Caitlin Kittredge's The Iron Thorn is a YA steampunk/horror/fantasy set in the city of Lovecraft, where the Engine grinds all to dust and the necrovirus is blamed for the rampant madness and fantastical creatures that roam the nights. Aoife Grayson is about to turn sixteen, and everyone's watching t...
The first 100 pages and the last 100 pages saved it for me. The middle...too much un-needed writing and scenes. It could’ve been shorter and straight to the point. But I guess that would’ve been Caitlin’s expertise from the Adult genre being brought in.
Fantastic start to a YA steampunk series.This is not a short book, but the pages flew by. I was sucked into the story and didn't want it to end. You are just thrown into the world - I like that. At the same time, I still felt like I got a good feel for the worldbuilding. I got enough glimpses of Lov...
Overwritten. So much going for it and nothing panned out for me. The characters and their journey sounded great. But they never became real. They were distant and dry, just going through the motions. The world, with all its Lovecraft and Steampunkiness just never gelled - it needed more life. And ye...
I started with the print edition and had to finish up with the audiobook because I was so distracted by the actual writing style. I figured it would be easier to hear it than read it. It wasn't.At first, I was very fond of the whole idea - an alternate history in which a ward of the state in a prest...
I had started this book eons ago, and then gotten bogged down in the middle, and annoyed with both the steampunk and dystopian genres. I finally picked it back up because I felt like I ought to finish it and the cover was so pretty. I really enjoyed the last half, having far less of a problem with t...
It's a good thing this has a little over 500 pages, otherwise it would have been too much. The author throws in everything! And surprise of surprises, I enjoyed it! I am not saying it was perfect. In fact, there is a specific clump of pages I could have just done without. But all in all, IRON THORN ...
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