book. I think it is fair at this point to admit that I strongly dislike this book. It is boring, the world building is terrible, and I hate the extra long run on sentences.I really wanted to love this book.
I loved this soo much :) I was reading this while looking outside seeing the snow :) Nice storyline :) amazing characters :) http://basicallybooks1994.blogspot.com/
I tried to read this a while back (a couple of years maybe?!), but I gave it up a few chapters into it. It reminded me of Harry Potter for some reason. I might get back to this one.
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