Meghan Chase is finally getting used to being the Iron Queen, ruler of the Iron Fey. Her life may be strange, but with former Winter prince Ash by her side at last, she wouldn’t have it any other way.
But when they travel to the Summer and Winter courts’ gathering for Elysium, the oracle from Meghan’s past returns with a dire prophecy: “What you carry will either unite the courts, or it will destroy them.” Now Meghan faces a devastating choice that may determine the future of all fey—and her and Ash’s unborn child… (Goodreads summary)
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Given a dire prophecy in which the fate of the fey and that of her and Ash’s son are intertwined, Meghan must embark on one more journey through the Nevernever to locate the oracle Anna. Joining her in this trek: her ever-faithful knight and husband, Ash; the ever-ready-with-a-quip-trick-or-dagger, Puck; and the elusive, mysterious Grimalkin.
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Yes. The gang’s all here, and it made my heart all kinds of happy to see the four of them traipsing and fighting their way through the Wyldwood like old times – even though they find themselves knee deep in danger facing impossible, almost hopeless, odds once again. It’s a happiness tinged with a healthy dose of melancholy, because it is, in a very real sense, their final bow – the last chapter to their story, and it makes me miss them like crazy.
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But while an ending, Iron’s Prophecy also serves as a beginning, a bridge, for Kierran & Ethan’s story in The Lost Prince, so it ended up being very bittersweet for that reason.
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Is Iron’s Prophecy something you must read? Well, I haven’t yet read The Lost Prince, but I’d imagine from the importance of what’s revealed in Iron’s Prophecy that, yes, this little novella is pretty necessary in the grand scheme of things. But that aside, I mean, it’s Puck, Meghan, Ash & Grim… why wouldn’t you read this?! <wink>
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Also, just a small aside. How cute are Meghan & Ash? Seriously, they are one of my favorite YA couples… EVER. I just love them together and how they make each other better and stronger, how they respect and love each other unconditionally. <happy sigh> And in Iron’s Prophecy you get a lot of good Meghan & Ash moments.
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Overall, a bittersweet and poignant “passing of the torch,” Iron’s Prophecy effectively brings to an end one story and sets the tone and premise of the next.
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Author: Julie Kagawa
Title: Iron’s Prophecy
Series: The Iron Fey (Book #4.5)
Published: September 1, 2012 by Harlequin TEEN
Format: Ebook, 79 pages; Kindle; Nook; Kobo
Website: www.juliekagawa.com
Source: Purchased
My rating: 
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I wish I could express my feelings about this series, the new Call of the Forgotten series, and this particular novella as well as you have, Dani. The fact that it’s the final act makes me really, really sad… But the good thing is, we can always come back. They will be waiting. And we’ll see them again, even if it’s from a distance, in the new series.
Ah, well. When a book makes you feel like this, it means it was well done
By the way: don’t you find it odd, reading about Ash (the more stoic, colder-from-the-outside Ash) after having been in his head in Iron Knight?
Oh, thanks Ron! And yes, it’s true. We can always come back to visit, and they will be in The Lost Prince. And yes, being sad to leave characters and a story behind always means an author has done a fabulous job.
And kinda? But it was more like,”Aha! I understand you!” lol And he wasn’t nearly as icy in this novella 😉 lol
This book being the closer for Meghan and Ash’s story makes me sad but it is also exciting in the fact it is starting a new series. I find that all of the novella’s are significant in someway or another but your right with Meghan, Puck, Ash and Grim why would anyone not read it?
lol… glad you see it my way 😉 But, I’ve been informed that my melodramatic melancholia is ridiculous as Ash, Meghan, Puck & Grim are all in the new series. You see them more from a distance, but they’re still there. So I am looking forward to that 😉